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CleanSpark Completes Military Microgrid Offering 100 Percent Renewable Driven Energy Security

Tuesday, 14 May 2019 REM CleanSpark, a microgrid company with engineering, software and controls for innovative distributed energy resource (DER) and microgrid deployments has achieved government acceptance of its solar plus storage ...

DNV GL opens new digital marketplace for efficient trade of renewable power

Tuesday, 30 April 2019 Robin Whitlock Independent energy advisory and certification body DNV GL is inviting renewable energy developers and sellers to join Instatrust its new digital platform for renewable power purchase agreements aimed at ...

Japan

Japan’s grid can handle more wind and solar power than currently envisioned

Monday, 29 April 2019 Robin Whitlock Although Japan has experienced a solar boom in the past five years, ongoing concerns about the stability of its power grid have slowed the expansion of wind and solar, leaving the country with renewable ...

Deep electrification powered by renewables is key for a climate-safe future says IRENA

Tuesday, 09 April 2019 Robin Whitlock As the urgency to take bold climate action grows, new analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds that scaling-up renewable energy combined with electrification could deliver more ...

PPA: An Opportunity for Agents in Risk Management in the European Electricity Market

Wednesday, 27 March 2019 REM The increased interest in long-term renewable energy PPAs is due to the fall in the costs of photovoltaic technology combined with the renewable revolution posed by the goal of reducing CO2 and other GHG ...

Battery power’s latest fall in costs threatens coal and gas

Tuesday, 26 March 2019 Robin Whitlock

Lithium-ion batteries and offshore wind have both seen dramatic gains in competitiveness during the last year according to the latest research by BNEF.

Enel Acquires 650 MW of Renewable Capacity from GE

Monday, 25 March 2019 REM Enel, acting through its renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, has acquired 100 percent of seven fully operational renewable plants totaling 650 MW from Enel Green Power North America Renewable ...

World Bank Helps Bangladesh Expand Renewable Energy

Thursday, 14 March 2019 REM The World Bank has approved $185 million to add up to 310 MW in renewable energy generation capacity in Bangladesh and mobilize private sector participation to meet the growing demand for electricity ...

Solar and Wind Take the Lead in FERC'S First "Infrastructure" Report of 2019

Wednesday, 13 March 2019 REM According to analysis undertaken by the Sun Day Campaign, a non-profit research and educational organization, of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), new solar and wind ...

Green hydrogen to become affordable by 2035 says DNV GL

Tuesday, 12 March 2019 Robin Whitlock Hydrogen produced from renewable energy will become an economic energy carrier to complement electricity and accelerate the decarbonisation of industrial feedstock and heat, as well as providing long-term ...