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Renew Economy: The NSW government has committed $380 million over the next four years to boost network infrastructure for the state’s first renewable energy zones, which it hopes will unlock tens of billions of dollars in new investment in wind, solar and storage projects. The funding will be used to underwrite the development of […]
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Renewables Now: Spanish electric utility Iberdrola SA (BME:IBE) and South Korean multi-energy group GS Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on the renewables development in South Korea and other regions in Asia. The agreement is meant to create a platform through which the partners would seek out and develop projects, including […]
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The Guardian: Six climate activists and two environmental NGOs have taken Norway to the European court of human rights (ECHR), arguing the Nordic country’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic are harming young people’s futures. The activists, Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth, want the court to rule that Oslo’s 2016 decision […]
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New York Times ($): The Biden administration on Friday announced that it would begin the formal process of selling leases to develop offshore wind farms in shallow waters between Long Island and New Jersey as part of its push to transition the nation to renewable energy. The proposed sale, the first of the Biden administration, […]
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Utility Dive: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, D, laid out ambitious offshore wind goals Wednesday as the state pushes toward its aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 70% below 2005 levels by 2030. Cooper’s executive order calls for the state to develop 2.8 GW of offshore wind projects by 2030 and 8 GW by 2040, […]
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Energy Live News: Enel Green Power, a subsidiary of Enel Group, has started commercial operations of what is described as South America’s largest wind farm. The company has invested €620 million (£533m) in the construction of the 716MW Lagoa dos Ventos wind farm. The project consists of 230 wind turbines and is forecast to generate […]
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Renew Economy: Two new massive offshore wind farms have been proposed for either side of Bass Strait, taking the growing pipeline of projects in a technology that has yet to be deployed in Australia to more than 25 gigawatts. An Australian based company, Brookvale Energy, is looking at an offshore wind project in Tasmanian waters […]
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Canary Media: The United States has already lost the solar power manufacturing race to China. Now the Biden administration wants to make sure that it doesn’t lose the lithium-ion battery race. That’s the focus of a new set of policies announced by the Department of Energy on Tuesday, aimed at regaining market share from China, […]
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Energy Storage News: Fluence has completed the commissioning of two large-scale battery projects in the Philippines, following similar announcements by rivals ABB and Wartsila. The Arlington, Virginia-headquartered multinational said today that two 20MW / 20MWh battery energy storage systems (BESS) have been successfully brought online in the Southeast Asian country. They were delivered for Filipino […]
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Bloomberg ($): Four months after the failure of the Texas electric grid sparked a backlash against clean power, investors and developers have decided just what the state needs: more renewable energy. Much more. Texas is on pace to have as much green-power development in coming years as the next three states combined, according to the […]
IEEFA: Zero to 60% in 14 years – South Australia’s success in transitioning to renewables
Seven important lessons for energy planners around the globe in transitioning grids from fossil fuels to renewables3 June 2021 (IEEFA Australia): South Australia offers vital lessons for other jurisdictions transitioning from a fossil fuel-based electricity grid to a low emissions, high renewables grid, finds a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). “The proportion of South Australia’s electricity demand met by large scale and small scale variable […]