Panorama

Germany’s thyssenkrupp Launches Advanced Water Electrolysis

Thursday, 21 June 2018 REM German conglomerate, thyssenkrupp, is now offering a key technology for renewables integration: industrial scale water electrolysis for large projects. By splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, this ...

Wärtsilä calls for 100 percent renewable energy in the power market

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 Robin Whitlock

Technology group Wärtsilä is aiming to lead the way towards a future that utilises 100 percent renewable energy with a call to action in the power market.

Falling Battery Costs Will Enable World to Get Half of Needed Energy from wind and Solar

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 REM wind and solar are set to surge to almost “50 by 50” – 50 percent of world generation by 2050 – on the back of precipitous reductions in cost, and the advent of cheaper and cheaper batteries that ...

Swytch and e2m Collaborate on Proof of Concept Blockchain Project

Friday, 15 June 2018 REM Swytch, a blockchain-based clean energy incentive based in Austin, Texas, and the Germany-based Energy2market GmbH, a leader in aggregated energy trading throughout Europe, have announced a pilot program ...

Canada

ABB completes Maritime Link HVDC project in Canada

Thursday, 14 June 2018 Robin Whitlock

ABB has completed the Maritime Link, formally handing over the interconnector to Emera, a leading energy and services company headquartered in eastern Canada.

ABB to Install Multipurpose Microgrid in Australia

Monday, 11 June 2018 Dan McCue ABB, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, will supply a microgrid solution to the Energy Storage for Commercial Renewable Integration project in Australia. The solution will connect an ABB Ability PowerStore™ ...

First Bank Provides Support for Boy Scouts' Renewable Energy Education Program

Thursday, 07 June 2018 REM First Bank, based in North Carolina, has pledged $15,000 over three years to help launch EnergizeNC, a partnership between the Central North Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts of America and The Center ...

Microsoft Deploys Data Center on the Sea Floor

Wednesday, 06 June 2018 Dan McCue Microsoft’s Northern Isles data center has been placed on the sea floor near Scotland’s Orkney Islands. The project is part of the second phase of the company’s moonshot to develop self-sufficient ...

Turkey Requests Feasibility Study for Solar + Storage Solutions

Tuesday, 05 June 2018 REM The Turkish Ministry of Energy has asked DNV GL to do a feasibility study for combined solar and energy storage solutions. The aim of the study is to provide the Ministry’s Renewable Energy General Directorate ...

Panama

Regulatory reform is key to meeting renewables targets in Panama says IRENA

Tuesday, 22 May 2018 Robin Whitlock Upgrades to Panama’s regulatory environment and power system management are critical to achieving the renewable energy goals set out in the country’s National Energy Plan according to a report released ...