By James Fernyhough Poles and wires owner Spark Infrastructure will continue its foray into generation with a string of new renewable energy projects. The post Network owner Spark ramps up generation plans with 1.5GW of solar, wind and battery appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Joshua S Hill Hawaii’s largest utility easily beats 2020 renewables target as it marches on to 2045 goal of reaching 100 per cent renewable energy on its island grids. The post Hawaii Electric blows past 2020 target on road to 100% renewable energy appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great…
By Rafael Herzberg Brazilian barriersThe prevailing attitude of this government is to impose barriers. In contrast to openness, transparency and a competitive posture.Three of them have significantly “soured” the international perception of Brazil: Environmental, Sanitary and Economic-Financial.The devastation of the Amazon and the Pantanal, the statistics of contamination and deaths due to COVID-19.. Click headline…
By Michael Mazengarb Coca-Cola Amatil signs on to switch its Australian beverage facilities to 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2025, aiming for net zero emissions by 2040. The post Coca-Cola Amatil commits to 100pct renewables by 2025, zero emissions by 2040 appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Giles Parkinson Dalrymple North big battery in South Australia delivers biggest bang per megawatt hour in most lucrative market for battery storage. The post Dalrymple big battery delivers biggest bang for megawatt hour of storage appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Richard Brooks “The mission-critical arena of winter season reliability is too societally important to be governed by Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” of the market, and an artificially constructed and imperfect marketplace at that” “The economic theory implemented by the Texas Public Utilities Commission assumes that skyrocketing prices during system emergencies will create.. Click headline…
By Olufola Wusu 5 Ways to enter the oil and gas space in Africa Nigeria has over $48 Billion worth of oil and gas projects, affectionately called an investors haven, from the $10 Billion #NLNG #Train7 project to the $12 Billion #DangoteRefinery in Nigeria. Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here For more…
By Ketan Joshi Did Texas’ wind turbines fail during the blackout? No. The deeper problem was a lack of planning and good investment, and the dangers of relying on gas. The post Did wind power ‘fail’ during the Texas blackout? A deep dive appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Lincoln Bleveans For a century, the electric utility industry has planned and invested in decades. Now we are transforming an incredibly complex, nationwide, $5 trillion system that our economies and societies rely on every single second of every day. That’s not just daunting, its terra incognita. So what can we use for a map?…
By Tariq Siddiqui Why Push Offshore Wind?Of all the renewable technologies, available, offshore wind offers a best chance at a utility level scale, that can support a significant baseload. Thanks to government incentives, technological advances, economy of scales, reduction in cost, low interest rates and pressures on energy companies to transition towards cleaner energy, today,…
By Renewable Energy World By Babalwa Bungane Despite the economic and supply chain impacts felt across the world in 2020 due to COVID-19, the global wind energy industry has continued to power ahead and reach new records. According to new analysis by GWEC Market Intelligence in its latest Q4 2020 Wind Energy Auction Update, nearly…
By Robin Lancaster RES hires contractor duo for 372MW Bjornberget Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
By Kelsey Misbrener Seventeen leading renewable energy CEOs are calling on President Biden to rescind the Trump Administration’s October 2020 solar proclamation, which improperly increased tariffs on solar panels and rescinds the exclusion for bifacial solar panels. Led by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and supported by the American Clean Power Association, the letter…
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) Alpha Motors shows us how retro-cute EVs can be styled for America. Karma prices the GS-6 plug-in hybrid. Virginia signs on with California standards. And the Toyota Mirai has us thinking about the brand’s upcoming EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Karma has put a price tag on…
By Ketan Joshi As climate impacts intensify, power grids stuffed with ageing fossil fuel infrastructure crumbleClimate change is full of surprises. We were warned about heatwaves, hurricanes and high-intensity firestorms. What we didn’t see coming was a cynical, cyclical economy of blackout bullshit. As climate impacts intensify, power grids stuffed with ageing fossil fuel infrastructure…