By Ivy Main What if you could get your electricity from a fuel that destroys forests, produces more air pollution than coal, and is priced higher than alternatives?“Wow, sign me up!” you would not say, because as a sane person you don’t like deforestation, pollution and overpriced power.Also, because you are not Dominion Energy Virginia….
By Kelly Pickerel PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), Lloyd’s of London syndicate Ariel Re (a member of Argo Group) and Beecher Carlson Insurance Services announced today the introduction of PV PlantProtect, an innovative new insurance program that integrates technical due diligence practices to reduce the financial risk for utility-scale solar project developers. PV PlantProtect enhances solar…
By The Energy Mix Contrary to industry propaganda, nuclear power plants are not an essential tool in the fight against climate change, but an increasingly dangerous drag on the deployment of more practical renewables and energy efficiency, Rocky Mountain Institute Chair and Chief Scientist Amory Lovins declares in a recent post for Forbes. Though the…
By Joshua S Hill Spanish electric utility Iberdrola uses Madrid climate talks to announce plans to replace its last two coal-fired power plants with subsidy-free wind and solar. The post Iberdrola to replace last Spanish coal plants with subsidy-free wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Joshua S Hill Total inaugurates Hélio Boulouparis 2 solar project in New Caledonia, the largest solar power plant with energy storage in a French overseas territory. The post Total opens New Caledonia’s largest solar power plant with battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By [email protected] An overnight trial in the U.K. has seen a solar power plant successfully provide optimization services to the broader grid during nighttime hours, clearing the way for solar projects to participate in a new reactive power support mechanism and benefit from the associated revenue. Lightsource BP modified the inverters on its 4-megawatt St….
By Billy Ludt Klüber Lubrication, a worldwide manufacturer of specialty lubricants, introduces Klübersynth BZ 68-400, a lubricant specifically designed to mitigate hot bearings in wind turbines. Hardened residues that accumulate on generator bearings can become a nuisance and prevent efficient operation. Most situations require cleaning by hand, or the wind power turbines must be curtailed…
By Energy in Depth The world’s leading producer of natural gas continues to utilize this abundant resource as the favored choice for new electricity generation, aiding in the fight against climate change. The shift in the United States to building more natural gas power plants has led to the reduction of more than 2.8 million…
By [email protected] Moixa, the U.K.-based energy storage developer, is prepping for international expansion supported by a planned future funding round and leveraging the scale of its ongoing growth in Japan. The firm is now managing more than 10,000 residential batteries in Japan, networked and managed as a fleet, less than a year after entering that…
By [email protected] California regulators have approved a 3.3-gigawatt “all-source” procurement that will pit new renewables, energy storage, demand response and other clean resources against natural gas-fired power plants in a race to meet what could be a major shortfall in grid capacity in the next four years. Thursday’s decision from the California Public Utilities Commission…
By Rafael Herzberg What to do with complexity?I believe there is unanimity among those who work in the energy arena that the system is getting a lot more complex.Until recently it was a system with a few large power plants centrally dispatched. In recent times distributed generation has emerged intensely.The new challenge is to address…
By Kelly Pickerel Agri-Industrial Plastics Company (AIP), an advanced manufacturing operation specializing in industrial blow molding, inaugurated Iowa’s first solar and Tesla Powerpack project last week. Designed by Iowa-based energy firm Ideal Energy, this is the first system of its kind in the state. “My administration recognizes energy as a key resource and an area…
By Kelsey Misbrener SB Energy announced it will acquire a portfolio of five U.S. solar power plants with a combined capacity of more than 1.7 gigawatts from Intersect Power. Subject to satisfying certain closing conditions, SB Energy will build, own and operate the five solar power plants located in California and Texas, and expects to…
By Leigh Collins It will soon be cheaper to build new wind and solar farms than to keep existing power plants running, so do even need a price on carbon? asks Leigh Collins in the fourth part of a special report Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
According to some experts, nuclear power holds great promise for meeting the world’s growing energy demands without generating greenhouse gases. But scientists need to find a way to remove radioactive isotopes, both from wastewater generated by nuclear power plants and from the environment in case of a spill. Now, researchers have developed tiny, self-propelled robots…