IRENA Welcomes Establishment of International Solar Alliance as a Platform to Advance Solar Energy
New Delhi, India – Today, on the occasion of the Founding Conference of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), the Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Mr. Adnan Z. Amin, and the Interim Director General of ISA, Mr. Upendra Tripathy signed a Joint Declaration to deepen the cooperation between the two organisations to accelerate solar energy deployment. “Driven by remarkable cost declines, innovative policies and new business models, solar energy has emerged...
Center for Rural Affairs Releases Wind Energy Ordinance Guide for Local Officials
Lyons, Neb. - When county or city elected officials are approached about a wind energy farm, what are the first steps in creating an ordinance? What kinds of things need to be considered? “Wind Energy Ordinances,” an information guide by the Center for Rural Affairs, may help. Released today, the guide contains recommendations for new zoning regulations or ordinances, common application requirements, and key definitions for wind energy. The information was gathered by reviewing county ordi...
Maryland DOT Sets Wide-Ranging Plan to Tap Solar Power for Facilities, Cut Utility Bills
In an agreement that could stir interest across the nation, the Maryland Department of Transportation announced plans for a public-private partnership to "run a number of its facilities throughout the state with solar power, at no additional cost to taxpayers." MDOT said the state Board of Public Works, chaired by Gov. Larry Hogan, recently approved the plan. MDOT Secretary Pete Rahn said that no capital funds will be expended to pay for the program, which could have solar panels installed...
Pattern Energy Pilots Uptake’s Software at Wind Site
CHICAGO—Uptake, the industrial data science and artificial intelligence (AI) software leader, today announced that Pattern Energy Group Inc. (Nasdaq & TSX: PEGI) will pilot Uptake’s wind software. Pattern Energy, the seventh largest wind operator in the U.S., will pilot the predictive analytics software at its Logan’s Gap Wind farm in Comanche County, Texas. The site’s 87 turbines have 200 megawatts (MW) of capacity, the amount of energy needed to power approximately 50,000 homes. “Deploying...
NarrativeWave, Invenergy Announce Three-Year Energy IoT Deal to Maximize Productivity for North America’s Largest Privately-Held Renewable Energy Fleet
CHICAGO, IL AND IRVINE, CA- Invenergy, North America’s largest independent, privately-held renewable energy company, and NarrativeWave, an Irvine-based Internet of Things software company, announced a three-year agreement. Invenergy will use NarrativeWave’s software to optimize its fleet of wind turbines and other renewable energy assets. The announcement follows a successful 60-day pilot, where Invenergy proved out two use cases for their operations. The first use case focused on Reduci...
EU Doubling Renewables by 2030 Positive for Economy, Key to Emission Reductions
Brussels, Belgium — The European Union (EU) can increase the share of renewable energy in its energy mix to 34 per cent by 2030 – double the share in 2016 – with a net positive economic impact, finds a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), launched in Brussels. Presenting the findings during a launch event, ‘Renewable Energy Prospects for the European Union’ – developed at the request of the European Commission – IRENA’s Director-General Mr. Adnan Z. Amin highlighted th...
Climeon Wins Breakthrough Geothermal Order in Germany
Climeon has received its first major order for a geothermal power plant in Germany, and its first order that will operate on original oil and gas infrastructure from the Bavarian energy provider Geoenergie Kirchweidach (GEK). On November 29 2017 Climeon entered a LOI with GEK and today GEK decided to proceed and placed the order value of over 5 MEUR. The order marks an important step in replacing fossil fuels with a sustainable geothermal baseload. The deal will enable GEK to utilize the exc...
Sunnova Expands Residential Solar Service Offerings into Nevada
HOUSTON — February 13, 2018 — Sunnova Energy Corporation, a leading U.S. residential solar and energy storage provider, announced today that it will once again offer homeowners in Nevada a brilliant choice for energizing their lives with solar. Sunnova will work with local partners across the state to help facilitate solar-powered job growth and customer savings. In June 2017, Nevada passed Assembly Bill 405 into law which reinstated net-metering for rooftop solar customers across the state a...
Greensmith Energy’s Texas Waves Energy Storage Project Now Operational, Responds Ruickly to January Cold Spell, Increasing Grid Reliability in ERCOT
Greensmith Energy, a part of the technology group Wärtsilä, has successfully completed two grid-scale energy storage systems in partnership with E.ON Climate & Renewables in Texas. The system already responded to the recent cold snap in Texas, delivering short term energy to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). The two 9.9-megawatt, short-duration Texas Waves storage facilities are fed by E.ON’s 249-megawatt Pyron and the 197-megawatt Inadale wind farms, both near Roscoe, Texas....
GREEN AMERICA + T-MOBILE Team Up to Push Competitors to Match Historic Renewable Energy Commitment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green America congratulated T-Mobile today on being the first telecom company in the U.S. to adopt the RE100 pledge, the company’s commitment to move to 100 percent renewable energy by 2021. T-Mobile is the first of the big four telecom companies in the United States to make such a pledge. Green America’s “Hang Up on Fossil Fuels” campaign, which started in 2017, focuses attention on the enormous amount energy used by the telecom sector and the fact that the biggest compan...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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