Panorama

BIRD Energy awards multi-year R&D grant to GenCell Energy and American Energy Technologies

Tuesday, 11 September 2018 Robin Whitlock fuel cell power solution provider and manufacturer GenCell Energy and American Energy Technologies Company (AETC) have been awarded a multi-year grant by the Israel-United States Binational Industrial ...

Donald Trump’s foreign policy results in a renewables-peak for industrial offtakers in Africa says THEnergy

Monday, 03 September 2018 Robin Whitlock

Onsite renewable energy projects in Africa are increasing alongside an increase in downstream consulting demand, according to energy consultancy THEnergy.

Canada

Siemens and Mortenson consortium complete Bipole III HVDC Converter Stations in Canada

Tuesday, 28 August 2018 Robin Whitlock

Siemens and Mortenson have completed the ± 500-kilovolt (kV) Bipole III high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) power converter stations for the Manitoba Hydro III transmission project in Canada.

Non-Hydro Renewables Forecast to Comprise 50% of Spain’s Installed Power Capacity by 2030

Wednesday, 22 August 2018 REM According to a report from GlobalData, Spain’s total installed power capacity increased from 55.5 GW in 2000 to 104.4 GW in 2017, at a compound annual growth rate of 3.8 percent. Growth is expected to ...

AIIM Invests in Wind and Solar Power Projects in South Africa

Tuesday, 21 August 2018 Dan McCue African Infrastructure Investment Managers, one of Africa’s largest infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers, has acquired stakes in nine new solar and wind power plants in South Africa through ...

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 ...

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 ...

Capital Goods Sector Helping to fuel Renewable Economy

Tuesday, 24 July 2018 Dan McCue A new report, ‘Bridging low carbon technologies’, from UK-based environmental non-profit and investment research provider CDP, states a low carbon industrial revolution is being driven by innovation ...

The energy transition can benefit Europe's regions, says the EESC

Friday, 20 July 2018 Robin Whitlock The transition to decentralised, renewable and digitalised forms of energy supply would not only have positive effects on the environment, it would also economically benefit the regions of the European ...