Category / Industry News
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EV charging sites now outnumber petrol stations in UK
Newly released figures from Zap-Map, a charging point platform, reveal that the number of public charging locations in the country has now surpassed the number of petrol stations. Source: REALWIRE
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Pedernales Electric Coop, Aggreko team on Texas energy storage system
The 2.25 MW/4.5 MWh project will be situated in Johnson City, Texas. Aggreko software will manage the battery system, which will provide services into grid operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Source: REALWIRE
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Renewables set to outspend oil and gas exploration in APAC by 2020
Renewables energy investment in Asia excluding China will overtake spending on upstream oil and gas projects in the region as soon as next year, according to Rystad Energy. Source: REALWIRE
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The $4.4B geothermal energy plan for Ethiopia
Reykjavik Geothermal, a power developer backed by hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II, is about to kick off a $4.4 billion project to bring geothermal energy to Ethiopia. Source: REALWIRE
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Construction starts on California’s largest floating solar array
Ciel & Terre and the Town of Windsor officials said they started construction of what will be the largest floating solar power system in the state of California. The floating solar array will be installed on the Town’s largest recycled water storage pond and is expected to meet 90 percent of the Town’s water treatment…
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Harvesting the sun is the new cash crop
It takes a special person to farm these days. Long hours, hard work, and the uncertainties of weather and yield are nothing new to farming, but the 21st Century presents new and unique challenges—and the results are increasingly dependent on factors beyond farmers’ control. Source: REALWIRE
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The bursting of the Tesla stock bubble
For Elon Musk and Tesla Inc., the blows from Wall Street came one after another this week — a relentless barrage that left the stock so beat up that some now wonder if it can ever regain its status as the ultimate 21st century disrupter. Source: REALWIRE
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Companies explore how to make your home smart and 100% renewable-powered
Big Oil wants to put a box in your hall closet that works like a human brain, can cut the lights, stop the refrigerator and will know how you move about in the privacy of your home better than you do. Source: REALWIRE
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Why not a global green new deal through a federation of microgrids?
Among my circle of friends and colleagues, everyone is aware of the impact of human activities on climate change – the melting of arctic ice, the destruction of species – and the major causes of it, namely, coal burning for electricity and fossil fuels burning for transport. What nearly everyone is unclear about is what…
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Iberdrola inaugurates 350-MW Baixo Iguacu hydroelectric power plant in Brazil
Iberdrola, through its Brazilian affiliate Neoenergia, has opened the 350-MW Baixo Iguacu hydroelectric power plant, with an investment of more than €500 million (US$559.5 million). Source: REALWIRE