by Renewable Energy World | Jan 27, 2021 | Alternative Energy
Utility-scale renewable energy developer Intersect Power, LLC announced that it secured $127 million in equity funding from Climate Adaptive Infrastructure, LLC and Trilantic North America In addition, the company said it has also closed on a $482 million debt...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 27, 2021 | Alternative Energy
Hydro-Quebec has awarded an engineering contract to the Green Hydrogen product division of thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers to install an 88-MW water electrolysis plant to produce hydrogen. Previously, thyssenkrupp completed a feasibility study for the project....
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 27, 2021 | Alternative Energy
Corporations purchased a record of 23.7 GW of clean energy in 2020, up from 20.1GW in 2019 and 13.6GW in 2018, according to new research published by BloombergNEF (BNEF). The increase came despite a year devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, a global recession and...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 27, 2021 | Alternative Energy
The AES Corporation said today that it has commenced operations of the Alamitos battery energy storage system (BESS), which it says is one of the world’s largest battery storage systems in operation at the moment. The BESS, a stand-alone energy storage facility for...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 26, 2021 | Alternative Energy
Last year’s cascade of positive noises coming out of Westminster led many of us to hope for a renewed ministerial focus on climate change through 2021. However, with just half of January gone, it’s clear that some high-level decisions have not prioritized renewables...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 26, 2021 | Alternative Energy
A new wind training center in Maryland that supports both onshore and the burgeoning offshore wind industry is open for business after receiving approval from the Global Wind Organization (GWO). The new center was developed by ARCON Training Center, along with the...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 26, 2021 | Alternative Energy
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is asking for public input on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the North Alabama Utility-Scale Solar Project in Lawrence County. In January 2019, TVA announced that it holds a two-year purchase option on 3,000 acres in...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 26, 2021 | Alternative Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Geothermal Technologies Office today announced the launch of the Spring 2021 Geothermal Collegiate Competition, managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The Spring 2021 Geothermal Collegiate...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 26, 2021 | Alternative Energy
Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Vattenfall and municipal company Wärme Hamburg are exploring a plan to jointly produce hydrogen from wind and solar power at the Hamburg-Moorburg power plant site and utilise it in its vicinity. To this end, the four companies...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 22, 2021 | Alternative Energy
To reveal the current landscape and prospective role and influence of hydropower operations on the electric grid in the U.S., the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) commissioned the Hydropower Value Study (HVS): Current Status and...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 22, 2021 | Alternative Energy
Originally published on ILSR.org To invest in energy conservation and clean energy generation is to invest in a healthier community. For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell talks with Patrick Hanlon, Director of Environmental Programs for...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 21, 2021 | Alternative Energy
As promised, on the first day he took office US President Joe Biden rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement via an executive order. In his inaugural address he said that the planet itself is crying for survival and vowed to make fighting climate change on his top...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 21, 2021 | Alternative Energy
This week solar developer Navisun announced that it has acquired the 4.5-megawatt Linden Hawk Rise Solar Project, a community solar project under construction in Linden, New Jersey. The solar project is located on the City of Linden’s landfill, in Union County, New...
by Renewable Energy World | Jan 20, 2021 | Alternative Energy
Kenya-based renewable energy company Lake Turkana Wind Power has partnered with energy solutions firm Clir Renewables to enhance its wind farm performance tracking. Clir Renewables will analyze data from each of Lake Turkana’s 365 turbines in the context of available...
by Renewable Energy World | Sep 11, 2019 | Alternative Energy
Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. announces that the 290-MW Nam Ngiep 1 hydropower plant has begun commercial operations. View Entire Article on...
by Renewable Energy World | Sep 11, 2019 | Alternative Energy
Eos Energy Storage and energy equipment firm Holtec International are creating a joint venture to produce Eos’ next generation of large-scale zinc batteries. View Entire Article on...
by Renewable Energy World | Sep 11, 2019 | Alternative Energy
France’s Neoen SA has outlined plans to build a giant renewables complex in South Australia, including battery storage with up to nine times more capacity than the Tesla Inc. design at its nearby Hornsdale plant, which is billed as the world’s largest lithium-ion...
by Renewable Energy World | Sep 11, 2019 | Alternative Energy
The U.K. could be producing electricity from a geothermal plant for the first time early next decade after drilling at a site in southwest England showed it could become a viable part of the renewable energy mix. View Entire Article on...
by Renewable Energy World | Sep 10, 2019 | Alternative Energy
The Clean Energy Regulator of Australia has approved enough capacity to guarantee that the large-scale Renewable Energy Target of 33,000 GWh of additional renewable energy will be met in 2020. View Entire Article on...
by Renewable Energy World | Sep 10, 2019 | Alternative Energy
A utility worker at the Delta 6 wind park in Brazil has been injured following yet another collapse of a General Electric (GE) turbine, bringing the total number of turbines to have failed in the America’s to five in 2019. View Entire Article on...
by Renewable Energy World | Sep 9, 2019 | Alternative Energy
The global energy supply is turning greener. View Entire Article on...
by Renewable Energy World | Sep 9, 2019 | Alternative Energy
Minnesota’s largest utility wants to change how the state calculates its trailblazing “value of solar” rate as it faces a potential spike in payments to community solar operators. View Entire Article on...
by Renewable Energy World | Sep 6, 2019 | Alternative Energy
In recognition of the widely acknowledged studies that show that organizations with gender equality perform better financially, this year POWERGEN International, along with partner UL, is launching a new awards program that seeks out women of good character. View...
by Renewable Energy World | Sep 6, 2019 | Alternative Energy
NorthWestern Energy has announced plans to upgrade its 8-MW Madison Powerhouse with the installation of four new turbine-generator units. View Entire Article on...
by Renewable Energy World | Sep 6, 2019 | Alternative Energy
California’s energy storage incentive program has been a great success, with more than 11,000 battery storage systems installed to-date. The problem is, it’s not reaching the state’s most vulnerable communities. A new proposal from the California Public Utilities...
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