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ARENA Launches $7 Million Funding Initiative for Renewable Energy Projects

Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Dan McCue The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will make up to $7 million of funding available for studying how how solar parks, wind farms or enabling technologies such as batteries can provide grid stability ...

Researchers at Brookhaven Lab Devise Method for Producing Propylene While Consuming Carbon Dioxide

Tuesday, 15 May 2018 REM Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a “bimetallic” catalyst for the reaction of carbon dioxide and propane to produce propylene, an important ...

SENER to Develop Devices for Biomass Satellite Structure

Tuesday, 15 May 2018 REM Spanish engineering and technology group SENER will design, manufacture and test devices for assembly of the Biomass satellite which is a mission from the European Space Agency (ESA) under the Earth Explorer ...

BayWa Acquires Scottish Renewable Energy Service Firm

Tuesday, 15 May 2018 REM

Germany’s BayWa r.e. has purchased the UK based renewable energy service provider, Becon Consultancy

ADB Helps Inaugurate New Power Distribution Network in Kabul

Monday, 14 May 2018 REM The Asian Development Bank and the Government of Afghanistan inaugurated a new power distribution network, which will help provide efficient and reliable electricity to around 200,000 people, who previously ...

Finnish Consortium Invests in Greener Shipping Industry

Friday, 11 May 2018 REM INTENS, a Finnish research-industry consortium coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has committed over €13 million ($15.5 million) in the next three years, with €5.6 million ($6.7 ...

Bristol City Council seeking partners to assist with Bristol’s carbon neutral goal

Thursday, 10 May 2018 Robin Whitlock

Bristol City Council has launched an international search for potential partners to help reach the city’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.

NREL Completes Validation Testing for Go Electric Inc.

Wednesday, 09 May 2018 REM Go Electric, headquartered in Anderson, Indiana, has developed an uninterruptible power supply that instantly synchronizes with the grid. Called LYNC DR, the device recently underwent extensive scenario ...

Alfen Selected to Connect Two Large-Scale Solar Farms to the Grid

Tuesday, 08 May 2018 Dan McCue Dutch company, Alfen, has been selected by Solarcentury to provide the high-voltage power grid connections for a 17.5 MWp solar farm at Twence recycling company in Enschede and a solar farm of approximately ...

IRENA Report Shows Rapid Growth in Off-Grid Renewables

Monday, 07 May 2018 REM New data from IRENA shows that about 115 million people worldwide currently rely on the basic energy services provided by solar lights, while another 25 million obtain a higher level of renewable energy ...