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AKASOL Building New Headuqarters in Darmstadt

Thursday, 28 March 2019 Dan McCue AKASOL AG, German manufacturer of lithium-ion battery systems, has acquired a property of 20,000 square meters in southwest Darmstadt, Germany, from the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks (BImA) in order ...

PPA: An Opportunity for Agents in Risk Management in the European Electricity Market

Wednesday, 27 March 2019 REM The increased interest in long-term renewable energy PPAs is due to the fall in the costs of photovoltaic technology combined with the renewable revolution posed by the goal of reducing CO2 and other GHG ...

Battery power’s latest fall in costs threatens coal and gas

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 Robin Whitlock

Lithium-ion batteries and offshore wind have both seen dramatic gains in competitiveness during the last year according to the latest research by BNEF.

Enel Acquires 650 MW of Renewable Capacity from GE

Monday, 25 March 2019 REM Enel, acting through its renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, has acquired 100 percent of seven fully operational renewable plants totaling 650 MW from Enel Green Power North America Renewable ...

Grain Belt Express transmission line passes major regulatory hurdle

Monday, 25 March 2019 Robin Whitlock Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the Grain Belt Express transmission project - a long-distance, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power line which will deliver large amounts of energy, ...

Businesses, cities and NGOs call for fossil fuel-free investments in EU’s regions

Monday, 25 March 2019 Robin Whitlock An open letter, signed by 44 organisations and sent today to EU Parliamentarians, urges them to rule out fossil fuel investments when they meet to vote on the spending priorities of post-2020 Cohesion ...

Andritz Hydro joins Gilboa Iris international distributed grid pilot

Friday, 22 March 2019 Robin Whitlock Provider of electromechanical equipment and services for the hydropower market, Andritz Hydro, is joining the international Gilboa Iris pilot project, a distributed grid and peer-to-peer (P2P) community ...

ARENA to Provide Funding to Enhance Short Term Forecasting of Wind and Solar Farms

Thursday, 21 March 2019 REM On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency has awarded $9.41 million ($6.7 million US) to 11 projects to trial short-term forecasting at large-scale wind and solar farms ...

ETI releases new report to support the UK’s transition to low carbon domestic heating

Wednesday, 20 March 2019 Robin Whitlock The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has published the outcomes from Phase 1 of its Smart Systems and Heat programme, detailing how the UK could decarbonise domestic heat to meet its 2050 climate change ...

GenCell Energy announces new additions to its backup power solution

Wednesday, 20 March 2019 Robin Whitlock Israeli manufacturer of fuel cell energy solutions, GenCell, has announced newly added capabilities to its G5 backup power fuel cell solution, opening up a host of new opportunities for clean and reliable ...