Marine and engineering consultancy LOC Renewables recently brought together a group of leading cable designers, underwriters and installers to discuss new approaches to reducing risk in the cable lay arena.
Claire Perry, Minster for Energy and Clean Growth, clarified the UK Government’s position on solar power yesterday (Tuesday 20th November), responding to questions in the House of Commons by stating that solar power should not be exported to the national grid for free.
Iona Capital, a specialist investor in low carbon infrastructure, has financed the construction and operations of a new 8.8MW anaerobic digestion plant located in Dumfries and Galloway.
Marine energy company Orbital Marine Power has revealed the designs of its forthcoming commercial production tidal turbine, the Orbital O2 2 MW, which is targeted to be deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney in 2020.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has received an order for its BLEnDer® RE energy-management system to monitor and control the battery and power conditioners of what the company believes will become the world’s largest energy-storage system (240MW output and 720MWh rated capacity) at Kita-Toyotomi Substation in Toyotomi, Teshio, Hokkaido, which is owned by North Hokkaido Wind Energy Transmission Corporation.
British Gas, a British Centrica utility, has announced the launch of a new smart time-of-use tariff for electric vehicle (EV) drivers offering cheaper electricity at night between 12.30 am and 7.30 am to charge their car.
Un informe del fondo Wisdom Tree asegura que el número acumulado de vehículos eléctricos a enchufe vendidos en todo el mundo, durante los primeros nueve meses de este año, es de 1.279.000 (+68% interanual), lo que representa una participación de mercado del 1,8%. Los vehículos eléctricos de batería (VEB) pura lideraron las ventas en un 61%, mientras que los vehículos eléctricos híbridos (VEH) aumentaron un 36% con respecto al año anterior.
La Autoridad Nacional de Licencias Ambientales (ANLA) ha anunciado el otorgamiento de la licencia ambiental para el proyecto llamado Generación de Energía Eólica Alpha, a ubicarse en el departamento de La Guajira, que tendrá una capacidad de generación de entre 200 y 250 MW, y es presentado como "el primero de su clase en Colombia".
