Wind
Arup to research future UK offshore wind deployment scenarios
Arup has been appointed by the UK Government to research a range of scenarios for future offshore wind development.
North America
Blackouts continue in Texas as cold weather lingers
Millions of people in the US state of Texas are still without electricity and water to date as a result of the cold weather that has swept across southern US.
Strategic Development
Op-Ed: Fossil fuels versus renewables as global temperatures plummet
This week debates have heated up about the world's shift away from fossil fuels, as frigid temperatures have wreaked havoc from Turkey to Texas.
Digitalization
Cryptocurrency mining-as-a-service proposed to smooth load imbalances
The US startup Digital Power-Optimization is seeking to secure under-utilised renewable power generation assets.
The growth in Bitcoin and...
Renewables
Singapore selects Hitachi ABB for virtual power plant storage
Technology firm Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been selected to provide its energy storage solution for Singapore’s first virtual power plant.
Hydrogen
Enel Green Power partners with Saras on green hydrogen production
Enel Green Power, signed a Memorandum of Intent with energy generation technologies firm Saras for the development of a green hydrogen project in Sardinia.
Renewables
Telcos to invest heavily in distributed generation and storage projects
Telcos will install nearly 121.9GW of cumulative new distributed energy generation and energy storage capacity between 2021 and 2030.
Solar
South African star gazing powered by the sun
Maintaining the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), is no easy feat and in 2011 the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) commenced with...
Strategic Development
Brexit cuts interconnector use and sends power prices rocketing
Britain’s exit from the EU has reduced trading on the electricity interconnectors between Great Britain and Ireland and increased the frequency of extreme prices.
Solar
Statkraft and Aquila Capital sign PPA for Spanish solar park
Statkraft and Aquila Capital signed their first PPA in Spain for the Albeniz solar plant located in Andalusia on behalf of Aquila’s client.
