Month: October 2021

The German government has announced that it will direct €100 million ($115.7 million) in investment to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy across Africa. The capital will be invested through the African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to unlock private sector participation in funding the region’s transition to low-carbon energy resources. The …

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Follow @EngelsAngle GE Renewable Energy’s prototype Haliade-X offshore wind turbine GE Renewable Energy’s prototype Haliade-X offshore wind turbine, the most powerful in the world, has reached a production output of 14 megawatts, the company announced Tuesday. Initially certified for 12 MW, the Haliade-X reached an output of 13 MW last year. The updated Heliade-X 14 …

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Follow @EngelsAngle The European Union is prioritizing green hydrogen in its net-zero push. The UK government unveiled a strategy last month to produce 5 gigawatts of low carbon hydrogen by 2030, capitalizing on its rapidly expanding offshore wind power industry. The government expects its offshore wind generating capacity to quadruple to 40 GW by 2030. …

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Bitfarms Ltd., a Bitcoin mining company, announced it has increased its corporate hashrate to over 1.6 Exahash per second (EH/s) through the expansion of operations at its Cowansville, Québec, facility and electricity supplied by hydro power. The Cowansville expansion is a completely new 17 MW facility, which replaces Bitfarms’ first Bitcoin mining facility of 4 …

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Follow @EngelsAngle While the world waits for cost-effective and scalable long-duration energy storage to support the around-the-clock deployment of power generated by renewable sources, fossil fuels will continue to play a significant role in the energy mix to provide reliability to the grid and industries. Seemingly counterintuitive on the surface, investments in the infrastructure that …

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Contributed by Won Shin, Vice President of Products, ONYX Insight Every megawatt-hour counts. To the wind industry, to the energy transition, and perhaps most of all, to the sustainability of the planet. Therefore, every megawatt-hour lost is a problem. Downtime, maintenance, deratings, and other issues all result in lost energy and the industry has been …

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Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School and Rachel Stevens, Vermont Law School The Biden Administration has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help Puerto Rico transition to a greener and more resilient energy future, but it’s on the verge of making a multibillion-dollar mistake. Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, many residents and environmental advocates have …

Puerto Rico has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build a clean energy grid – but FEMA plans to spend $9.4 billion on fossil fuel infrastructure instead Read More »

Originally published on ILSR.org Nearly seven gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online in the second quarter of 2021. Renewable energy generation capacity growth was comparable to last quarter, while new fossil gas construction dropped dramatically. In four of the last eight quarters, the fossil gas contribution to new power generation capacity has been less …

Wind leads new U.S. generating capacity for third straight quarter Read More »

The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab) launched six innovative finance solutions to drive private capital towards climate action in developing economies. The six instruments seek to unlock $380 million in climate finance from commercial, concessional, and philanthropic investors for sustainable energy access, food systems, and urban infrastructure. This Lab cohort also includes …

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Shell has signed agreements to deploy more than 800 MW of solar power generation in the U.K. The company signed a framework agreement with Green Power to develop 700 MW of utility-scale solar projects with potential co-located battery storage. A separate agreement with Clearstone Energy will deploy 100 MW of utility-scale solar generating capacity in …

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