Last Ever Polish Coal Block to be Built in Ostrałęka as President Duda Commits to EU Target of 15% Energy Consumption from Renewables by 2020
August 20, 2018. The biggest European polluter is now officially committed to EU’s renewable targets, marking an important first step in moving away from coal-based energy. In June 2018, Polish President, Andrzej Duda, signed an amendment to the country’s renewable sources of energy law in order to help the country meet the European Union’s 2020 renewable energy targets. When elected in 2015, Poland’s then-newly-elected Law and Justice party (PiS) pledged to sustain the country’s long-st...
Wärtsilä to Help Ensure Reliable Power Supply in Challenging Hawaii Conditions Through Smart Technologies
Clean, secure, and uninterrupted power is at the core of Hawaiian Electric’s 50-megawatt Schofield Generating Station. Wärtsilä has signed a Maintenance and Operational advisory agreement for the power plant, located on the island of Oahu, 40 kilometres from Honolulu. The agreement will help the utility to maximize the availability and efficiency of the power plant. Wärtsilä, for the duration of the 10-year agreement, will provide advisory and maintenance services that help ensure reliable po...
Sanjeev Gupta to Build 280MW Solar Farm in South Australia
Details of a 280MW solar farm have been unveiled in South Australia as the first part of Sanjeev Gupta’s global GFG Alliance US$1 billion, one‐gigawatt dispatchable renewable energy program. The Cultana Solar Project in South Australia’s Upper Spencer Gulf will include 780,000 solar panels capable of generating 600GWh of energy generation per year, enough to power 96,000 homes while offsetting 492,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year. Construction is expected to begin in early 2019....
Petroteq Completes Continuity Testing of New Plant
Sherman Oaks, California - ( August 10, 2018) - Petroteq Energy Inc. ("Petroteq" or the "Company") (TSXV: PQE) (OTC Pink: PQEFF) (FSE: PQCF), a fully integrated oil and gas company, has finalized continuity testing at its Asphalt Ridge facility and is making final arrangements for continuous operations and marketing activities. "While the pricing and structure of the sales production/marketing strategy are yet to be finalized, Petroteq management is confident that operational costs and relate...
Siemens to Help Calif. City Save Millions Through Solar Energy
Wasco, Calif. projected to achieve more than $8.6M in energy savings, 41.7M kWh in reduced energy usage by end of 15-year performance contract An energy savings performance contract (ESPC) with Siemens will allow the city of Wasco, Calif., to use energy savings to fund a solar project situated on a former burn dump. The renewable energy produced will help offset approximately 60 percent of the city’s current energy usage and costs associated with its municipal buildings as well as the t...
EIA Releases August’s U.S. Short-Term Energy Forecast
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Forecast Highlights Global liquid fuels Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $74 per barrel (b) in July, largely unchanged from the average in June. EIA expects Brent spot prices will average $72/b in 2018 and $71/b in 2019. EIA expects West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices will average about $6/b lower than Brent prices in 2018 and in 2019....
Challenges Keep China’s Shale Gas at Early Stage of Development, says GlobalData
China’s upstream industry is turning to natural gas as a way to reduce air pollution created by the consumption of coal. However, despite the progress made in the shale gas industry since 2011, China has been facing challenges to develop efficient shale gas extraction, observes leading data and analytics company GlobalData. With 27 trillion cubic feet (tcf) proved shale gas reserves China has emerged as the world’s largest shale gas producer outside the US and Canada. Besides supportive gover...
Enwave Australia Wins Bid to Build Energy Network in Adelaide
An energy production and trading scheme designed for the Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide will incorporate one of Australia’s largest rooftop solar arrays to provide energy to businesses and homes within the growing precinct. The South Australian project will be delivered by Enwave Energy, a subsidiary of Enwave Australia. Enwave Australia CEO Cameron Evans said Enwave Energy would invest about $40 million over a 50-year period for photovoltaics, battery storage, smart technologies...
New Report: The Unsustainable Rising Cost of Electricity Generation
A new report has been released that found that the costs to operate and maintain U.S. power plants and equipment have soared 74 percent over the past two decades. The report is based on 20 years of data that utilities submit to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Find out which generation sources' O&M costs rose the most: http://uptake.com/broken-report
HDOT Adding More Than 4,200 Solar Panels at HNL Airport to Boost Sustainability
HONOLULU – In a continuing effort to be environmentally friendly the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) will install 4,260 new solar modules on the 7th floor of the Terminal 1 parking garage (formerly the Interisland Terminal). The solar modules are anticipated to generate 2 MW-DC/1.6 MW-AC, which is enough energy to power more than 328 homes (based on a full operational day of sunshine). Over the life of the project the total energy saved could power more than 175,000 homes. The solar e...
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