Rice Device Channels Heat into Light
Rice University researchers, from left, Xinwei Li, Junichiro Kono, Weilu Gao and Gururaj Naik. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) HOUSTON – The ever-more-humble carbon nanotube may be just the device to make solar panels – and anything else that loses energy through heat – far more efficient. Rice University scientists are designing arrays of aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes to channel mid-infrared radiation (aka heat) and greatly raise the efficiency of solar energy systems....
Firestone Building Products contributes carbon savings to Official Carbon Partnership between Dow and the IOC
Collaboration enables whole-building energy saving through improved energy modeling tool and innovative polyurethane roofing insulation from subsidiary of a fellow Worldwide Olympic Partner MIDLAND, Mich. – Marking the first carbon mitigation project in North America under the Official Carbon Partnership between Dow and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced today its collaboration with Firestone Building Products (Firestone), a subsidiary of Bridgestone and a l...
Catholic Energies, IGS Solar, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington to build huge solar project in Washington DC
WASHINGTON, July 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- IGS Solar and Catholic Energies will build the largest solar ground array and pollinator field project approved for construction to-date in the District of Columbia for the benefit of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington (CCADW), the organizations jointly announced today. In response to Pope Francis's call to combat climate change and to serve as good stewards of the environment, CCADW will host the 2-megawatt system comprising more tha...
Global Power M&A Market Remained Strong in 2018 with Transaction Volumes Reaching US$158bn, Reveals GlobalData
The global power mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market remained strong in 2018 with transaction volumes reaching US$158bn, the second highest in the last five years. However, the number of deals registered decreased to 622, compared to 651 deals in 2017, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Out of the 622 transactions reported in 2018, 597 were acquisitions while the remaining 25 were mergers. As of 2019 year-to-date (YTD), 244 M&A deals were witnessed. The largest a...
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development-financed US$15 Million Renewable Energy Project Launches in Cuba
Project contributes to Cuban government target of increasing renewable energy share to 24% by 2030 10-megawatt solar PV project providing energy to the equivalent of nearly 7,000 Cuban homes Will mitigate 12,700 t of CO2 emissions annually, reducing fossil fuel use Abu Dhabi - UAE: Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for international development aid, together with the Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRE...
Lincoln Clean Energy Acquires 103 MW South Dakota Wind Project from Pattern Energy
CHICAGO – Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE), a subsidiary of Ørsted and a leading developer of U.S. renewables, announced today it has acquired a 103 MW construction ready wind project in Butte County, South Dakota. LCE purchased the project from Pattern Energy Group, an independent renewable energy company with wind and solar assets in the United States, Canada, and Japan. The project is expected to come online in the fourth quarter of 2020. Combined with its Plum Creek wind farm in Nebraska, planned...
Wärtsilä’s Fast Track Delivery of a 200 MW Engine Power Plant Will Help Meet Cambodia’s Rapidly Growing Electricity Demand
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 200 MW flexible baseload power plant to Cambodia that will help meet the country’s rapidly growing energy demand. Because of the urgent need to increase electricity supply, Wärtsilä is delivering the plant on a fast track basis. The order with Wärtsilä was placed in June 2019 by CGGC-UN Power Co, the Chinese state-owned main EPC contractor for the power plant project. The plant, located in Kandal Province near Capital city of Phnom Penh is being built...
Floating wind: CoensHexicon and Shell to develop floating wind in South Korea
CoensHexicon Co., Ltd, South Korea has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Shell with the purpose to develop, construct and operate a floating wind farm approximately 40 km offshore the Metropolitan City of Ulsan. Ulsan is the industrial powerhouse of South Korea. It has the world's largest automobile assembly plant, the world's largest shipyard and the world's third largest oil refinery. Initial project development has started early 2019 and is led by CoensHexicon. Henrik Baltscheffsky...
Highview Power Unveils CRYOBattery, World’s First Giga-Scale Cryogenic Battery
LONDON and NEW YORK – June 27, 2019 – Highview Power, the global leader in long-duration energy storage solutions, is pleased to announce that it has developed a modular cryogenic energy storage system, the CRYOBattery, that is scalable up to multiple gigawatts of energy storage and can be located anywhere. This technology reaches a new benchmark for a levelized cost of storage (LCOS) of $140/MWh for a 10-hour, 200 MW/2 GWh system. Highview Power’s cryogenic energy storage system is equivalent...
Subsea Electric Power Conversion Provides Bi- Direction MVDC Transmission
A new electrical power conversion technology for subsea power distribution requirements being developed as a Phase II SBIR for the U.S. Navy has been introduced by Diversified Technologies, Inc. of Bedford, Massachusetts. The PowerMod™ Subsea MVDC Power Distribution System converts 10 kVDC to 375 VDC directly at the seafloor and is bi-directional for grid or loop configuration with multiple power sources. Allowing the transmission of megawatts at medium voltages over thousands of kilometers,...
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