By Giles Parkinson Zinc refinery and solar farm owner Sun Metals pans “system strength” rules, saying they are slow, ad hoc, lack transparency, add costs and discourage investment in large scale wind and solar. The post The regulatory fail on “system strength”, and how it nobbles wind and solar projects appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read…
By John A. Mathews Oil price crisis and its impact on US shale oil production is revealing where China and the US stand with their very different energy strategies. The post Oil price wars, Covid-19 havoc, green energy tip the scales in US-China trade war appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more…
By Michael Mazengarb The ACT is set to ban waste incineration to energy projects, concluding the potential impacts to public health could not be justified. The post ACT set to ban waste incineration for energy, citing community concerns appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By [email protected] Gia Schneider and her brother Abe started Natel Energy based on a hydropower turbine their father designed. And after more than a decade of R&D, pilots, software development and a project for Apple, Natel is preparing for the next level of scale. “Our objectives have actually not wavered. But they haven’t wavered because…
By Mark Silverstone Hydrogen central to oil and gas industry decarbonization as…”Blue hydrogen” is produced from fossil fuels (typically natural gas, but also coal). But it depends on CCS. So: Without CCS, there is no Blue Hydrogen. It is always difficult to tell if the Oil&Gas industries are serious about using their capital and their…
By [email protected] A court this week again rebuffed the Trump administration’s efforts to put tariffs on imported bifacial solar modules. A Wednesday ruling from the United States Court of International Trade means the federal government must continue to allow bifacial solar panels to enter the U.S. duty-free, despite the administration’s repeated attempts to include them…
As electric vehicles rapidly grow in popularity worldwide, there will soon be a wave of used batteries whose performance is no longer sufficient for vehicles that need reliable acceleration and range. But a new study shows that these batteries could still have a useful and profitable second life as backup storage for grid-scale solar photovoltaic…
Gaussin and Total are jointly developing the world’s first full electric aircraft refuelled transporter. Planned for the Airbus industrial site in Toulouse, this prototype will be capable of towing two fuel tankers, with a fuel capacity of 30 tons each. Delivery is expected at the end of 2020. Read Full Article Here For more great…
By Charley Rattan Further movement from the UK gas industry on the road to net zero. Dr Massey and I discuss CCS: Carbon capture and storage: Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here For more great articles: The Energy Collective – The world’s best thinkers on energy & climate
By FORESIGHT Contributor In an EU that aims to be carbon neutral by 2050, production of green hydrogen can be a new job creating industry, argues Tjisse Stelpstra, Member of the Council of the Province of Drenthe in the Northern Netherlands, providing an economic boost for regions like his and Europe as a whole. The…
By Kelly Pickerel Community Energy today announced a deal with Big Rivers Electric Corporation creating 100 MW of new solar power in western Kentucky. Under two 20-year PPAs, Big Rivers will buy 100% of the output of two new solar farms under development by Community Energy. Located in McCracken County and Meade County, these facilities…
By Billy Ludt Excelsior Energy Capital, an independent North American renewable energy investor, and Unico Solar Investors, a solar energy systems developer and investor, are closing on a long-term programmatic joint-venture partnership to build, own and operate a 250-MW pipeline of commercial and industrial solar projects located across North America. Unico Solar, a wholly-owned subsidiary…
By [email protected] The U.S. Treasury Department released guidance Wednesday that offers onshore wind and solar projects more time to meet tax credit deadlines, an acknowledgement of the challenges brought by the coronavirus lockdown. Wind was the big winner: onshore projects that started construction in 2016 and 2017 will now have five rather than four years…
By Charley Rattan CCS: Carbon Capture and StorageLike another topic we’ve discussed before, hydrogen, CCS is not new to the world. But, like hydrogen, it has had false dawns in the past, is back in the minds of industry now – and is on the hunt for policy support in order to progress. So it…
By National Wind Watch Γιατί δεκάδες τοπικές κοινωνίες, περιβαλλοντικές οργανώσεις, τοπικοί φορείς και συλλογικότητες ανά τη χώρα έχουν ξεσηκωθεί για τις ανεμογεννήτριες, μέσα και παρά τη δίνη της πανδημίας και των επιπτώσεών της; Δεν είναι η αιολική ενέργεια μια εναλλακτική ανανεώσιμη πηγή ενέργειας που λειτουργεί προς όφελος του φυσικού περιβάλλοντος και άρα της ζωής; Γιατί…