| Argentina Charges Ahead With Torqeedo Electric Passenger Ferries  The Delta del Paraná in Argentina is the only river delta on earth that empties into another river, creating an 8,400 square-mile wetlands paradise just one hour from Buenos Aires. For the families who call the delta's 1,000 tiny islands home, the "lanchas colectivas" – vintage mahogany wood passenger ferries powered by old diesel engines – are the primary mode of transport, albeit at the cost of the delicate ecosystem. But change is on the horizon. |  DLA Piper pioneers faster, more collaborative renewable energy due diligence with LiveDiligence Traditional due diligence often relies on time-intensive reporting processes that are not always the most efficient means for communicating critical legal and regulatory information. Global law firm DLA Piper has onboarded software-as-a-service solution LiveDiligence, integrating thetool designed to offer enhanced efficiency into its due diligence process. |  HydroWing Opens Base in Wales to Deliver its Tidal Energy Project HydroWing has kicked off the New Year by opening a new office in Wales, to support the development of their innovative tidal stream energy project at Morlais on Anglesey. The company has been awarded a contract through the latest round of the UK Government’s ‘Contracts for Difference’ allocation for a 10 MW tidal stream energy project at Morlais, the UK’s largest consented tidal energy scheme. | Biogas | Renewi's Green Gas Makes Vattenfall's Gas Mix More Sustainable  Vattenfall and Renewi, a leading waste-to-product company, have started a sustainable new partnership. Vattenfall will purchase more than 7.5 million m3 of green gas annually from Renewi. The green gas made from food waste is added to the regular Dutch gas network, where it mixes with the natural gas and thus makes the gas mix more sustainable. | Biomass | NIFA Grant to Fund MSU Study of Biomass-Derived Transportation Fuel  The future of fuel is practical, sustainable and green, and Mississippi State’s Department of Sustainable Bioproducts is committed to discovering solutions that will power tomorrow’s fuels. El Barbary Hassan, department professor and scientist in the university’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center, has received a National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant totaling over $610,000 to take foundational steps toward producing viable fuels from agricultural waste. | Electric/Hybrid Storedot to showcase the world’s first EV fitted with XFC battery cell technology Veolia successfully completes pioneering vehicle-to-grid demonstration in the UK REE completes US certification of full-by-wire EVs and begins deliveries of P7-C electric truck Hydrogen | Plug Power Completes First Installation of Electrolyzer at Amazon Fulfillment Center  Plug Power Inc. has completed the installation and commissioning of an electrolyzer system at an Amazon fulfillment center in Aurora, Colorado. The 1 MW proton exchange membrane electrolyzer is the first for Amazon and is producing low-carbon hydrogen to fuel more than 225 hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklift trucks at the site, known as DEN8. | UK hydrogen trade association launches brand new projects map UAM and CSIC Propose New Solution for Safe Transport and Storage of Hydrogen Interviews Panorama | Hotel’s Green Revolution Slashes Energy Costs and Carbon Footprint  A historic seaside hotel in North Wales has undergone an ambitious green transformation to slash energy costs and reduce its carbon footprint by 84%. The Grade Two listed Llandudno Bay Hotel on the town’s magnificent Victorian seafront had been closed for over two years when it was taken over by Everbright Hotel. | Post-IRA Clean Energy Projects Driving $20B in Private Investments, 67K New Jobs in Rural America DNV launches JIP to identify barriers to the use of HVDC in the US grid Sustainability-linked loan to boost Iberdrola renewable energy expansion in emerging markets PV | UK solar target for 2035 obliterated by inflated costs and gridlock  The current swathe of solar farms approved and going through planning permission in the are likely to be severely delayed or cancelled, according to a new study by energy consultant for Huw Evans, undermining the UK Government’s target of a fivefold increase of solar to 70 GW by 2035. | Sharp and INDOX Group Join Forces to Power Industrial Solar Solutions in Spain Storage | Long Duration Energy Storage Could Cut Cost of GB Power System by up to £24 Billion  New analysis by LCP Delta and published within the consultation on 'Designing a policy framework to enable investment in long duration electricity storage' from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, shows that long duration energy storage (LDES) can play a significant role in the future GB power system, as well as delivering cost savings. | Wind GE Vernova announces 2.4 GW order for Pattern Energy’s SunZia wind project Agenda Wind Europe Renewable Energy Grid Integration Week 2024 |
