New Thomas Jefferson Solar Canopy at Mount Rushmore National Memorial Amps up Efforts by Xanterra Travel Collection to Create Greener National Parks & Memorials
MOUNT RUSHMORE (KEYSTONE), SOUTH DAKOTA – On Earth Day, Monday, April 22, at 2 p.m Xanterra Travel Collection is set to unveil the new Thomas Jefferson Solar Canopy at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. This extraordinary structure provides over half of the electricity used by Xanterra’s gift shop and restaurant at Mount Rushmore. The system is the second largest solar installation in the state. It will reduce Xanterra’s greenhouse gas emissions by 24 percent or 56 MT CO2e/yr which is the equival...
RigNet's Intelie Delivers Machine Learning-Based Analytics for Advanced Fracturing Operations
HOUSTON - RigNet (NASDAQ: RNET), the leading provider of ultra-secure, intelligent networking solutions for distributed oil and gas operations, announced today that Intelie Live, RigNet’s machine learning-based analytics platform, is now broadly available to optimize pressure pumping operations. RigNet’s premier customer for this solution is a large national oilfield services company that has signed a multi-year agreement that bundles Intelie Live with RigNet’s managed communication services. ...
Neste and Air BP Ready to Deliver Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Sweden
Neste, the world’s leading renewable products producer from wastes and residues, and Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and services supplier, have entered into an agreement to deliver sustainable aviation fuel to airline and airport customers in Sweden in 2019. Neste and Air BP announced in 2018 their plans to explore and develop supply chain solutions for delivering sustainable aviation fuel to airports and airlines. As a next step in their collaboration Neste will combine its...
Brightmark Energy Closes $260M in Financing for Nation’s First Commercial-Scale Plastics-to-Fuel Plant
SAN FRANCISCO – Brightmark Energy, a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, today announced the closing of a $260 million financing package for the construction of the nation’s first commercial-scale plastics-to-fuel plant, which will be located in Ashley, Indiana. The financing for “Brightmark Energy Ashley Indiana” includes $185 million in Indiana green bonds, which were underwritten by Goldman Sachs & Co. As part of the financing closure, Brightmark has become the controlli...
Deep Electrification Powered by Renewables Key for a Climate-Safe Future
Berlin, Germany, 9 April 2019 – As the urgency to take bold climate action grows, new analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds that scaling-up renewable energy combined with electrification could deliver more than three quarters of the energy-related emission reductions needed to meet global climate goals. According to the latest edition of IRENA’s Global Energy Transformation: A Roadmap to 2050, launched today at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, pathways to meet...
Energy Platform Connects Small Solar Farms with Buyers
An online platform to connect medium to small-scale solar energy producers with independent electricity buyers will launch in the coming months in South Australia. Oxamii, a startup based in Adelaide, South Australia, has developed a system to make it easier for owners of solar arrays producing a minimum of 200 kilowatts to sell power on the spot market. Founders Aaron Yew, Luke Marshall and Ray Carclaw have secured a number of investors for the online platform and plan to launch before J...
Report: 32,000 Nevadans Now Work in Clean Energy
8,000 jobs were added in clean energy in 2018 Nevada ranks 3rd in U.S. for jobs energy storage; 6th for solar Clean energy employs 5X more Nevadans than fossil fuels CARSON CITY – As the Nevada Legislature considers legislation to advance clean energy, including a bill for the state to get half of its energy from renewable sources, a new report shows the importance of clean energy to creating jobs and driving economic growth across the state. According to the report from the n...
Installation of Nearly 3,000 Solar Panels at HNL Complete
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is pleased to announce the completion of the installation of 2,980 additional photovoltaic panels on the 5th floor of the Terminal 2 (formerly the Overseas Terminal) garage at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL). Construction on the Terminal 2 panels began on Jan. 7, 2019, as part of HDOT’s sustainability and energy savings efforts. “This is our latest step towards sustainability at Hawaii’s largest airport, which see...
Renewable Energy Now Accounts for a Third of Global Power Capacity
Abu Dhabi, UAE – The decade-long trend of strong growth in renewable energy capacity continued in 2018 with global additions of 171 gigawatts (GW), according to new data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today. The annual increase of 7.9 per cent was bolstered by new additions from solar and wind energy, which accounted for 84 per cent of the growth. A third of global power capacity is now based on renewable energy. IRENA’s annual Renewable Capacity Statistics 20...
CMBlu and MANN+HUMMEL Partner up on Sustainable Large-Scale Battery Storage for the Energy Transition
CMBlu and MANN+HUMMEL are industrializing energy converters for organic redox flow batteries to enable stationary energy storage in power grids Organic energy storage from CMBlu is based on the plant-derived lignin. Millions of tons of lignin accrue every year in the manufacture of paper and pulp and up to now most of the waste product was incinerated due to the lack of alternative recycling options MANN+HUMMEL provides expertise in the area of filtration and skills from automotive ser...
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