PowerCell signs MoU with ABB Power Grids regarding stationary fuel cell power solutions
PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a memorandum of understanding with ABB Power Grids regarding a collaboration around fuel cell based zero emissions stationary power solutions. The aim of the cooperation is to leverage the companies’ existing technologies to jointly develop a complete solution for the market. A final agreement is expected to be reached within approximately 12 months Following the joint development and licensing agreement with Robert Bosch GmbH regarding the PowerCell S3 fuel ce...
Bechtel Sets Top of Unit 3 at U.S. Nuclear Plant Construction Site
On May 21, a Bechtel-led construction team set a massive cooling water tank on Plant Vogtle Unit 3, the first of only two new nuclear units under construction in the Unites States. This is the final major lift for the Unit 3 team at the construction site in Waynesboro, Ga. The Passive Containment Cooling Water Tank module measures 35 feet tall with an outer diameter of 85 feet. The tank module, including the outfitting and rigging, weighs more than 720,000 pounds and took a year for crews to...
Outback energy company’s low-cost hydrogen bid
South Australian company Leigh Creek Energy says it can produce 200-million kilograms of hydrogen a year at less than A$1 per kg to fuel growing global demand. Leigh Creek Energy said in a release to the Australian Securities Exchange this week it had conducted a pre-commercial demonstration at its Leigh Creek Energy Project site 550km north of Adelaide, where it successfully produced significant quantities of ultra-low cost hydrogen. The Australian government last month released its “tech...
Infographic: Wind and Solar Shares 5 Year Outlook, Study Forecasts 169% Price Gains
Wind and solar stocks expected to grow 169% by 2025 Fastest growing sector 80% of Germans expect growing importance of wind and solar energy By 2025, publicly traded companies from the solar and wind energy sectors could boast share price gains of up to 169%. This emerges from the findings of a new infographic from Kryptoszene.de. According to the results of the study, this could even be the biggest growth industry. In contrast to the renewable energy sector, the value of the internati...
Renewables Increasingly Beat Even Cheapest Coal Competitors on Cost
Competitive power generation costs make investment in renewables highly attractive as countries target economic recovery from COVID-19, new IRENA report finds Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Renewable power is increasingly cheaper than any new electricity capacity based on fossil fuels, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published today finds. Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2019 shows that more than half of the renewable capacity added in 2019 achiev...
COVID-19 Intensifies the Urgency to Expand Sustainable Energy Solutions Worldwide
To meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets by 2030, countries must safeguard the gains already attained and accelerate efforts to achieve affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. WASHINGTON — Despite accelerated progress over the past decade, the world will fall short of ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030 unless efforts are scaled up significantly, reveals the new Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress...
Envision Solar Opens New International Market with First Canadian Order
SAN DIEGO - Envision Solar International, Inc., (Nasdaq: EVSI, EVSIW) (“Envision Solar,” or the “Company”), the leading producer of unique and sustainable infrastructure products for electric vehicle charging, energy security and outdoor media today announced the first Canadian order for the Company’s EV ARC™ solar-powered charging infrastructure product, expanding global reach. EV ARC™ units are already deployed in the U.S., Brazil, Spain and The Caribbean. “Canada is the 10th fastest electr...
Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy Ltd. to cooperate on a carbon neutral synthetic biogas production project in Finland
The technology group Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy Ltd., a Finnish energy company, have signed an agreement on a joint concept feasibility study for a Power-to-Gas facility at Vantaa Energy’s waste-to-energy -plant in the city of Vantaa in the capital region. The co-development agreement was signed in May and is valid for 12 months. The Power-to-Gas facility would produce carbon-neutral synthetic biogas using carbon dioxide emissions and electricity generated at the waste-to-energy plant. The pu...
COVID-19 Erases Five Years of Solar Job Growth
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New analysis shows that the U.S. solar industry will employ 114,000 fewer workers by June 2020, compared with previous forecasts that projected the industry would employ 302,000 Americans over the same time period. With an expected workforce of 188,000 people, this job loss will take the industry back to 2014 levels as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Last week the U.S. government reported another 3 million unemployment claims. The solar industry is now losing jobs at a fas...
REC Solar and DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express announce completion of solar microgrid project
Completion of first project phase provides reliability, savings and more to leading Hawaiian-based freight hauler New microgrid system combines solar and battery storage for a zero-emissions energy system with a backup power supply CHARLOTTE, N.C. –Today, DHX – Dependable Hawaiian Express (DHX)– and REC Solar, an unregulated affiliate of Duke Energy, announce the completion of a solar microgrid solution designed to bring reliability, savings, zero-emissions generation and more to the leadi...
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