Massachusetts has announced $23 million in grants to support nine large-scale projects that will replace fossil fuel systems with clean energy technologies at public colleges and state facilities across Massachusetts. The awards will support projects at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State University, and the Departments of Conservation and Recreation and Developmental Services

RWE U.S. Offshore has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of the Interior to resolve claims against the U.S. government and relinquish its offshore wind leases off the coasts of New York, California, and Louisiana. The settlement enables RWE to redeploy its capital to accelerate value-accretive opportunities that deliver reliable and affordable energy.

Project InnerSpace (InnerSpace), a non-profit focused research organization committed to the  growth of geothermal energy, and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the world’s largest non-profit member organization for oil and gas professionals, announced a new partnership to institutionalize geothermal as a durable technical focus area across SPE’s core technical disciplines.

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) recently launched its uFLY initiative with the first demonstration flight of a hybrid-electric aircraft in Utah. Flown by Ampaire, the hybrid-electric aircraft, named EEL, traveled between Salt Lake City International Airport and Cedar City Regional Airport. The flight marks another major milestone in Utah’s leadership in advanced air mobility.

La organización conservacionista, SEO/BirdLife, ha presentado alegaciones contra los parques eólicos Titan, Mimas y Dione, proyectados en Guadalajara, al considerar que su ubicación podría generar impactos significativos sobre especies amenazadas y espacios protegidos. La organización cuestiona además el Estudio de Impacto Ambiental de los proyectos y reclama una evaluación más exhaustiva de sus posibles afecciones.

Baterías con premio en la gran feria europea del almacenamiento de energía
El jurado de la feria ees (la gran feria europea de las baterías y los sistemas acumuladores de energía) ya ha seleccionado los productos y soluciones innovadoras que aspiran, como finalistas, al gran premio ees 2021. Independientemente de cuál o cuáles sean las candidaturas ganadoras, la sola inclusión en este exquisito grupo VIP constituye todo un éxito para las empresas. A continuación, los diez finalistas 2021 de los ees Award (ees es una de las cuatro ferias que integran el gran evento anual europeo del sector de la energía, The smarter E).