REM - Renewable Energy
Aquaterra Energy completes engineering design for renewable-powered rig
UK-based Aquaterra Energy has completed the engineering design for a renewable energy-powered drilling platform that will be installed at the Zandolie field in Trinidad and Tobago’s offshore zone.
China outlines hydrogen boom in Inner Mongolia
China aims to use solar and wind to produce 66,900 tonnes per year in of green hydrogen in the cities of Ordos and Baotou in Inner Mongolia.
Singapore to issues $3bn green bond to fund sustainable projects
Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) is to issue a multicurrency medium-term note (MTN) programme and green bond framework in order to raise $3bn to fund renewables projects
Engie turns on India’s 280-MW Raghanesda Solar Power Park
Engie has commissioned the 280-MWp Raghanesda Solar Power Park in the state of Gujarat in India.
Asian corporate PPAs double in 2020
Corporate renewable PPA volumes in Asia-Pacific more than doubled to 3.8 GW in 2020, Wood Mackenzie said
Sri Lanka makes commitment to abandon coal and go green
Sri Lanka is to stop building coal-fired power plants and aims to double renewables’ share of the power mix by 2030, the government said in its latest climate plan.
Origin, MOL to develop green ammonia as shipping attempts to decarbonise
Australia’s Origin Energy and Japanese shipping company, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) are to develop green ammonia exports by developing a supply chain for the renewable in Australia.
AfrElec: TAQA Arabia, MAN Energy to pioneer green hydrogen in Egypt
Germany’s MAN Energy Solutions and Egypt’s TAQA Power, TAQA Arabia’s power subsidiary, are to produce green hydrogen in Egypt
Construction cost for US onshore wind generation fell 27% from 2013-2019 - EIA
The average US construction cost for onshore wind generators fell 27% from $1,895 per kilowatt (kW) in 2013 to $1,391/kW in 2019, according to the Energy Information Administration’s latest construction cost data.
Vineyard Wind selects Jan De Nul Group and JDR for inter-array cables
Vineyard Wind selects the Jan De Nul Group of Luxembourg and its subcontractor JDR Cable Systems --part of the TFKable Group of Poland—to supply and install the roughly 130 miles of inter-array cables for Vineyard 1 project off Massachusetts.
AsiaElec: China CO2 emissions growth falls to 1%
China’s CO2 emissions grew by 1% year on year in the second quarter of 2021, way below the first quarter increase of 15%,
US government mulls more offshore wind leases off Carolinas
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is seeking public comments on an environmental analysis of the Wilmington East wind zone off the coast of North and South Carolina, located off Long Bay. It is considering holding a lease sale there.
REM: Mainstream inaugurates 145MW solar project in Chile
Mainstream Renewable Power has officially inaugurated its 145MW Rio Escondido solar farm in Chile.
Rooftop solar backed for new buildings in California
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has voted to require new and renovated commercial buildings and high-rise residential projects in the state to have solar power and battery storage as of the start of 2023
Biofuels absent in bipartisan infrastructure bill
Biofuels are in danger of getting left behind in the US. The trillion-dollar infrastructure bill recently passed by the Senate contained almost nothing whatsoever for biofuels
Montenegro’s parliament to install rooftop solar power plant
ExxonMobil, Chevron reportedly pursue renewable fuels without refinery upgrades
Super-majors ExxonMobil and Chevron are reported to be exploring ways to ramp up their renewable fuels production at their existing refineries, without the need for costly upgrades.
China is about to disrupt the nuclear power industry worldwide
China is poised to create and own a new market for cheap safe nuclear power
Russia’s stumbling along in the race to carbon neutrality
Earlier this year Vladimir Putin’s called for cutting Russia’s greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions to below those of the European Union as the Kremlin starts to wake up to the dangers of global warming.
Pandemic challenges wind power projects in Mekong Delta
Wind developers in Vietnam are rushing to open wind farms in the Mekong River Delta area ahead of a subsidy deadline in November.
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