Addressing Catastrophic Threats to the US Electric Grid
Boulder, CO - Rocky Mountain Institute’s Electricity Program has released a report assessing the current approaches to grid resilience in the United States and providing recommendations for policymakers, regulators, and industry participants. Historical approaches to ensuring grid security in the United States are proving to be poorly suited to the emerging, catastrophic threats facing the grid. They are also incongruous with the ongoing technological transition that is rapidly reshaping the...
Russelectric, A Siemens Business, Announces Quickship Program for Automatic Transfer Switches at Healthcare Facilities
Designed to meet ever-changing market needs during COVID-19 Hingham, MA – Russelectric, A Siemens Business, a leading manufacturer of power control systems and automatic transfer switches, announces its Quickship Program, which will be used for automatic transfer switches at healthcare facilities responding to the current global health crisis. Russelectric’s factories in Hingham, Massachusetts and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma have capabilities to meet expedited deliveries. Russelectric has manuf...
Fugro ramps up site characterisation programme for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind in US
Fugro has mobilised two additional vessels off the coast of New Jersey to support their ongoing site characterisation work for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Shell New Energies US LLC (Shell) and EDF Renewables North America. Operating in the Atlantic Shores lease area since May, Fugro now has three vessels on site with a fourth to be added later this month. The project involves collection of high resolution geophysical, benthic, and shallow geotechnical data within th...
Fundamental Exploration Into Future Clean Energy Technologies Receives DOE Support
$1.2 million in grants support Rensselaer research on nuclear energy technologies TROY, N.Y. - The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded $65 million in grants to support research that will advance safe, reliable, and clean nuclear energy. Among those projects are two led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which received a combined total of $1.2 million. The first is led by Jie Lian, a professor of mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer. It will examine an...
Clean Energy Jobs Report: 106k Workers Returned in June, 514k Still Unemployed
Some clean energy employees are returning to work, but sector’s full recovery unlikely if Congress doesn’t act 106,300 clean energy workers returned to their jobs in June 514,200 clean energy workers remain jobless in wake of COVID-19 Troubling signs cloud clean energy sector’s outlook; stimulus needed now WASHINGTON – As the U.S. economy began to reopen in June, some employees returned to work in the clean energy sector, which had been reeling from three months of devastat...
With State Support, Rensselaer Lab To Play Key Role in Integration of Solar Power
Modeling and simulation research will make solar power integration more effective and efficient TROY, N.Y. — The state of New York has set an ambitious target of developing and implementing a 100% clean electric grid by the year 2040, with the larger goal of eventual economy-wide carbon-neutrality. New York’s “Green New Deal” will require a multitude of industry and academic research initiatives aimed at making that effort a tangible reality. The New York State Energy Research and Dev...
ALEC Energy in agreement with Azelio for development and installation of energy storage in the Middle East and Africa
ALEC Energy and Swedish company Azelio has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that covers a collaboration over 49 MW installed capacity of Azelio’s thermal energy storage until 2025. The projects are focused to the Middle East and African markets, where Alec Energy aims to expand its business offering as a renewable energy project developer and system integrator. ALEC Energy and Azelio reached an agreement to expand its business offering, to supply electricity and heat to Commerci...
Neste delivers sustainable aviation fuel to San Francisco International Airport – first company to deliver it via pipeline
Neste, the world's largest producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from waste and residue raw materials, has delivered its first batch of sustainable aviation fuel to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via pipeline, where it will be used by major airlines committed to reducing carbon emissions. Neste is the first company to deliver sustainable aviation fuel, under its brand name Neste MY Renewable Jet Fuel™, to SFO using existing multi-product pipelin...
Azelio signs a MoU with Trimark Associates in the US for energy storage projects across North America
Azelio’s MoU with US-based company Trimark Associates Inc. (Trimark) covers a collaboration over 45 MW capacity of Azelio’s energy storage until 2025 on the North American market, where Trimark will be the system integrator. In addition to this MoU, the parties anticipate an extended project pipeline once the first projects are initiated. Azelio’s introduction to the US market continues with the signing of an MoU with system integrator Trimark. With its expertise in power system controls Trim...
IRENA Outlines Agenda to Put Energy Transformation at Heart of Sustainable Economic Recovery
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 24 June 2020 Governments can align immediate economic stimulus needs with medium to long-term decarbonisation and sustainable development objectives by targeting policy measures and public spending towards the energy transformation, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published today finds. Post-COVID recovery: An agenda for resilience, development and equality outlines immediate stimulus action for the next three years (2021-...
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