The largest energy storage battery of its kind in Belgium has been commissioned at a print binding works in Puurs.
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Launch of Belgium’s Largest Onsite Energy Storage Battery
The largest energy storage battery of its kind in Belgium has been commissioned at a print binding works in Puurs.
Global Investments in Electricity Beat Investments in Oil and Gas for Second Year in a Row
IEA report reveals that more than US $750 billion went to the electricity sector while US $715 billion was spent on oil and gas supply globally as the world continues on the path to electrification.
New York Begins Wave toward 2,400 MW of Offshore Wind
The state’s Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) will procure approximately 800 MW of offshore wind through a solicitation in the fourth quarter this year.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Industries React To EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Resignation
The U.S. renewable and sustainable industries yesterday collectively sighed with relief yesterday at the news that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head, Scott Pruitt, was resigning. Pruitt, a climate-change skeptic, was appointed by President Tru…
Bill to Take California to 100 Percent Clean Electricity Gains Traction
The Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee approved Senate Bill 100, historic legislation to transition California to 100 percent clean electricity by 2045, sending it to the full Assembly for a vote. The vote could have been influenced by the more th…
China’s Wind Power Industry Aims To Keep Wind And Solar Curtailment Rate Under 9 Percent
According to data released by the National Energy Administration of China, the country added wind power grid-connected capacity of 3.94 GW during the first quarter of this year, a year-over-year increase of 12 percent. The country’s average wind curtai…
Pumped Hydropower Plus Wind, Solar Is Path To 100 Percent Renewable Energy
If you want to build pumped storage hydropower plants, don’t talk about pumped storage hydropower. That was the message delivered by Adam Rousselle, president of Renewable Energy Aggregators (REA) during the first Grid-Scale Storage Summit, which took …
The Public Health Benefits of Adding Offshore Wind to the Grid
New plans to build two commercial offshore wind farms near the Massachusetts and Rhode Island coasts have sparked a lot of discussion about the vast potential of this previously untapped source of electricity.
Exelon, First Solar Bankroll Campaign to Push a Carbon Tax
Major energy companies, including the largest U.S. nuclear power generator, are putting millions of dollars into a new political campaign to push for a tax on carbon dioxide emissions.
Coal Is Being Squeezed Out of Power Industry by Cheap Renewables
Coal will be increasingly squeezed out of the power generation market over the next three decades as the cost of renewables plunges and technology improves the flexibility of grids globally.
Inside Renewable Energy: The Sustainable Corporation — Risks and Rewards of an Environmental Business Strategy
In this episode, Scott Tew discusses Ingersoll Rand’s work toward achieving its sustainability goals and what other companies can learn from that experience.
Timely US Offshore Wind Construction Support Vessel Proposed
Two companies based in The Netherlands have proposed developing a near-term marine vessel solution for delivering wind turbine parts for the construction of new U.S. offshore wind projects planned over the next few years.
AT&T ‘Goes Big’ on Wind Power in Texas
AT&T last week said it is adding to its wind power program with the purchase of 300 MW from two new wind farms in Wilbarger and Hardeman counties in Texas.
Want To Save the World with Your Brilliant Clean Energy Idea?
A new partnership between Enel and InnoCentive focuses on the power of the crowd to solve many of the world’s sustainable energy challenges.
New Research Consortium Tasked with Reducing Offshore Wind Costs
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected NYSERDA to administer an $18.5 million offshore wind research and development consortium that will identify ways to reduce the cost of offshore wind in the U.S.
PennWell Partners with Folds of Honor Foundation
In commemoration of Flag Day, PennWell Corp. is partnering with the Folds of Honor Foundation to raise money for military families. The effort is in conjunction with PennWell’s Wall of Honor, a traveling wall highlighting the names of our military serv…
Connecticut Selects Revolution Wind Offshore Wind Project for Development
Connecticut today selected Deepwater Wind’s Revolution Wind proposal for development as part of an approximately 250-MW round of renewable energy projects.
Single European Power Market Is Now Closer to Reality
The European Union’s vision of a single energy market will move a step closer on Tuesday with the start of a joint market for electricity delivered on the same day.
Struck by a Hockey Puck: Renewable Energy’s Big Canadian Black Eye
Everybody loves renewable energy, right? That’s what surveys tell us with global support for renewable energy consistently polling above 80 percent.
But don’t tell that to the people of the Province of Ontario, Canada. On June 7, the electorate hande…