Making Solar and Renewable Energy Job Opportunities Available to Low Income Americans
New Columbia Solar (NCS), a clean energy company based in the District’s Ward 5, is now a partner to the Solar for All Program operated by the DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU). Partnership will increase renewable energy access, jobs for low-income residents NCS builds and operates solar energy systems on rooftops and parking canopies across the District and provides the power produced from the systems to low-income residents, nonprofits and businesses. “New Columbia Solar has...
Neste and The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Collaborate to Facilitate the Use of Sustainable Transportation Fuels
Neste, the leading renewable fuels producer, and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on its joint sustainable fuel initiative. The partners will be working together to facilitate the use of sustainable transportation fuels at Port Authority facilities and in its fleet vehicles and equipment, including renewable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, renewable propane and other sustainable fuel products. “As the first U.S. tra...
Neste: Finland to join Nordic forefront in reducing emissions in aviation
Finland’s incoming government has today introduced its Government Programme which includes ambitious climate targets and a goal for carbon neutral Finland in 2035. As part of reducing transport-related emissions, the share of biofuels in aviation is targeted at 30% through a blending obligation. “This is a significant goal, enabling Finland to join the forerunners in reducing emissions in aviation. Air traffic is predicted to double during the next 15 years. The aviation industry has committe...
Falling Renewable Power Costs Open Door to Greater Climate Ambition
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Renewable power is the cheapest source of electricity in many parts of the world already today, the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. The report contributes to the international discussion on raising climate action worldwide, ahead of Abu Dhabi’s global preparatory meeting for the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September. With prices set to fall, the cost advantage of renewables will extend further, Renewable Po...
New Columbia Solar Partners with DCSEU on Solar For All
New Columbia Solar (NCS), a clean energy company based in the District’s Ward 5, is now a partner to the Solar for All Program operated by the DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU). NCS builds and operates solar energy systems on rooftops and parking canopies across the District and provides the power produced from the systems to low-income residents, nonprofits and businesses. “New Columbia Solar has the proven experience to be an effective partner on the Solar for All Program,” said...
Solar Project Racks up 50 Farms in South Australia
A renewable energy project that started as a way to provide extra income for grape and citrus growers has built its 50th small-scale solar farm in South Australia. Renmark-based Yates Electrical Services began its Red Mud Green Energy project three years ago with the first 187kW commercial farm joining the electricity grid in September 2016. Since then 50 farms have been built up to 1MW in size on sites ranging in area from 4000sq m (1 acre) to 2 hectares (5 acres). About 80 per cent of th...
Brightmark Energy Breaks Ground on Nation’s First Commercial-Scale Plastics to Fuel Facility in Indiana
ASHLEY, IN – Brightmark Energy, a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, today broke ground on the nation’s first commercial-scale plastics-to-fuel plant in Ashley, Indiana. A total of 136 full time manufacturing jobs will be created in Northeast Indiana when all phases of the 112,000 square foot facility are operational. The new plant will utilize a state-of-the-art plastics-to-fuel process that sustainably recycles waste that has reached the end of its useful life – inclu...
FMC GlobalSat to Introduce Bundled Connectivity Solutions for Latin American Energy Providers
Ft. Lauderdale, FL - FMC GlobalSat, a leader in delivering reliable, secure, and cost-effective Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions utilizing wireless and global satellite networks, is introducing its comprehensive broadband connectivity service to energy providers across Central and South America when it participates at Brazil Windpower 2019. The event is scheduled for May 28-29 at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo. FMC GlobalSat delivers 4G wireless and satellite connectivity, hardware,...
Wärtsilä and LUT University to Collaborate on Research for 100% Renewable Energy Systems
The technology group Wärtsilä and Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, a Finnish public university, have signed a research agreement on strategic power system modelling with the aim of understanding and developing paths towards 100% renewable energy systems. The agreement was signed in March. The scope of the agreement covers collaboration on detailed energy system modelling of the transition taking place with the global energy sector. Under the agreement, LUT University’s solar e...
Neste and Air BP Bring Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Caen Airport in France
Neste and Air BP are supporting the business aviation sector’s Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuel (SAJF) initiative and helping drive its adoption with operators and aircraft manufacturers. The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) will take place in Geneva on 21-23 May 2019, and European business aviation community has an option to refuel with sustainable aviation fuel at Caen airport in France. The fuel has been produced by leading renewable fuels producer, Neste, and sup...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
