Wärtsilä, Engie, ING Bank Develop Emissions-Free Barge Business With Interchangeable Energy Containers
The technology group Wartsila and some partners have developed an emissions-free barge concept.
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World’s Largest Floating Wind Turbine Launching Soon In Portugal
20 kilometers off the coast of Viana do Castello, Portugal, is about to be the new home to the largest floating wind turbine in the world, an 8.4-megawatt (MW) ABS-classed offshore wind turbine. This is continental Europe’s first large-scale floating wind farm. A belief is that this renewable installation is ushering in the Golden Era of wind, especially offshore wind.
First Turbine For WindFloat Atlantic Offshore Wind Project Moved Into Position
The largest and most powerful wind turbine to be used for a floating offshore wind project has been moved into position atop its semi-submersible foundation off the coast of Portugal, the first of three 8.4 megawatt (MW) turbines which will make up the 25 MW WindFloat Atlantic offshore wind project.
India x Cleantech — October 2019
Welcome to another issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we are pulling news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article about the country.
Anheuser-Busch & BYD Launch North America’s Largest Electric Class 8 Fleet
Anheuser-Busch is starting to dip its toes into the electrification of its fleets with the purchase of a staggering 21 fully electric Class 8 trucks from BYD.
Target Commits To 100% Domestic Renewable Electricity Target By 2030
Minneapolis-headquartered US retailer Target announced this week that it has committed to sourcing 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030, building on the foundations of the company’s climate policy launched in 2017.
Corporate Heavyweights Back EU Move To Eradicate PPA Barriers
A group of some of the world’s largest corporations, including Amazon, Google, IKEA, and Microsoft, have backed an industry call for the European Union to eradicate the barriers to corporate renewable energy sourcing and Power Purchase Agreements, or PPAs.
ENGIE’s HomeBiogas Turns Household Waste Into Renewable Natural Gas With Ease
“Natural” gas, as it is called in the United States, is anything but natural. Engie’s HomeBiogas has built up a solution that lets people generate methane wherever they are using just food scraps. CleanTechnica met up the the HomeBiogas team at the Consumer Electronics Show this year to get a better understanding of their invention and the implications it may have for developed and developing nations around the world.
ENGIE Wins 200 Megawatts Of Wind In India’s Latest Auction
India completed its seventh national-level wind energy auction despite less that impressive participation from project developers. The Solar Energy Corporation of India awarded just 40% of the initially offered capacity in this auction.
ENGIE’s Livin’ OS Serves As A Centralized Management Platform For Cities
ENGIE has been a world leader in providing energy and is ramping up its efforts to help companies around the world understand how to clean up the environmental footprint of their fleets and to save money at the same time. CleanTechnica spoke with Ovarith Troeung, ENGIE’s Director of Green Mobility, about the transition to the new energy economy and why it has become such a core focus for ENGIE.
