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ACORE releases statement on FERC Order 2222

Friday, 18 September 2020 Robin Whitlock The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) has largely welcomed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order No. 2222 which aims to help transform grid and remove barriers preventing distributed ...

Alfen Expands Microgrid for Lighting System at Red Harvest

Thursday, 17 September 2020 REM Red Harvest, one of the larger tomato growers in the Netherlands, is installing a grow lighting system in the last of its four greenhouses at their location in Middenmeer in the Netherlands. To this end, ...

European Parliament opens the door for fossil fuel subsidies in the EU’s Just Transition Fund

Wednesday, 16 September 2020 Robin Whitlock After mounting concern that the European Parliament would do the dirty on the environment with regard to its position on the Just Transition Fund (JTF), sure enough, a new vote on the issue today has allowed ...

Furch Guitars Reduces its Carbon Footprint

Tuesday, 15 September 2020 REM Most manufacturing companies try to keep their operating costs associated with electricity as low as possible. However, they often forget how such energy is obtained and that the cheapest energy is ...

Solarise Africa Secures $10 Million Series B Investment

Monday, 14 September 2020 REM Pan-African energy leasing company, Solarise Africa, has landed a further $10 million investment to drive Africa’s clean energy expansion. The Series B investment round welcomed French development finance ...

Two Irish Islands Promoting Eco Tourism and a Hydrogen Economy

Thursday, 10 September 2020 REM News that 10 MLAs and MPs have written to the Northern Ireland Secretary of State to promote a hydrogen economy has been broadly welcomed by spokesmen from two Irish islands now espousing the merits ...

Trade associations unite to boost green economic recovery and reach net zero emissions faster

Thursday, 10 September 2020 Robin Whitlock

TechUK, the Solar Trade Association (STA) and RenewableUK, are to announce today a new partnership to promote the transition to a net zero economy.

First Hydroelectric-Solar Microgrid in Patagonia

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 REM A “run-of-the-river” hydroelectric power station, photovoltaic installation, and battery storage system have been combined to provide facilities in the Patagonia National Park with electricity from ...

EU member-states set to receive most of the Just Transition Fund plan to stick with coal

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 Robin Whitlock The final EU National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) show that 11 out of 18 EU coal-countries do not have a Paris-compatible plan to phase-out coal by 2030, finds a new report entitled Just Transition ...

EUA expresses disappointment in RIIO-2 Draft Determinations and says that Ofgem must listen to industry

Tuesday, 08 September 2020 Robin Whitlock UK energy regulator Ofgem (Office of Gas and Electricity Markets) has published its proposals for a five-year investment programme in order to transform the country’s energy network ready to deliver ...