Panorama

Samsung announces 100 percent renewable energy commitment

Monday, 18 June 2018 Robin Whitlock

Samsung Electronics has announced a plan to commit to 100 percent renewable energy in the US, Europe and China by 2020.

Swytch and e2m Collaborate on Proof of Concept Blockchain Project

Friday, 15 June 2018 REM Swytch, a blockchain-based clean energy incentive based in Austin, Texas, and the Germany-based Energy2market GmbH, a leader in aggregated energy trading throughout Europe, have announced a pilot program ...

IRENA welcomes the EU’s decision to increase its renewable energy target

Friday, 15 June 2018 Robin Whitlock Adnan Z. Amin, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has welcomed the European Union’s (EU) decision to increase its renewable energy target from 27 per cent to 32 per ...

Dimension Renewable Energy Launches With Focus on Distributed Energy Projects

Thursday, 14 June 2018 REM Dimension Renewable Energy has closed its Series A and B financings and is aiming to develop distributed renewable energy projects across the United States. The company was founded by Rafael Dobrzynski and ...

Canada

ABB completes Maritime Link HVDC project in Canada

Thursday, 14 June 2018 Robin Whitlock

ABB has completed the Maritime Link, formally handing over the interconnector to Emera, a leading energy and services company headquartered in eastern Canada.

MEPs must stand firm on EU clean energy says CAN

Wednesday, 13 June 2018 Robin Whitlock The Climate Action Network (CAN) has called on MEPs to stand firm, with regard to renewable energy and energy efficiency targets, in discussions around three key aspects of the EU Clean Energy Package. ...

France

Partners in the GRHYD project inaugurate France’s first Power-to-Gas demonstrator

Tuesday, 12 June 2018 Robin Whitlock Power-to-Gas transforms electricity from renewable energy into hydrogen gas which, once converted, can be stored and transported in the natural gas grid, thus helping to recover and store renewable energy. ...

ABB to Install Multipurpose Microgrid in Australia

Monday, 11 June 2018 Dan McCue ABB, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, will supply a microgrid solution to the Energy Storage for Commercial Renewable Integration project in Australia. The solution will connect an ABB Ability PowerStore™ ...

Boston Mayor Calls on Cities to Join Renewable Energy Projects Initiative

Friday, 08 June 2018 REM Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced plans to issue a Request for Information for competitive pricing of large-scale renewable energy projects at the International Mayors Climate Summit which took place ...

Concerned UK citizens to sue the British Government over climate change

Friday, 08 June 2018 Robin Whitlock A group of UK citizens concerned about climate change, calling themselves ‘Plan B Earth’, have announced they are going to sue the British Government over what they see as its poor response to climate ...