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Climate change risks have significantly escalated over the years. Last year saw the Amazon rainforest burning for months. Barely a week into the New Year, the news channels are eager to spew out all the gory details of Australia’s widespread bushfires, with far reaching effects on both wildlife and humanity. ...

Jan. 5, 2020

By CleanEnergyAuthority.com

Hydro, solar, and wind energy are now close to toppling the prime position of coal in America’s electric grid system. The speed at which wind and solar power are being generated, it is expected that by 2021 United States would receive more power from renewable energy as compared to coal, as per projections made by the Institute for Energy ...

Jan. 2, 2020

By CleanEnergyAuthority.com

Editor's Note:For years I've been asking myself why do we as a people (as in the government is us) invest major amounts in non-renewable, polluting, climate changing energy technologies while leaving table scraps for research and implementation of renewables? The answer, of course, is that unfortunately our government is not our government, not a government of the people, but a government of the ...

Dec. 31, 2019

By MapCruzin

Access to electricity plays an essential role in promoting economic development and improving the daily lives of individuals and their well-being. In sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 600 million lack access to energy and millions more ...

Dec. 19, 2019

By Simpliphi Power, Inc.

Global coal demand is expected to decline in 2019 but remain broadly stable over the next five years, supported by robust growth in major Asian markets, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest market analysis and forecasts. The weakness in coal demand this year results mainly from coal-fired electricity generation, which is set to experience ...

Dec. 16, 2019

By International Energy Agency

Standing at the windswept mouth of the Port of Rotterdam on Maasvlakte 2, an enormous artificial peninsula that juts like a giant lobster claw into the choppy North Sea, Alex Saldana couldn’t be further away from the throngs of tourists strolling past Holland’s picturesque canals and visiting its renowned museums. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have to worry about crowd ...

Dec. 16, 2019

By GE Renewable Energy

Swiss utility Azienda Elettrica Ticinese’s 11.75MW San Gottardo project will feature five of Enercon’s E-92 2.35MW turbines. The wind farm is being built at an altitude of 2,100 metres, complicating construction work, Enercon’s Swiss country manager explained. “This is ...

Dec. 16, 2019

By Windpower Monthly Forums

SAFT, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total, has won an order for three Intensium Max 20 High Energy battery storage containers from TuuliWatti, the Finnish wind developer and operator. The Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) energy storage system (ESS) will support frequency regulation at a 21MW wind farm in northwestern Finland. It ...

Dec. 11, 2019

By Global Media Publishing Ltd.

Today Array Technologies, market leaders in single-axis solar tracking, and EDF Renewables North America, one of the largest renewable energy developers in North America, announced a new partnership between the two companies. This agreement provides EDF Renewables with nearly two gigawatts of reliable single-axis solar tracking ...

Dec. 11, 2019

By Array Technologies Inc

The Trump administration’s tariffs on solar cells has blunted the growth in jobs, investment and generating capacity, according to a report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The analysis calculated that the industry has forgone 62,000 jobs, $19 billion in lost investment and missed building 10.5 gigawatts of new capacity. The SEIA report was released in advance of a hearing ...

Dec. 10, 2019

By Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. (EUCI)

RenewableUK is highlighting a new renewable energy record set on Sunday, when wind generated more than 16 gigawatts (GW) of electricity in Britain for the first time, providing more than 40% of the country's power. The record was set on the evening of December 8, with wind generating up to 16.162GW according to National Grid. Their data shows that overall on Sunday wind provided 43.7% of British ...

Dec. 9, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) recently approved NV Energy's Integrated Resource Plan, which will bring an additional 1,190 megawatts of new solar renewable energy projects to Nevada - enough to power 230,000 homes - and an additional 590 megawatts of energy storage capacity. All three projects will be located in southern Nevada and are expected to ...

Dec. 4, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The first deep mine colliery in over 30 years is set to be opened in West Cumbria in the near future, after the government declined to intervene over the plans and delegated responsibility to the local council. The project had been greenlighted by local authorities in March of this year, but a backlash among environmentalists had caused the government to consider blocking its ...

Dec. 4, 2019

By Environmental Technology Publications Limited

A new survey released today shows that Americans overwhelmingly support extending tax incentives for clean energy and would change their vote based on the issue. Leading public opinion research firm Global Strategy Group (GSG) surveyed voters across the country, including in key battleground states and ...

Dec. 3, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is reaching design completion of its statewide sensor deployment program, allowing site installations to commence. The multi-phase program is installing hundreds of sensors on generation, substation and switchyard assets across the state to closely monitor the health and performance of NYPA's statewide power generation and transmission network. The program will ...

Dec. 3, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Despite the hopes attached to renewable energy, a rapid transition to green technologies, coupled with continued economic growth, could lead to severe energy and mineral shortages, as well as conflict and environmental damage. Nevertheless, these pitfalls can be avoided by focusing the renewable revolution on wellbeing rather than on green growth. This week, ...

Dec. 2, 2019

By European Environmental Bureau

Vattenfall and Microsoft have jointly developed a solution that provids customers a new level of transparency into their electricity consumption, making it possible to go from year-based data to hourly based data on source of origin. The solution, 24/7 Matching, is being piloted at Vattenfall and Microsoft Headquarters in Sweden. The new 24/7 solution is built with Microsoft Azure IoT Central ...

Nov. 20, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Osbit, the offshore equipment supplier, has been awarded a contract to design and build an offshore wind turbine pile gripper system, by leading Malaysian-based global energy services provider Sapura Energy. The pile gripper will initially be used to support the development of WPD’s Yunlin offshore wind farm, the first large offshore wind farm to be constructed in the ...

Nov. 19, 2019

By Osbit Limited

Meteorological equipment specialists Biral has been working closely with ORE Catapult to further develop its BTD-350 thunderstorm and lightning detection system for offshore wind farms and is installing its technology for testing at the Catapult’s 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine in Fife. ORE Catapult was established in 2013 by the UK ...

Nov. 18, 2019

By Environmental Technology Publications Limited

Meteorological equipment specialists Biral has been working closely with ORE Catapult to further develop its BTD-350 thunderstorm and lightning detection system for offshore wind farms and is installing its technology for testing at the Catapult’s 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine in Fife. ORE Catapult was established in 2013 by the UK Government ...

Nov. 14, 2019

By Bristol Industrial & Research Associates Ltd (BIRAL)