Crowley and Watco Partner to Support Offshore Wind Energy
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– Crowley and Watco are partnering to create a single-source terminal and supply chain management solution to support the emerging offshore wind industry. With the growing number of wind projects planned for U.S. waters, the partnership brings together industry-leading project management and logistics experts who can provide a “one-stop-shop” for owners, operators, and local port authorities in support of the offshore wind industry. “This partnership will provide turnkey...
Australian firm partners with French giant to reduce carbon emissions in Japan
A company from Adelaide, South Australia is partnering with one of the world’s biggest energy utilities to provide renewable wood pellets for the Japanese electricity market. International Bio Fuels Marketing (IBFM) has entered into contracts with French energy giant Engie to build four wood pellet plants in Asia with construction starting this year. The joint venture, which has established a Singapore-based company called Consolidated Biomass, plans to begin construction of the firs...
The Volvo Group creates business area dedicated to accelerating electrification
The new business area Volvo Energy will strengthen the Volvo Group’s business flow of batteries over the life cycle as well as the customer offer for charging infrastructure. At the same time, the environmental impact from electric and hybrid electric commercial vehicles and machines will be reduced by giving used batteries a second life in different applications. “There is a great and growing interest for electric vehicles and machines among our customers. This is of course very positive as...
FPL begins construction of world’s largest integrated solar-powered battery system
The battery system is expected to have a 409-megawatt capacity, delivering 900 megawatt-hours of energy – enough to power Disney World for approximately seven hours – and will be the world’s largest integrated solar-powered battery system. This groundbreaking energy storage system is part of an innovative modernization plan that is expected to accelerate the retirement of aging natural gas units at a neighboring power plant. The plan is projected to eliminate over one million tons of car...
iSun Energy Announces $2.2 Million Contract for Solar EV Charging and Energy Infrastructure with Meriden Housing Authority
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - iSun, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISUN) (“iSun”) is a leading solar industry innovator and commercial solar contractor providing energy services, smart city innovations and clean mobility infrastructure with solar electric vehicle (EV) charging, ground-mount and rooftop solar energy systems and electrical and data services. Today, iSun announces that it has been selected by competitive bid to provide its innovative solar EV carport, rooftop and ground-mount technologies to the Meriden...
Wärtsilä’s Energy Storage System with service agreement will help secure Shetland’s power supply
Wärtsilä will provide grid balancing services and reserve power to Scotland’s Shetland Islands with the supply of its advanced 8 MW/6 MWh energy storage system to the Lerwick Power Station. ©SSEN The technology group Wärtsilä will provide grid balancing services and reserve power to Scotland’s Shetland Islands with the supply of its advanced energy storage system. The system is being supplied to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution, which belongs to the regulate...
Hamburg power plant to be converted into mega-electrolyser for green hydrogen
Vattenfall, Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hamburg's municipal heat supplier Hamburg Wärme signed Letter of Intent - 100 MW capacity to be installed in the Port of Hamburg (Moorburg site) from 2025 onwards - Hamburg is on its way to becoming European hub for green hydrogen economy - According to the OECD, the Hamburg metropolitan region is one of the most promising hydrogen regions in Europe Hamburg - The companies Vattenfall, Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Hamburg'...
Gold Coast powers up with EV charging network
RTM75 fast-charging stations by Brisbane technology company Tritium.(Image) The Gold Coast will install fast electric vehicle chargers to anchor Queensland's electric superhighway. The city is powering up electric vehicles and its growing green credentials with a network of 10 of the RTM75 fast-charging stations by Brisbane technology company Tritium that will be installed over a 50km city-wide radius from Pimpama on the northern edge of the Gold Coast to Coolangatta and offset...
Waga Energy and Ferrovial Servicios to deliver massive landfill gas-to-biomethane project in Spain
The Can Mata project is the first landfill gas injection project in Europe to be financed by a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) The Ferrovial Servicios group, a leading global service operator, has selected Waga Energy to produce biomethane at the Can Mata landfill, one of Spain’s largest landfill, near Barcelona. The Can Mata site will be the first in Spain to use the WAGABOX® purification technology, developed by Waga Energy to recover landfill gas in the form of biomethane, a...
Global companies set to supply South Australia's next 'Big Battery'
Electricity generator and retailer AGL has short listed two major global energy storage companies to supply a huge battery system at a South Australian power station that will be more than twice the size of Tesla’s original 100 megawatt ‘Big Battery’ commissioned in the state’s Mid North in 2017. The Australian energy utility today announced Wärtsilä and Fluence had been secured under non-exclusive framework agreements to supply up to 1000MW of grid-scale battery storage in Australia...