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Energy Storage News: Chile has published details of its latest power auction set to take place later this year that will contract 5,250GWh per annum for 15 years. The country’s National Energy Commission (CNE) said it will carry out the tender to support the government’s decarbonisation efforts and the promotion of renewables and energy storage […]
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Renew Economy: The Italian based Enel Group, the world’s large private renewable energy player, has secured its energy retail licence in Australia and plans to offer a unique “green-tailer” product in the local market, combining renewables, virtual power plants and an EV charging option for its customers. The push by Enel into the Australian energy […]
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Energy Storage News: Statkraft has been awarded a tender of public lands in Chile to host a wind power project and Total Eren is developing a 1GW wind power project in Kazakhstan: both would be paired with large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) of up to 1GWh capacity each. Statkraft Chile said last week that […]
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PV Tech: Spanish oil and gas major Repsol has increased its 2030 renewables target to 20GW, the bulk of which is expected to be solar PV, as part of efforts to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Repsol will allocate an additional €1 billion (US$1.15 billion) to low-carbon projects between 2021 and 2025, up to […]
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Bloomberg ($): Seven countries have signed a pledge initiated by the United Nations to stop building new coal power plants, with the aim to gather more signatures before the global climate summit COP26 in Glasgow next month. The No New Coal agreement is the latest attempt to try and piece together a global phase-out of […]
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Spain’s gas regulations benefit Enagás and burden consumers
September 15, 2021 (IEEFA) – Empresa Nacional de Gas (Enagás) has benefited from a “security and diversity of supply” strategy as an excuse to build or expand liquefied natural gas regasification terminals, natural gas pipelines and gas storage facilities. The resulting overcapacity has meant low utilization rates for gas infrastructure assets in Spain, as well […]
Ana Maria Jaller-Makarewicz, Arjun Flora and Press Release
La regulación del gas en España beneficia a Enagás y perjudica a los consumidores
15 de septiembre de 2021 (IEEFA) – La Empresa Nacional de Gas (Enagás) se ha beneficiado de una estrategia de «seguridad y diversidad del suministro» como excusa para construir o ampliar plantas de regasificación de gas natural licuado, gasoductos de gas natural e instalaciones de almacenamiento de gas. Según un informe del Instituto de Economía […]
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ReNews.biz: Enel Green Power has broken ground on Chile’s first industrial-scale pilot plant for green hydrogen production. This 1.25MW plant, which is located at Cabo Negro north of Punta Arenas, will produce green hydrogen through electrolysis powered by a 3.4MW wind turbine. The plant is also Enel Green Power’s first project to produce green hydrogen […]
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Renewables Now: Independent power producer Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd has obtained an environmental permit for the 150-MWp Sonnedix Tres Cruces solar project in the Atacama region in Chile. The Environmental Qualification Resolution (RCA) issued by the country’s environmental evaluation service SEA certifies that the project in question complies with environmental regulations and can be executed, […]
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ReNews.biz: Mainstream Renewable Power has unveiled a 1GW hybrid renewable energy platform in Chile. The Nazca Renovables platform consists of six projects, comprising three wind and three solar photovoltaic and is divided into three portfolios. Humboldt, the first of these, will provide 255MW of clean energy via the Tata Inti solar farm and the Entre […]
