Tag: renewables

September 20, 2021

To meet the 2050 net-zero goal, the world needs to generate 70% of total electricity from solar and wind by then, according to the International Energy Agency. However, ensuring sustainability across the production, installation, maintenance, and operation value chain of […]

September 15, 2021

The utility-scale sector recorded the highest increase of 6% year-over-year since 2014, according to the study. The increase is due to supply chain constraints, despite the market adding up 5.7GW of solar energy capacity in the second quarter of 2021. […]

September 9, 2021

Coupling solar generation with energy storage will enable the utility to smoothen energy bills for consumers in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, the company has said in a statement. The project will allow consumers to use electricity generated using a […]

August 19, 2021

Nestled amid the rolling hills and rivers of the Pacific Northwest, the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) has the sort of problem many U.S. utilities still dream of: too much renewable energy. With the rapid expansion of wind generation […]

August 19, 2021

The funding will be used for research, development, and deployment of new technologies that are capable of accelerating and simplifying the switch to renewable energy as calls intensify to decarbonise whilst ensuring resilience. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm, said: […]

August 12, 2021

The report, filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission, explored the impact of ComEd’s workforce training programmes. Using funding secured from the Future Energy Jobs Act, ComEd managed to ensure that 94% of trainees or 684 skilled personnel graduated and secured […]

August 6, 2021

Spanish multinational utility Iberdrola will be leading the effort, together with Siemens-Gamesa, Ingeteam R&D Europe, Indar, OSI Digital Grid Solutions, Balantia and Wallbox, under the Flexible Energy System for the Efficient Integration of New Decarbonisation Technologies (Flexener) initiative. The €7.6 […]

July 20, 2021

The CEOs have identified six policy changes required to ensure that the deployment of wind energy capacity increases by three times from 93GW in 2020 to 390GW by 2030, in line with the findings of the International Energy Agency and […]

July 16, 2021

The US Geothermal Power Production and District Heating Market report explores the role of geothermal in accelerating the country’s energy transition and helping to reduce carbon emissions. The study has found that increasing investments in geothermal energy production for heating […]

July 13, 2021

This is not about naming and shaming, as clearly an inclusive energy mix is desirable and renewables, as well as nuclear energy offer much cleaner options than their dirtier generation counterparts. However, it is vital that in our haste to […]

July 13, 2021

The council, comprising more than 120 member companies from across the globe, will be led by existing co-chair Benoît Potier, chairman and CEO of Air Liquide, as well as newly-elected co-chair Tom Linebarger, chairman of Cummins. Linebarger has taken over […]

July 7, 2021

Shell Energy has started up a 10-MW polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer facility—one of the largest of its kind in the world—to produce green hydrogen at its Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland refinery in Wesseling, Germany, and it says plans […]

June 24, 2021

The project was financed by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) as part of efforts to help address energy poverty in Togo. IRENA and the ADFD provided $15 million in loan funding […]

June 21, 2021

With the new record, solar accounted for 58% of all new electric capacity additions made in the US as renewables represented 100% of all energy additions made during the first quarter of 2021, according to the US Solar Market Insight […]

May 11, 2021

The International Energy Agency’s latest Renewable Energy Market update finds that renewable capacity additions in 2020 reached almost 280GW, up 45% from the 190GW in 2019 and the largest year-on-year increase since 1999. This was comprised primarily of solar and […]

April 30, 2021

US utility Dominion Energy has embarked on an initiative to expand its renewable energy and energy storage capacity in Virginia. The utility is seeking proposals from developers for new solar, onshore wind and energy storage projects. The projects are expected […]

April 26, 2021

The announcement was made by state governor Andrew Cuomo, on Earth Day last week. The projects include the 20MW utility-scale solar energy project which is now nearing completion in Upstate New York. The more than 20 projects are expected to […]

April 19, 2021

In the transitioning power system, barriers are falling between renewables and traditional fossil and nuclear generation and between types of variable generation like wind and solar. The energy infrastructure proposals from the Biden administration, if approved by Congress, are likely […]

April 6, 2021

A California company has teamed with the U.S. subsidiary of Japan’s largest gas utility company to build a major solar power project just outside Houston, Texas. Rosendin, an electrical contractor with its corporate headquarters in San Jose, and Tokyo Gas […]

February 4, 2021

The installation of floating photovoltaics (FPV) in existing hydropower reservoirs however, could provide solar electricity to help compensate for hydropower production losses during dry periods. It would also reduce evaporation losses while helping to sustainably satisfy the current and future […]