The University of Limerick recently unveiled a unique €2-million ($2.4 million) underwater robot. The Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Étaín was officially launched by Minister of State, Pat Breen.
The Cora Group has has been awarded Zero Carbon Building - Design certification by theCanada Green Building Council® (CaGBC) for evolv1. A new commercial multi-tenant office building now in construction, evolv1 is one of 16 projects across Canada to be selected by the CaGBC to participate in a two-year pilot of its new Zero Carbon Building Standard. It is also the first building to earn the Zero Carbon Building - Design certification.
Ten banks, with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) acting as administrator, have signed a $400 million loan agreement with Iberdrola Mexico, the first green loan in that country by a company in Latin America. The loan has a five-year term, which can be extended for another two years. BBVA Bancomer is acting as global coordinator and green agent bank.
Envision Solar has announced the issue of a patent by the Chinese Patent Office for the company’s EV ARC product.
Zion Market Research has published a new report on “Biogas Plant Market: Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016–2024”. The Biogas Plant Market report presents facts and figures regarding dynamics, size, and definition of the market. Furthermore, several aspects of the Biogas Plant Market such as key contracts, value chain analysis, and regional trends are included in the report.
The EU Horizon2020 programme has provided a total of 5 million euros of grant funding for AW-Energy’s Megaroller project which is focusing on the development of a Power Take-Off unit for a 1 MW wave energy device.
Anglo American Platinum will be installing eight of Primus Power’s EnergyPod® battery systems at their Amandelbult mine, in the Limpopo province, South Africa. The energy storage project at Amandelbult deepens the ongoing partnership between the companies. Having first invested in Primus Power through the Platinum Group Metals Development Fund (PGMDF) in 2014, Anglo American Platinum is both a strategic investor in Primus and a supplier of the platinum group metals (PGMs) used as a catalyst on the titanium electrodes inside the EnergyPod.
Australia-based Tritium will be participating at the Hannover Messe, the world’s leading trade fair for industrial technology, from April 23 to 27. Tritium will be showcasing its Veefil-RT 50kW EV Fast Charger.
An interview with Rob Cowin, director of government affairs for the Union of Concerned Scientists' Climate and Energy Program
SolarPower Europe, junto con la empresa Greenbyte, especializada en software de energías renovables, han presentado un mapa interactivo que muestra la capacidad acumulada de energía solar instalada por país, continente y en el mundo entre 1992-2017. Este mapa –The Evolution of Solar Power– confirma el impresionante crecimiento que está teniendo esta tecnología en el mundo.
El director ejecutivo de la Comisión Nacional de Energía (CNE), Ángel Canó, aseguró que en 2018 el Gobierno tiene como metas sumar 233 MW eólicos y 128 MW fotovoltaicos, 361 MW en total, a la capacidad instalada renovable, que actualmente es de 195 MW, lo que significa el 5% de las fuentes de energía conectadas al Sistema Eléctrico Nacional Intercontectado (Seni).
