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Helping Puerto Rico Achieve 100% Renewable Energy by 2050

Researchers at Berkeley Lab are working with five other Department of Energy national labs to develop a roadmap for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to meet its 100% renewable energy mandate. A new Memorandum of Understanding, signed earlier this year between the Commonwealth and the federal government, kickstarts this “PR100 Study,” a two-year project funded by FEMA to conduct a comprehensive analysis of pathways for Puerto Rico to meet its clean energy goals, with an emphasis on power system reliability, resilience, and generation planning.

Record investment highlights critical role sustainable energy plays in US economy

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 was a record-breaking year for investment in the energy transition and the deployment of renewable power, battery storage, and sustainable transportation, according to the 2022 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook published this week by BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE).

Solving the Issues of Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation

In Ludlow, Vermont, a massive solar farm covers over 150 acres of undeveloped land. Installation professionals clear-cut the area at the beginning of the project. Clearing trees and other vegetation helped energy professionals optimize solar outputs. The renewable energy project is minimizing power-related emissions. It is also interfering with natural habitats and resource conservation. 

First Bus announces investment in new electric buses for Glasgow and Aberdeen

First Bus has announced that £35 million will be invested in new fully electric and zero emission vehicles for the cities of Glasgow and Aberdeen, which are schedule to be introduced to the country’s bus network by Spring 2024.

In Order to Meet Renewable Energy Goals, We Need Projects Approved Swiftly

The United States government has set lofty goals for transitioning the country to renewable energy. President Biden has ambitions of requiring the U.S. to obtain 80 percent of its power from emissions-free sources by 2030, and the president’s January 27th Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad sets the goal of doubling offshore wind production by the end of the decade. Recent estimates suggest that renewable energy sources could make up anywhere from one third to half of U.S. electricity by the 2030 mark, driven largely by increases in solar and wind power, but Biden’s 80 percent target is unachievable at current growth rates. 

Loughborough University research finds new approach to measuring heat loss from homes with smart meters

Loughborough University has just completed a key part of a £4 million project funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) called the Smart Meter Enabled Thermal Efficiency Ratings (SMETER) Innovation Programme.

MAN invests up to 500 million euro in hydrogen production at H-TEC Systems

MAN Energy Solutions will invest up to 500 million euro in its subsidiary H-TEC Systems to transform the hydrogen specialist into a mass-producer of PEM electrolysers as quickly as possible.

Eco Wave Power Global to Relocate the Gibraltar Wave Energy Array to the Port of LA

Eco Wave Power plans to relocate the energy conversion unit from Gibraltar, after full overhaul, to AltaSea’s premises in the Port of Los Angeles (“AltaSea”), in accordance with the agreement entered between the parties in January, 2022.

ENGIE and O-I Drive Green Electricity Transformation in Europe

O-I Glass, Inc. and ENGIE’s business entity “Global Energy Management & Sales” reached a long-term agreement for ENGIE to initially provide an aggregate 4.3 TWh of renewable electricity to O-I sites in Europe. Over a ten-year period, ENGIE will supply O-I facilities in Europe with electricity generated from solar, wind and hydro sources.

Ingeteam supplies solar inverters to North Macedonia's first utility-scale solar PV plant 

Ingeteam has supplied inverters to a solar PV project in Macedonia which has been financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

South Korea
Pusan National University scientists enhance durability of lithium-sulphur batteries with dyes

Pusan National University scientists have managed to alleviate the problem of low durability of lithium-sulphur batteries.

Equinor and bp Agree to Transform South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into Hub for Offshore Wind industry

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced an agreement that will transform the city-owned South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) into one of the largest offshore wind port facilities in the nation. The agreement will help establish New York as a leader in offshore wind and help the New York City meet its nation-leading climate goals of 100 percent clean electricity by 2040.

Reuters Events: Responsible Business Europe 2022