Hiber Signs Deal with Shell to Roll Out Remote IoT Monitoring of Wells
Hiber to deliver well-integrity monitoring solutions for energy giant Shell; HiberHilo solution improves well safety and sustainability AMSTERDAM: Hiber, an industrial IoT as-a-service startup, has signed an agreement with Shell to provide well-integrity monitoring solutions globally. The global framework agreement allows all Shell entities and subsidiaries to use the HiberHilo product across the world. Launched in October 2020, HiberHilo is an end-to-end IoT solution that makes well monit...
Efficient Pit project: together with its partners, Solmax is developing the next generation of pit thermal energy storage
What does the next generation of Pit Thermal Energy Storage (PTES) look like? This question is the focus of the Efficient Pit research and development project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on the basis of a resolution by the German Bundestag. Over the project’s four-year duration, project participants Solmax Geosynthetics GmbH and Solites, a division of Steinbeis Innovation GmbH, are dedicating themselves to the overall goal of further developing PTES in s...
BEAM Plus Data Centres Assessment Tool Advocates Sustainable Development
(from left to right) Mr PANG Yiu-hung, Eric, JP, Director of Electrical & Mechanical Services, Ms HO Wing Yin, Winnie, JP, Director of Architectural Services Department, Mr LIU Chun-san, JP, Under Secretary for Development, Ms Ivy LEE Siu Wing, Chairperson of BEAM Society Limited, Mr WONG Kam-sing, GBS, JP, Secretary for the Environment, Mr SIT Wing-hang, Alfred, JP, Secretary for Innovation and Technology, Hon Elizabeth QUAT, BBS, JP, Legislative Council Member (Geographical Constituency – New...
A world first: Lhyfe starts producing the first hundred kilos of renewable hydrogen from wind power
Nantes (France), 07 September 2021. Renewable hydrogen produced directly from wind power becomes reality. At the end of August, just a year after the foundation stone was laid for this industrial facility like none else in the world, Lhyfe, a pure player in renewable hydrogen, began producing its first hundred kilograms of ecological hydrogen and is ready for industrial scale production. Following a few days of testing at this first site, for which the foundation stone was laid only a year ago...
Middle East renewables surge as energy transition accelerates, says GlobalData’s MEED
Renewable energy project contract awards in 2021 have eclipsed deals for conventional power plant projects in the Middle East as the region’s energy diversification agenda gathers pace, according to GlobalData’s MEED. According to the company’s latest report, ‘Middle East Energy Transition’, there were no contract awards for oil-powered or gas-fuelled power stations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the first half of 2021. However, in the same period, there a number of rene...
Justice Department and EPA reach $1 million settlement with Noble Energy and Noble Midstream
Clean Water Act violations at Colorado oil and gas facilities Companies agree to penalty and to take actions to prevent future spills DENVER - Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Noble Energy, Inc., Noble Midstream Partners LP, and Noble Midstream Services, LLC (collectively, Noble) have agreed to pay $1 million and implement enhanced containment measures and electronic sensors at tank batteries operating in Colorado f...
SolarEdge Announces 6.2MW Ground Mount Solar Project in Rhode Island
Hartford Pike is forecast to produce 4,384,800 KWh of community solar each year for over 700 local residents and businesses Hartford Pike to produce a total of 7,943,636 kilowatt-hours (KWh) of annual solar production, including 4,384,800 KWh of community solar for over 700 local residents and businesses. SolarEdge system chosen to overcome challenging aspects of the rural install, maximizing energy yield and reducing lifetime O&M costs California, North America – SolarEdge Techn...
Pritzker Archives Center Commits to Using Renewable Energy with Impressive Solar Array Installation on Its New Campus in Somers, Wisconsin
Pepper/Riley Construction along with Kelso-Burnett Company works at the construction site installing the solar array for the new Pritzker Military Archives Center. SOMERS, WI – The Pritzker Military Archives Center, currently under construction at the Pritzker Military Archives Center & Memorial Park Center in Somers, Wisconsin, began installation of a 455.2 kW solar array on its campus. The power generated by the solar array will offset the Archives Center’s electricity consumption, r...
Biden Announces New Fuel Economy Standards, Sets 50% Zero-Emission Vehicle Target
BERKELEY, CA—AUG. 5, 2021—President Biden today announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation will reinstate more ambitious Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards after being rolled back by the Trump administration. Biden also announced the signing of an executive order for 50% of all new vehicles by 2030 to be either battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or fuel cell. Emissions from transportation account for approximately 29% of U.S. gre...
SolarEdge Launches Next Generation Inverters up to 120kW in North America
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., a global leader in smart energy technology, has introduced a new range of commercial inverters with Synergy Technology, now available for rooftop, ground mount and carport applications, in North America. Reaching up to 120kW, SolarEdge’s Three Phase Inverters with Synergy Technology are designed to provide more power and higher profitability in large-scale commercial and industrial (C&I) PV installations. The 120kW, 100kW and 80kW inverters for 480V grid, and the...