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Category: Renewable Energy


Mainstream technologies, News and Policies, Renewable Energy, U.S.

U.S. Department of Energy’s Strategy to Advance Offshore Wind Energy in the United States

March 30, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

On March 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released Advancing Offshore Wind Energy in the United States, U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Contributions Toward 30 Gigawatts and Beyond, a comprehensive summary of DOE’s role in the nationwide effort […]


Mainstream technologies, News and Policies, World

EU deal to nearly double renewable energy by 2030

March 30, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

The European Union reached a deal Thursday to almost double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc’s energy consumption by 2030 amid efforts to become carbon neutral and ditch Russian fossil fuels. The provisional political agreement, which was reached […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Report: Renewable energy growth falls short of climate goal

March 28, 2023

Via: Power Engineering

Deployment of new wind and solar power plants needs to be drastically ramped up by the end of the decade to meet the world’s climate goals, the International Renewable Energy Agency said March 28. In an advance preview of its […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Wind industry predicts bounceback and rapid growth in 2023

March 27, 2023

Via: Power Engineering

The wind power industry projected growth to rapidly accelerate this year, with incentives and policy changes in key nations helping to overcome factors that led to a slowdown in 2022. The Global Wind Energy Council in Brussels also cited concern […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

The Tremendous Potential—and Challenge—of Offshore Wind Energy

March 24, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

At the Dutch village of Den Oever, just north of Amsterdam, the A7 motorway extends onto the Afsluitdijk, a 32-kilometer dike that separates IJsselmeer Lake and the North Sea. Near the midway point, approaching the village of Breezanddijk, a veritable […]


Mainstream technologies, News and Policies, Renewable Energy, World

CleanLight: Exciting Solar Startup in Chile

March 24, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

CleanLight is one of the most exciting clean energy startups in Chile. This renewable energy manufacturing company has used solar generators to power off-grid homes and brings renewable energy to industries such as construction and mining that have not benefited […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

Japan’s JERA Buying Offshore Wind Developer in $1.7 Billion Deal

March 22, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Japan’s largest power generation group is moving into renewable energy in a big way, agreeing to a deal to buy Belgium’s biggest player in offshore wind. JERA, a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) and Chubu Electric […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Novel approach could streamline perovskite solar cell process

March 22, 2023

Via: Renewable Energy World

A concept developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) may simplify the process to manufacture perovskite solar cells, possibly accelerating the path toward the technology’s commercialization. Perovskite solar cells are made by depositing various layers onto a conductive glass […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Offshore wind isn’t to blame for whale deaths. Developers plan to keep it that way

March 22, 2023

Via: Renewable Energy World

The death of a 43-foot North Atlantic right whale that washed up on Virginia Beach in mid-February was not caused by the offshore wind industry. Still, that incident and other similar ones have heightened wind developers’ attention to protecting vulnerable […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

5 mega solar projects starting construction in 2023

March 21, 2023

Via: Renewable Energy World

According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the United States solar industry continues to set records. SEIA predicted that the country’s total installed solar capacity would more than quadruple by 2030, with annual installations reaching 45 GW. This growth […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

NERC warns solar PV operators of inverter issues during grid disturbances

March 15, 2023

Via: Renewable Energy World

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. ( NERC) warned that disturbances to the electric power grid due the loss of inverter-based resources warrants a handful of actions that generator owners must take before the end of June. NERC issued the […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

Scale Microgrid Solutions steps into community solar development

March 15, 2023

Via: Renewable Energy World

Scale Microgrid Solutions has decided to try its hand at community solar development and ownership. The company, perhaps better known for its customized microgrid projects, is acquiring 100 MW of community solar projects in late-stage development in New York from […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Offshore wind CTV charging system passes harbour trials

March 15, 2023

Via: reNews

MJR Power and Automation has announced the successful harbour trials of its platform mounted automated offshore power and charging system, which could charge vessels from offshore wind farms. The harbour trials have been successfully carried out at the Port of […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

GE Developing 18-MW Offshore Wind Turbine

March 14, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

The global competition to build ever-larger offshore wind turbines continues to ramp up, with General Electric (GE) announcing the company’s renewable energy arm is developing a 17- to 18-MW model that could rival those currently being launched by Chinese groups. […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

GE turbines to power new 200 MW wind farm in North Dakota

March 13, 2023

Via: Power Engineering

GE is supplying 71 of its 2.8-127 wind turbines for the 200 MW Sweetland Wind Project in Hand County, North Dakota. Sweetland is owned and will be operated by Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado-based company. Sweetland is expected to produce […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Record efficiency in direct conversion of carbon dioxide and water into sustainable fuels

March 13, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

A European consortium coordinated by Prof. José Ramón Galán-Mascarós from the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) with research institutions from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland under the A-LEAF project, reports outstanding results making affordable and sustainable energy. […]


Mainstream technologies, News and Policies, Renewable Energy, World

Ukraine Group Completes First Phase of Wind Farm Despite Ongoing War

March 10, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Ukrainian energy company DTEK Group said it has finished construction of the first 114 MW of a planned 500-MW wind farm in the country, as DTEK continues to work on energy projects despite the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. The […]


Mainstream technologies, News and Policies, Renewable Energy, World

Latin America poised to become renewable energy giant: report

March 9, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

Latin America is poised to become a major renewable energy producer, with nearly a billion solar panels’ worth of large-scale clean-electricity projects slated to come online in the next seven years, a report found Thursday. In welcome good news for […]


Mainstream technologies, News and Policies, Renewable Energy, U.S.

US solar installations fall to 20 GW in 2022

March 9, 2023

Via: Renewables Now

New solar installations in the US fell 16% year-over-year to 20.2 GW in 2022 due to policy-driven supply constraints, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) said on Thursday. The decline was mainly blamed on the US Department of Commerce’s investigation […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

Clean energy funding gaps persist despite record green investments

March 9, 2023

Via: Power Engineering

However, despite being up 19% from 2021 investment levels and 50% from before the pandemic in 2019, more still is needed to meet a 1.5°C goal by 2050. The report Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance 2023 is a joint […]