Net Zero is becoming a sheer numbers game on all fronts. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, 2021 spend on the energy transition came to $755 billion; up some 27% on the previous year.

Siemens Gamesa will supply 15 units of its SG 5.0-145 turbine for South Korea’s third largest wind farm to developer SK D&D.

 

Clenergy Australia has recently inked a master distribution partnership with SolarLuna across seven countries in Europe. SolarLuna specializes in providing solar energy and battery storage systems for multiple residential and commercial scenarios in stringent compliance with various internationally accredited standards. The company delivers one-stop services, ranging from analysis, design to installations throughout the project. 

Neste and Fly Victor, the on-demand private jet company, have formed a partnership which sets a new sustainability benchmark in business aviation. Starting June 29, Victor members can purchase Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ (SAF) for every private jet booking globally. This enables private jet charterers to reduce the carbon footprint of their private air travel in a credible and measurable way.

Eavor, a scalable geothermal energy company, has selected Turboden for the development of their project in the South of Germany in Geretsried. This investment in Turboden’s Organic Rankine Cycle system will be used in the first commercial Eavor-Loop™ project harnessing heat from the Earth to deliver electricity to the local market.

ABB announced that Microsoft has joined its Energy Efficiency Movement. Launched in March 2021 by ABB, the #energyefficiencymovement is a multi-stakeholder initiative to raise awareness and spur action to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions to combat climate change. Companies are invited to join the movement and make a public pledge as a way of inspiring others to take action. Microsoft represents one of the largest corporate partners to join the initiative to date.

The technology group Wärtsilä has supplied a 50 MW / 50 MWh lithium-ion battery to Pivot Power, part of EDF Renewables, who have developed a cutting-edge hybrid battery site in Oxford, UK. The hybrid battery system, which was officially launched today at the opening of Energy Superhub Oxford, will play an essential role in the UK’s shift to renewables.

GKN Hydrogen and Southern California Gas Co.  today announced the companies will work with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory  on an innovative green hydrogen storage solution. GKN Hydrogen’s HY2MEGA can enable safe, long duration clean energy storage without the need for compression. At scale, this combined technology could provide resilient power in case of widespread outages. It also highlights the technologies needed to reach carbon neutrality and accelerate clean fuel initiatives.

Current and future EV owners are confused about what the UK’s new smart charging legislation change means for them, a new survey by YouGov, commissioned by Monta, has found. 

MET Group, founded in 2007 in Hungary, has a major presence in central and eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, France and Germany, with more than 700 permanent staff and is  headquartered in Switzerland. It has revenues of over 18 billion euros and while best known for gas and electricity, its Renewables CEO, Christian Hürlimann, is leading its shift to renewables, with Italian and Spanish acquisitions as well as acquiring last year a 42 MW wind park in Bulgaria, a joint venture established with NIS to build a 102 MW wind farm in Serbia and operating solar power plants in Hungary.  The firm is currently on track to reach 500 MW renewables by 2023 in CEE.

REM talked to Christian Hürlimann to find out more about what it does and its future ambitions.

La empresa de almacenamiento de hidrógeno GKN Hydrogen, la compañía de gas SoCalGas y el Laboratorio Nacional de Energías Renovables del Departamento de Energía de Estados Unidos (NREL) están colaborando en una nueva solución de almacenamiento de hidrógeno ecológico. Los tres trabajarán juntos para desplegar dos subsistemas de almacenamiento de hidrógeno ecológico HY2MEGA de GKN en el Campus Flatirons del NREL en Colorado (EEUU).