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BBOXX Pilots Internet Access Project in Rwanda

Monday, 20 August 2018 REM BBOXX has launched a pilot to provide internet access for communities in Rwanda. BBOXX is already providing clean, reliable and affordable solar electricity to approximately 750,000 people in Africa and ...

Australia

Sanjeev Gupta to build 280 MW solar farm in South Australia

Wednesday, 15 August 2018 Robin Whitlock

Sanjeev Gupta has released details of a 280 MW solar farm in South Australia as the first part of a global GFG Alliance $1 billion, 1 GW dispatchable renewable energy programme.

APPA Encourages Use of Biomass and Geothermal for Urban Air Conditioning

Monday, 13 August 2018 REM APPA Renovables applauds the initiative of various Spanish municipalities, including Madrid, to introduce tax measures, such as the bonus on the Real Estate Tax (IBI), for renewable air conditioning and ...

Limejump's entry into the UK balancing market increases competition with major power plants

Monday, 13 August 2018 Robin Whitlock

Advanced technology provided by Limejump has enabled smaller generators, demand response sites and battery storage to access the National Grid balancing mechanism market.

Companies Collaborate to Accelerate Renewable Energy Development in Illinois and Virginia

Wednesday, 08 August 2018 Dan McCue Apple, Akamai, Etsy and Swiss Re have signed an agreement to develop two new wind and solar energy farms in Illinois and Virginia. The new projects will generate 290 MW to the PJM electric grid serving ...

More than 5,500 British churches to convert to renewable energy

Friday, 03 August 2018 Robin Whitlock Over 5,500 British churches have decided to convert to renewable energy in order to fight climate change. The churches include some of the UK’s most famous cathedrals, reports The Guardian this morning. ...

SoCalGas and DOE Co-Fund Power-to-Gas Research

Thursday, 02 August 2018 REM Southern California Gas Co. is co-funding power-to-gas research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Stanford School of Engineering's Spormann Laboratory. The two entities will receive $800,000 from ...

Australia

New Australian best practice charter puts communities at centre of renewable energy developments

Tuesday, 31 July 2018 Robin Whitlock

Thirty-seven major businesses have officially signed on to a new best practice charter for renewable energy at the Australian Clean Energy Summit.

UK Government making no moves to address collapse in clean energy investment says Environmental Audit Committee

Monday, 30 July 2018 Robin Whitlock The UK Government has not made any realistic attempt to address a current collapse in clean energy investment, according to the Environmental Audit Committee, a House of Commons select committee with the ...

Uganda First African Country to De-Risk Small and Medium Scale Renewable Projects

Friday, 27 July 2018 REM Uganda has become the first African country to sign an agreement with the Regional Liquidity Support Facility, a joint initiative of the African Trade Insurance Agency, a Pan-African and multilateral guarantor, ...