World’s Biggest Grid-Scale Battery Will Be In German Salt Mine
German utility EWE plans to use salt caves to create a redox flow system that will be the largest battery in the world when completed in 2023.
Wind Energy
Told You So: Kind Words For Renewables In Leak Of Supposedly Pro-Coal Grid Study
A new Energy Department grid study was slammed by wind and solar fans but a leaked draft indicates that renewables get the thumbs up for grid reliability.
Vermont Is Currently Enacting Some Of The Most Restrictive Rules On Wind Energy In The…
Vermont is currently enacting some of the most restrictive rules on wind power in the country, even as it pushes for some of the biggest cuts to carbon emissions. In May, Vermont’s Public Service Board issued a new rulefor wind projects that includes strict setback requirements and noise limits.
UK Plug-In Car Registrations Rise As Renewable Energy Generation Reaches New High
2017 is showing notable environmental improvements percolating in the UK, with record highs of plug-in car sales as well as renewable energy generation records. So far this year, 22,480 plug-in cars have been registered in the UK, which means that EV buyers registered more electric and plug-in hybrid cars during the first half of 2017 than in any previous 6 month period.
The Largest Wind Farm In The US Is Being Built In Wyoming, And Lawmakers Want…
Earlier this year, legislators tried to prevent Wyoming utilities from selling wind power. The bill went nowhere, but it points to an undercurrent of hostility toward wind. Wyoming is currently the only state to tax wind power, and legislators have pushed to raise the wind tax from $1 per megawatt hour to $3 or $5. Anschutz’s business fought both proposed tax hikes, which died in committee.
Cheap Energy From Renewables Is Dividing Entrepreneurs & Advocates In Unexpected Ways
Clean energy has reached an inflection point. It threatens to upend the status quo, and entrenched interests are fighting back.
The Evolution of Change
Disruptive technologies may face terrific backlash, but eventually low cost and convenience prevail. Computers replaced typewriters. Cassettes replaced records. Cars replaced horses. And none of it happened overnight.
House Defeats Anti-Climate Amendment With Republican Help
43 Republicans broke ranks with their party to vote against an amendment that would prevent the US military from studying how climate change will impact its ability to protect American interests.
Siemens Gamesa To Supply Wind Turbines For 118 Megawatt Turkey Wind Farms
Siemens Gamesa has been awarded a contract to provide 118 MW worth of wind turbines to the Baglar and Ardicli wind farms in Turkey.
DONG Energy & Siemens Sell Offshore Wind Transport Company A2SEA
World-leading wind energy companies DONG Energy and Siemens announced earlier this month that they had agreed to sell offshore wind transportation and installation company A2SEA to Belgian marine engineering company GeoSea.
