Pattern Energy Pilots Uptake’s Software at Wind Site
CHICAGO—Uptake, the industrial data science and artificial intelligence (AI) software leader, today announced that Pattern Energy Group Inc. (Nasdaq & TSX: PEGI) will pilot Uptake’s wind software. Pattern Energy, the seventh largest wind operator in the U.S., will pilot the predictive analytics software at its Logan’s Gap Wind farm in Comanche County, Texas. The site’s 87 turbines have 200 megawatts (MW) of capacity, the amount of energy needed to power approximately 50,000 homes. “Deploying...
NarrativeWave, Invenergy Announce Three-Year Energy IoT Deal to Maximize Productivity for North America’s Largest Privately-Held Renewable Energy Fleet
CHICAGO, IL AND IRVINE, CA- Invenergy, North America’s largest independent, privately-held renewable energy company, and NarrativeWave, an Irvine-based Internet of Things software company, announced a three-year agreement. Invenergy will use NarrativeWave’s software to optimize its fleet of wind turbines and other renewable energy assets. The announcement follows a successful 60-day pilot, where Invenergy proved out two use cases for their operations. The first use case focused on Reduci...
EU Doubling Renewables by 2030 Positive for Economy, Key to Emission Reductions
Brussels, Belgium — The European Union (EU) can increase the share of renewable energy in its energy mix to 34 per cent by 2030 – double the share in 2016 – with a net positive economic impact, finds a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), launched in Brussels. Presenting the findings during a launch event, ‘Renewable Energy Prospects for the European Union’ – developed at the request of the European Commission – IRENA’s Director-General Mr. Adnan Z. Amin highlighted th...
Climeon Wins Breakthrough Geothermal Order in Germany
Climeon has received its first major order for a geothermal power plant in Germany, and its first order that will operate on original oil and gas infrastructure from the Bavarian energy provider Geoenergie Kirchweidach (GEK). On November 29 2017 Climeon entered a LOI with GEK and today GEK decided to proceed and placed the order value of over 5 MEUR. The order marks an important step in replacing fossil fuels with a sustainable geothermal baseload. The deal will enable GEK to utilize the exc...
REG Power Management Selects Greenbyte for Data Management
REG Power Management, headquartered in Guildford UK, is a developer, owner and operator of renewable energy projects, with a track record of over 1000 MW. Greenbyte will work with REG Power Management to bring into Breeze and Bright their current portfolio of 30 wind farms and 10 solar PV plants. The systems will be used for real time production monitoring, streamlined reporting and in-depth data analysis over any time period to optimize plant energy output, performance and availability. “We...
Sunnova Expands Residential Solar Service Offerings into Nevada
HOUSTON — February 13, 2018 — Sunnova Energy Corporation, a leading U.S. residential solar and energy storage provider, announced today that it will once again offer homeowners in Nevada a brilliant choice for energizing their lives with solar. Sunnova will work with local partners across the state to help facilitate solar-powered job growth and customer savings. In June 2017, Nevada passed Assembly Bill 405 into law which reinstated net-metering for rooftop solar customers across the state a...
Greensmith Energy Storage Technology Selected to Deliver Reliable Solar Power in Massachusetts
Greensmith Energy, a part of the Wärtsilä technology group, was selected by Origis Energy USA to provide advanced energy storage integrated with solar photovoltaic (PV) in Sterling, Massachusetts, USA. The resultant hybrid system will allow the PV installation to better handle peak loads and provide secure, reliable electricity supply to the Municipality and State. Greensmith Energy will deliver the 1 MW / 2 MWh energy storage system using LG Chem batteries and Sungrow inverters to Origis Ene...
Fast-Track Delivery of Wärtsilä Power Plant Will Help Alleviate Power Shortage in Bangladesh
Through its ability to respond urgently to the need for additional electricity generation, the technology group Wärtsilä is helping to alleviate power shortages in Bangladesh. The latest contract is for a 100 MW power plant to serve the Gazipur Industrial Zone. The order has been placed by China-based Hubei Electric Power Survey & Design Institute, and was booked in January 2018. The fast-track delivery will comprise six Wärtsilä 50 engines running on heavy fuel oil (HFO). The engines are sch...
EIA Releases February's Short-Term Energy Outlook
Forecast Highlights Global Liquid Fuels North Sea Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $69 per barrel (b) in January, an increase of $5/b from the December level. Monthly average Brent prices have increased for seven consecutive months, and, on January 11, spot prices moved higher than $70/b for the first time since December 2014. EIA forecasts Brent spot prices will average about $62/b in both 2018 and 2019 compared with an average of $54/b in 2017. EIA expects West Texas Int...
Greensmith Energy’s Texas Waves Energy Storage Project Now Operational, Responds Ruickly to January Cold Spell, Increasing Grid Reliability in ERCOT
Greensmith Energy, a part of the technology group Wärtsilä, has successfully completed two grid-scale energy storage systems in partnership with E.ON Climate & Renewables in Texas. The system already responded to the recent cold snap in Texas, delivering short term energy to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). The two 9.9-megawatt, short-duration Texas Waves storage facilities are fed by E.ON’s 249-megawatt Pyron and the 197-megawatt Inadale wind farms, both near Roscoe, Texas....