Wind-powered hydrogen production plant commissioned in Germany
Salzgitter AG, subsidiary Avacon and Linde have announced commissioning of the "Wind Hydrogen Salzgitter - WindH2" project, which will use wind energy to produce hydrogen.
This project is the only one of its kind in...
EPM to offset 2 million tons of CO2 with auction of Emission Reduction Certificates
Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) in Colombia will hold a public auction to sell 2 million certificates of carbon credits from three hydroelectric plants and one wind farm.
According to BNamericas, the credits will come...
California center launches to help e-mobility early-stage companies achieve commercialization
The anticipated launch of the California Mobility Center (CMC) was made official last week as it formally shifted into full commercial operations in support of its mission to accelerate the pace of future mobility commercialization in...
National Grid in JV to build New York green hydrogen storage, delivery project
Atlantic U.S. utility National Grid is partnering to demonstrate a multi-use renewable hydrogen-based energy storage and delivery system in New York.
The venture with Standard Hydrogen Corp. will focus around developing what National Grid called the first...
Grid Storage R&D Center planned for Pacific Northwest National Lab by 2025
The first phase of planning work is underway on a $75 million research and development center focused on accelerating development and deployment of long-duration, low-cost energy storage.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the beginning...
Global wind industry reached nearly 100 GW of new installed capacity in 2020
According to recent analysis by BloombergNEF, in last year’s record-setting year, the wind market commissioned nearly 100 gigawatts (GW) of new build in 2020. Undeterred by COVID-19, installations grew 59% year-on-year.
Developers commissioned 96.3 GW...
New energy storage deployment topped record 3,500 MWh in 2020, ESA report shows
Energy storage installation grew nearly 200 percent and totaled an all-time operational record in fourth quarter 2020, according to a new report.
The report released by analytics and research firm Wood MacKenzie and the U.S....
Red Rocket’s 4-MW Kruisavallei hydropower plant now operating
The 4-MW Kruisvallei hydropower plant reached commercial operations in late February 2021, according to project developer Red Rocket.
Construction of this small hydro plant, on the Ash River between Clarens and Bethlehem in the Free...
The 800-MW Vineyard Wind 1 moves closer to starting construction
The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed the environmental analysis of the proposed Vineyard Wind I offshore wind project. This is the final analysis...
Jigar Shah to head up U.S. DOE loan programs office
Longtime renewable energy expert and founder of Generate Capital, Jigar Shah, has been appointed to head up the Loan Programs Office (LPO) of the US Department of Energy (DOE).
According to the website, LPO...
