Energy

Mitsotakis promised to speed up permits for renewable energy projects as the country seeks to wean itself off polluting and costly imported fossil fuels. Greece aims to almost double its installed capacity from renewables to about 19 gigawatts by 2030. This could be revised upwardly as part of the European Commission's fresh drive to accelerate transition to green energ...

Nickel North Exploration (TSXV: NNX) has released an updated mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its 100% owned Hawk Ridge nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM (platinum group metals) project in northern Quebec, showing a significant increase over its initial resource published in 2013. The total inferred mineral resource now totals 34.7 million tonnes with average grades of 0.22% n...

Here, we report a facile, scalable, lithography-free method to generate controllable nanostructures with directional randomness and dimensional order, significantly boosting the efficiency of white OLEDs. Mechanical deformations form on the surface of poly(dimethylsiloxane) in response to compressive stress release, initialized by reactive ions etching with periodicity a...

LUGANO, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Energy Vault, an Idealab company that creates renewable energy storage products, today announced its selection by Fast Company as the winner of one of the publication’s World Changing Idea 2019 awards. The company won the Energy category and was recognized for its transformative utility-scale energy storage technology that sets new ben...

The project includes the »CGN Delingha« 50 MW parabolic trough CSP project (June 30th), the »Shouhang Dunhuang« 100 MW molten salt tower CSP project (December 28th) and the »SUPCON Delingha« 50 MW molten salt tower CSP project (December 30th). Owners are CGN Solar, Shouhang, and Supcon Solar, respectively. Furthermore, 6 projects with total capacity of 350 MW are under ...

As the world tries to limit the use of fossil fuel energy, the demand for renewable energy is increasing, with wind becoming a heavily relied on resource. In 2018, Europe’s wind energy investments accounted for 63 per cent of renewable energy, compared to just 52 per cent in 2017. To meet the growing demand for wind energy, manufacturers are increasing turbine output and...

The number of homeowners considering solar panels installed on their homes is growing. In fact, 70% of American residents said: “they would support a version of California’s rooftop solar policy being mandated nationwide.” While numbers don’t lie, it’s also incredibly noticeable how not every home in your neighborhood makes use of the technology just yet. The reasons for...

Since 2013 Belectric has completed 22 solar projects in Israel with a total capacity of around 260 MW. This year the company is building Israel’s largest solar plant with a capacity of 120 MW near the Kibbutz of Zeélim in cooperation with Solel Boneh. Commissioning is anticipated in 2019.

According to the company, to date, the Hydrelio technology developed worldwide by Ciel & Terre has a proven international track record with 235 MW of floating solar plants. Akuo Energy is the manufacturer and exclusive distributor of Ciel & Terre’s Hydrelio product in France.

The project is in 75 percent ownership of Recom and 25 percent of BQ Energy. Both companies cooperated closely on the installation, that is covered by a 25 years Power Purchase Agreement with the City of Olean. The project is one among four large solar installations with a total capacity of 28 MW Recom is completing in NY State. The installation comprises of 11,808 Recom...

Power Production reached 198 GWh on proportionate basis, almost tripling production compared to the same period last year. Second quarter revenues and EBITDA continued to grow compared to the same quarter last year. According to the company, this reflects continued high activity in the Development & Construction segment with revenues of NOK 1,339 million (Q2 2018: NOK 1...

The pilot facility is the first non-hydro project of Philippine renewable energy company SN Aboitiz Power-Magat (SNAP). Located in the 1,170-hectare Magat reservoir, the purpose-built facility has been designed to withstand disruptive weather conditions and strong typhoons. The project will go through a pilot test lasting for ten months, and will initially serve house l...

Thus, Georgia Power will own and operate 80 MW of battery energy storage systems and add 2,260 MW of new renewable (solar, wind or biomass) generation to the company's energy mix, which is, according to the company, »already one of the largest voluntary renewable portfolios in the country.« With this addition, Georgia Power will grow its renewable generation by more than...

A recently announced project by a group of European wind and chemical industry partners has been formed to advance recycling efforts for composite wind blades. The partnership includes WindEurope (Brussels, Belgium), the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC, Brussels, Belgium) and the European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA, Brussels, Belgium). There are ...

According to the company, the launch of Helios Power follows completion of the expansion of Hyperion Power, a collaboration between Soltage, funds managed by the Basalt group and also Basalt's first flagship fund (Basalt I), comprising a portfolio of 135 MW of distributed U.S. solar generation assets across diverse markets including California, Massachusetts, North Carol...

The typical case of Hofmann (HFM) spiral plate heat exchanger in the domestic chemical industry. The first phase of investment of Tianchen Yaolong is about 4.2 billion Yuan, with the construction of 200,000 tons / year caprolactam project, which is the world's largest single production capacity of caprolactam project line. The project was successful on August 4 to produ...

The energy will be controlled through LO3 Energy’s distributed ledger technology to log and manage energy flow. LO3’s blockchain technology is used for verifying and recording transactions, enabling consumer sharing of the energy they produce with their own solar panels via a microgrid, which can reduce the burden on the larger energy grid. In Japan, where renewables ...

Study findings: North America held the highest market share in 2017. Asia Pacific is anticipated to witness the highest growth during the forecast period due to burgeoning adoption of mobile and cloud services. The data center segment is estimated to dominate the white box server market throughout the forecast period owing to rising need for computational power. De...

Babcock & Wilcox Vølund has handed over the Amager Bakke/Copenhill waste to energy plant near Copenhagen, Denmark. The plant famously features a ski slope on the roof. The customer, Amager Ressourcecenter (ARC), is jointly owned by five Copenhagen-area municipalities. The waste to energy facility is capable of processing approximately 560,000 tonnes of waste annually ...

A contractor has been appointed to build an anaerobic digestion facility that will inject renewable gas produced from food waste to the grid in Aberdeen, Scotland. The plant will power the multi-million-pound new TECA arena, conference centre and exhibition building, a part of the new AECC project which includes two on-site hotels, an energy centre, extensive landscap...

Babcock & Wilcox Vølund and its project partner Interserve has handed over a waste to energy plant near Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland to waste and recycling firm, Viridor. According to B&W the Dunbar Energy Recovery Facility, a municipal waste to energy plant, will provide power for 39,000 homes while providing more than 50 permanent, full-time jobs for the community...

According to the scientists, this should minimize costs and ensures reliability of power-distribution networks. Just like any other machinery, generators have start-up and shut-down times and associated costs. Because multiple generators are generally available at any given point, they cannot be turned on or off quickly. Network operators are known to schedule t...

An additional challenge imposed on the installing contractor was the fact that the existing station and wet well are located in a resident’s backyard, right next to a creek. With only a 6 week allowable timeframe, EBARA provided a packaged lift station in April 2017. The station was quickly installed by removal of the old station, reconditioning of the existing concr...

The installations are owned by Stateline Farms, Gerken Paving and Harvest Solar Lenawee. Each of these systems is capable of 1.0MW of AC output. The power generated by these systems will be sold to Midwest Energy & Communications (MEC) thanks to a program offered by Wolverine Power Co-op. Harvest partnered with MEC when Wolverine Power offered to purchase solar energy...

A 1 MW lithium battery—with the same capacity as 2 million smartphones—and 5 floating wind turbines will be installed at the Scottish Hywind farm. Currently under construction, it will be the first floating wind farm in the world—floating because the turbines do not need to be anchored to the seabed. This new system will optimize energy transfer from wind farm to grid. A...

Solar also makes more financial sense for industrial applications, as most factories, warehouses, and other facilities have large, flat roofs that are ideal for these panels. Solar power is considered one of the greenest renewable energy sources, surpassing other options like natural gas, because its energy produces zero emissions at every stage. It has also surpassed...

Researchers at the University of Adelaide, Australia, have developed a way to make electric motors up to 70 per cent more energy efficient. The team used two new magnetic materials and manufacturing techniques to create patented water pump systems that are highly efficient and have the potential for widespread application. According to lead researcher Associate Profes...

Aimed for 2020, the wind turbine will offer better cost efficiency and allows Mitsubishi Heavy to sell the energy it harnesses to power companies spread across Europe. Mitsubishi is not alone in creating bigger turbines. Industry players can significantly reduce the construction costs of offshore wind facilities by producing larger generators. For instance, they mi...

The remarkable features of this application are not only the dimensions and rotations which have to support the cable carriers. Due to the unusual location of the telescope on a volcano at an altitude of 3,000 meters, maximum operating reliability with minimum maintenance effort also had to be ensured. The task was to implement the entire project from the first design dr...

The search for a greener solution to our energy demands continues, but an academic in Norway thinks he has the perfect answer to Europe’s woes. He wants to turn Norway’s existing hydropower infrastructure into a super “green battery,” that would store excess energy generated elsewhere in Europe and release it on demand. The concept is basically simple, wind and solar pla...

Brazil is set to join Japan and others by embarking on a project to create a giant floating solar farm that would make it one of the largest floating solar installations in the world. The ambitious project will have a reported capacity of 350 megawatts, which is on par with the massive solar thermal plant in Dry Lake, California, and is significantly larger than the curr...

A team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego has developed a material capable of capturing sunlight and converting 90 percent of it to heat. The nanoparticle-based material can also withstand many years of outdoor exposure as well as temperatures in excess of 700 degrees Celsius, in contrast to the less resistant sunlight absorbing materials currently i...

In recent years we have witnessed a large increase in renewable energy projects, some of which encompass vast areas of land, and others whole building roof tops. Many of the large projects are being developed by international consortia. But, increasingly individual companies and institutions are installing custom solar, wind or hybrid arrays in order to reduce energy cos...

By combining a revolutionary geometrical approach with a dual-axis tracking system, German architect André Broessel has found a way to improve the efficiency of traditional photovoltaic panels by a stunning 35%. The Rawlemon Solar Device is like the crystal ball of sustainable energy: take a look inside in the video below.

The March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident damaged Japan’s energy infrastructure and caused the country to shut down the majority of its nuclear reactors and accelerate investment in renewable energy to close the resultant power gap. Yet Japan’s mountainous, heavily forested geography poses a challenge for new energy site development. In the wake of Fukushima, ...

Electroalfa started in 2017 a large investment project to increase the production capacity for its SPF factory. The investment, worth roughly 3.6 million Euro, will last 3 years and will require a 20% growth in the workforce. The new space, added to the factory will lead to a total of 9300 sqm and is designed to improve the production manufacturing flow. The project i...