By Eric Brunner, University of Connecticut; Ben Hoen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Joshua Hyman, Amherst College On the website for the local school district in Blackwell – a town of just over 300 people in rural Texas – school Superintendent Abe Gott says: “We believe that no matter your dreams, you can achieve them …
The UK recently celebrated its ‘greenest ever’ Easter with low-carbon energy sources making up nearly 80% of Britain’s power supply. The Spring break’s perfect combination of sunny and windy weather placed zero coal demand on the grid and proved yet again that the UK enjoys optimum conditions for clean energy production. This is just the …
Wales goes to the polls with renewables firmly on the agenda Read More »
People are surprised and uncertain about Saudi Arabia’s plan to enter into a potential $700B global hydrogen market. A country with underutilized (way underutilized) renewable resources is suddenly building a $5B plant powered entirely by sun and wind that will be among the world’s biggest green hydrogen makers. Why the sudden pivot to hydrogen? Maybe …
Saudi Arabia’s entrance into the hydrogen market makes perfect sense Read More »
Long-duration iron flow battery manufacturer ESS Inc announced a new contract with Chilean utility, Edelaysen, a GRUPO SAESA company, to provide a flow battery system to support a renewable energy-based microgrid in Chile. Edelaysen will deploy ESS Inc.’s 300-kW/2-MWh Energy Warehouse, integrated with renewable resources in a microgrid system in the environmentally pristine Patagonia area …
Renewable-energy based microgrid in Patagonia to use iron flow battery Read More »
This week, Clime Capital, a Singapore-based investment management company that manages funds from SEACEF, announced that it has invested in an innovative floating solar and storage project in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, currently under development by Blueleaf Energy. Southeast Asia Clean Energy Facility (SEACEF) is a collaboration between leading international foundations, including Microsoft, who seek …
Vietnamese 500-MW floating solar and storage attracts investment from SEACEF Read More »
RWE Renewables said this week that it has partnered with GE Renewable Energy to repower its Panther Creek III wind farm in West Texas. The Panther Creek III wind farm, which came online in 2009 is part of a mega-complex that includes the 142.5-MW Panther Creek I and 115.5-MW Panther Creek II, both of which …
The Panther Creek III wind farm in Texas to get a boost through repowering Read More »
US President Biden’s plan to implement more infrastructure projects in this country is a step in the right direction. But this infrastructure plan is not just roads and bridges. This infrastructure plan includes dollars for high voltage transmission projects needed to integrate more renewable projects, which are needed to implement state and public policy goals. …
The US needs more grid engineers to implement Biden’s plan (1 of 2) Read More »
Saudi Arabia-based energy company ACWA Power has signed a deal with multiple international investors for the provision of funds to implement what is claimed to be the largest private-sector solar energy project in Egypt. As a result of the signed financing package, ACWA Power will receive $114 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and …
ACWA Power secures $114M to fund 200-MW Egyptian solar project Read More »
Enexor BioEnergy, LLC, said it has been selected as one of 11 companies in North America to participate in the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change. Launching in June, the three-month program grants climate-change-focused start-ups access to Google programs, products, people and technology. Enexor’s patented Bio-CHP system converts almost any organic, plastic or biomass waste …
Bio-CHP provider selected to join Google’s climate change accelerator program Read More »
Wind developer CleanMax has selected GE Renewable Energy to supply 42 of the 2.7-132 wind turbines for onshore wind projects in India. Product design will take place primarily at GE’s Technology Centre in Bengaluru, blades being manufactured in GE’s plants in Vadodara and Bengaluru and assembly at the GE Multi-modal Manufacturing Facility in Pune. GE’s …
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