By [email protected] A spate of recent acquisitions has left European oil and gas majors poised to become leaders in the solar market — with offshore wind also a growing focus. The top tier of solar asset owners worldwide could change dramatically over the next 12 months due to the rapid ascent of a number of…
By [email protected] A spate of recent acquisitions has left European oil and gas majors poised to become leaders in the solar market — with offshore wind also a growing focus. The top tier of solar asset owners worldwide could change dramatically over the next 12 months due to the rapid ascent of a number of…
By Michael Mazengarb Resources minister Keith Pitt advocates for the most expensive option for new power generation in Australia. Labor says he is delusional. The post Keith Pitt labelled “delusional” for ignoring costs of unproven “clean coal” appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By David Leitch A run around Asia reveals that coal generation faces headwinds in every country. But pig-headed politicians in Australia still choose to ignore the facts. The post While Australia plays politics on coal, Asian markets tell the tale appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By National Wind Watch VALLEY VIEW – After hearing 45 minutes of comments from the public Monday, supervisors adopted a curative amendment to Hegins Township’s zoning ordinance specific to wind energy. Several citizens who oppose a wind energy project proposed by Clean Air Generation LLC spoke up about the need for the township supervisors to…
By [email protected] Long-duration grid storage company Highview Power announced Tuesday it had raised a major equity investment to support its journey to market. Global industrial conglomerate Sumitomo Heavy Industries invested $46 million in Highview, becoming the largest minority shareholder in the company. The money will support Highview’s quest to commercialize large-scale energy storage plants, a…
By WPED Staff A new report from Navigant Research examines the use of energy storage for wind integration, covering existing and upcoming projects, the competitive landscape and expected market growth. The rise of combined solar plus storage projects is reshaping the energy storage industry, yet employing energy storage for wind integration has fallen far behind….
By WPED Staff Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech incubator in North America, and Vineyard Wind, developer of the first utility-scale offshore wind energy generation facility in the Northeast United States, announced their partnership to run a Greentown Launch accelerator program focused on offshore wind innovations. The Greentown Labs and Vineyard Wind Launch program will identify…
Group will allocate 10-15% of overall investments to renewable power generation and businesses. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By Charley Rattan Hydrogen is gaining global attention at the moment, here Trinidad & Tobago “Minister of Public Utilities Robert Le Hunte points out that almost 38 per cent of our natural gas is used as a feedstock in the production of methanol and ammonia. Less natural gas used in making these chemicals would mean…
By National Wind Watch WATERTOWN – Without fanfare or public discourse, “emergency” changes were made to the Article 10 post-certification rules for energy projects when the state Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment met on Thursday. By changing the definitions of a project “revision” and “modification” to no longer include reference to moving…
By National Wind Watch Appalachian Power Co. plans to shut down its Clinch River power plant in 2026, eliminating its last source of fossil fuel-based generation in Virginia. Yet the utility currently gets nearly 80% of its electricity from coal and natural gas-fed power plants in other states – largely sparing it from parts of…
By National Wind Watch After years of running into roadblocks, residents who live near Future Generation Wind made some headway Wednesday night when the Plymouth Board of Health unanimously voted to declare the four turbines along Route 25 a nuisance. “We want to do justice to this and to all the parties involved,” board Chairwoman…
By ENEL Foundation Contributor This February (10-14th), the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) plays host to the third edition of Open Africa Power (OAP), a novel academic training partnership started by Enel Foundation to empower a new generation of leaders to drive Africa’s energy transition.Held in South Africa for the…
By Kelsey Misbrener HOMER Energy by UL announced the update release to its HOMER Grid software in version 1.7. The new version of HOMER Grid 1.7 features a proposal generating tool that allows designers of hybrid distributed energy systems to produce presentation-ready reports that demonstrate how renewable energy improvements will help reduce the overall cost…