The Solar Energy Whack-A-Mole Continues, & Coal Power Plants Keep Closing
Solar energy innovators are still hard at work in the US, as demonstrated by a new concentrating solar power project in California.
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Shell New Energies VP: “We Are Further Along Than People Realize”
With a string of new investments and acquisitions in the past year (you can find a unique overview further on in this article!), Shell has quietly stepped up the pace of its transition from an oil and gas company into an energy company. “We are further along than people realize”, says Mark Gainsborough, Executive Vice-President of Shell New Energies, in an exclusive interview with Energy Post. According to Gainsborough, there is a “shift in thinking” within the company that is now irreversible. “People in Shell see a lot riding on the success of New Energies. And we are considered one of the most attractive units to work in. Anyone under the age of 35 wants to work for New Energies.”
GlassPoint Completes Four Blocks Of 1 Gigawatt Miraah Solar Plant, Inaugurates Project
Petroleum Development Oman and GlassPoint Solar this week inaugurated and officially opened the 1 gigawatt Miraah solar plant located atop the Amal oilfield in the south of Oman, after completion of the first four of 36 blocks which are currently delivering 100 MWt (megawatt-thermal) of steam to the oilfield.
When Solar & Oil Work Together To Tackle Climate Change
It is of vital importance that the world’s governments and industries begin transitioning toward a greener and more sustainable energy future. The world is moving ever closer to a tipping point where holding global warming to 2° above 1990 levels is becoming ever more impossible — some say we may … [continued]
