Minnesota DOT Makes 25-Year Deal for ‘Solar Garden’ Energy
The Minnesota Department of Transportation officially inaugurated two 25-year agreements October 25 to purchase a total of 7.4 million kilowatt-hours annually from 23 soon-to-be-built community “solar gardens” located throughout the state; equivalent to approximately 24 percent of the agency’s total annual electricity use. “The Minnesota Department of Transportation is pursuing solar energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save money and support the health of people, the environment and ou...
Stantec to Provide Sesign services for Pennsylvania’s Largest Solar Project
Penn State University, in partnership with Lightsource BP, has broken ground on the largest solar project in the state of Pennsylvania. The project is expected to provide 25 percent of the university’s electricity, at a savings of over $14 million, over the next 25 years. Lightsource BP will build, own and operate the facility and sell the electricity to Penn State under a long-term power sales contract. As one of the lead engineering firms on the project, Stantec has been hired by Rosendin,...
Experts Say Rooftop Solar Energy Can Help Poland Triple PV Output
According to the latest analysis, a quarter of Europe’s electricity needs could be covered by rooftop solar energy. This may be a suitable solution for Poland, which is still the largest consumer of coal in the EU. Initiatives to implement such projects already exist in the country. The report claims that many EU countries can produce levelized solar electricity at a lower cost than retail electricity prices by tapping into rooftops of the already existing real estate, making it a possible so...
Highview Power to Develop Multiple Cryogenic Energy Storage Facilities in the UK and to Build Europe’s Largest Storage System
Highview Power, a global leader in long-duration energy storage solutions, today announced plans to construct the UK’s first commercial cryogenic energy storage facility (also referred to as liquid air) at large scale, which will be located at a decommissioned thermal power station in North of England. The 50 MW/250 MWh project is a clean large-scale energy storage facility that can help the UK achieve its goal of decarbonising industry, power, heat, and transport. The project being developed wa...
Work Begins on Huge Australian Rooftop Solar Array
The 7400 panels are being fitted to the 5-hectare roof of the Tonsley Innovation District, which will have a total installed capacity of 2.34MW.There are plans to increase the solar capacity at the site to as much as 6MW and over 20,000 solar panels as the district grows over time. The solar installation will work in conjunction with on-site battery storage and smart technologies as part of Enwave Australia’s Tonsley District Energy Scheme. The panels are being installed by Tonsley-based ZEN...
U.S. Battery Scientists Prepare to Boost Power and Lifetime of Advanced Lead Batteries
Technical Roadmap Charts Research Program to Create Next Generation Technology DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - Researchers have unveiled a program designed to produce high performance batteries in the United States (U.S.) for renewables energy storage and improved hybrid electric cars. The Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI) has published the program in an innovation roadmap for advanced lead batteries which sets out research priorities for the next three years. U.S. members of the Consort...
Australia’s Lyon Group and China Huadian Sign Agreement to Bring Stable Renewable Energy to Asia
Lyon Group today announced that it has signed an agreement with China’s second largest power generation company, China Huadian Corporation, to co-develop and invest in power generation with integrated battery energy storage systems (BESS) in China, Australia and other Asian markets. The agreement brings together an alliance to co-develop stable renewable energy including Japan’s JERA Co. Inc, with whom Lyon and China Huadian each signed separate agreements in 2018. Lyon’s agreements with C...
Wärtsilä Power Plant Using ‘Killer Lake’ Gases Among PMI’s Top 10 Renewable Energy Projects of the Last 50 Years
The technology group Wärtsilä has been recognised as having delivered one of the world’s Top Ten most influential renewable energy projects of the last 50 years. This recognition has been given by Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s premier association of project professionals. It was announced on October 7 at PMI’s head office in Philadelphia, USA. The Wärtsilä installation referred to by PMI is the KivuWatt power plant in Kibuye, Rwanda. The 25 MW plant was delivered and install...
One Million Euro Helsinki Energy Challenge in Search for Sustainable Energy Production
Helsinki is committed to its responsibility in curbing climate change. Helsinki’s goal is to be carbon-neutral by the year 2035. Currently, more than half of Helsinki’s carbon dioxide emissions originate from the production of energy used for heating. Reaching the carbon-neutrality goal requires, in addition to the other actions, that the emissions originating from the production of heat are reduced significantly. The Finnish government has decided to place a ban on the burning of coal for en...
Battery Innovation Roadmap Points to Energy Storage Revolution in Europe
Technology will boost performance of batteries for micro-hybrid cars and renewable energy storage ONE of the world’s mainstay battery technologies is set to turbo charge its performance to support growing demand for more battery energy storage in the EU. The European Commission has predicted a 10x increase in demand for EU battery energy storage by 2050. With the support of its EU and worldwide battery company members, the Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI) today sets research objecti...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
