Hybrit Fossil Fuel-Free Steel Demonstration Plant Starts Construction
Hybrit, a consortium of Scandinavian companies, has begun construction of a pilot plant designed to test the feasibility of making zero emissions steel.
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SDG&E Approves Projects Doubling Grid-Scale Energy Storage To Enable Adoption Of More Renewables
San Diego Gas & Electric broke the news that it will be doubling the energy storage capacity of its network over the next 3.5 years to enable the adoption of more renewables in its service area.
Iceland Saturates Its 1,300 Kilometer Route 1 With Network Of 20 ABB DC Fast Chargers
A network of 20 of ABB’s high-speed 50kW DC fast chargers for electric vehicles has been installed across Iceland as the island nation looks to electric vehicles to cut petrol imports and reduce emissions.
Elon Musk Harpooned Baseload Power
With batteries like the Hornsdale Power Reserve, power from solar and wind power will be more valuable, because with battery backup their power can be used to supply an increasing share of baseload power. And that increase in value, which might not necessarily be reflected by an increase in price, makes their power all the more attractive.
Costa Rica: 1st Country To Achieve Independence From Fossil Fuels?
Costa Rica’s new president has promised to continue his country’s transition to renewable energy and to work toward eliminating all fossil fuels for its transportation sector by 2021.
Rick Perry Travels To Kodiak Island, Alaska, To Learn About Renewable Microgrid
Energy secretary Rick Perry travelled to Kodiak Island last week to learn more about how the second largest island in the US manages its microgrid, which includes two flywheel storage units from ABB.
Zayed Future Energy Prize Winner Green School Bali Is Raising A Generation Of World Changers
The Green School in Bali is the brainchild of founder John Hardy who, in 2008 had just wrapped up a 20-year career in the jewelry industry and watched Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth which, in John’s words to us over dinner, “ruined his life” as it demanded action on his part.
Crunch Time For Renewable Energy In SoCal
Officials in Glendale, California, have asked for renewable energy proposals before approving a plan to repower the Grayson generating plant to use natural gas. Its decision could have broad implications far beyond Glendale.
Portugal’s Renewable Electricity Production in March Exceeded Consumption
Portugal is taking an early lead in renewables to such an extent that for the month of March it produced 4.3% more renewable electricity, at 4,812 GWh, than its total electricity consumption of 4,647 GWh. Perhaps more impressively, Portugal put up these numbers in the face of a massive 9.7% year over year increase in electricity consumption versus 2017.
Pakistan Can Spur Social & Economic Development With Renewable Energy, Claims IRENA
The International Renewable Energy Agency has published a new analysis of Pakistan’s energy sector which shows that the country can spur both social and economic development and improve its energy security by developing its “abundant” renewable energy sources.
