Wärtsilä’s new 100 MW energy storage project in South East Asia to boost regional grid stability
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for a new 100 MW/100 MWh total capacity energy storage project in South East Asia. The energy storage system facility, including Wärtsilä’s GEMS, an advanced energy management software platform, and GridSolv solution, will be used for grid support purposes. The order was booked with Wärtsilä in Q4 2019. This contract comes in addition to the similar size contract announced in July 2019. Wärt...
Wärtsilä signs operation and maintenance agreement following commissioning of Bahamian power plant
A 132 MW power plant in The Commonwealth of Bahamas, supplied and built by the technology group Wärtsilä, was taken into commercial operation in December 2019. At the same time, Wärtsilä signed a two-year operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement with the plant owner, the Bahamas Power and Light Company Ltd (BPL). Wärtsilä will transition, train, and develop the owner’s Bahamian work force for managing the new technology, while also providing key performance guarantees. The Clifton Pier Stati...
Wärtsilä converts Brazilian power plant to run on gas for improved sustainability and competitiveness
The technology group Wärtsilä will convert a Brazilian power plant to 100 percent natural gas operation, while at the same time increasing output from 85 MW to 92 MW. This will reduce the plant’s operational costs, and lessen its environmental impact. The contract with Rio Amazonas Energia (RAESA) is for the Cristiano Rocha power plant in Manaus, Brazil, and was signed in November 2019. In addition to the conversion, the two companies have signed a long-term service agreement with power plant pe...
Gasification Goes Green
HOUSTON – Rice University engineers have created a light-powered nanoparticle that could shrink the carbon footprint of a major segment of the chemical industry. The particle, tiny spheres of copper dotted with single atoms of ruthenium, is the key component in a green process for making syngas, or synthesis gas, valuable chemical feedstock that's used to make fuels, fertilizer and many other products. Researchers from Rice, UCLA and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), describ...
Virtual Reality Paving the Way for Enhanced Safety and Efficiency in the Power Industry, Reveals GlobalData
Virtual reality (VR) technology can help the power industry to deliver workforce training and education in an immersive environment. The VR market, worth nearly $7bn in 2018, is set to become a $28bn industry by 2030, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13% over the forecast period. GlobalData’s latest theme report, ‘Thematic Research: Virtual Reality in Power’, highlights that VR training could kick off in a big way and bring new value to the power industry. However, while VR vendors...
Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to Co-Develop the First Long Duration, Liquid Air Energy Storage System in the United States
Highview Power Storage, Inc., a global leader in long duration energy storage solutions, and Encore Renewable Energy, a developer of renewable energy generation and storage projects, today jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long duration, liquid air energy storage system. This facility will be a minimum of 50MW, provide in excess of eight hours of storage (400MWh) and will be located in northern Vermont. The project is the first of many utility-scale, liquid air energ...
UK owns seven of top ten mega capacity offshore wind projects globally, says GlobalData
The global offshore wind market is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 16.2% between 2019 and 2030, reaching a cumulative capacity of 142 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, compared to 23.2GW at the end of 2018, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Currently, the largest markets in wind offshore development are the UK, Germany, China, Denmark and Belgium – representing almost 93% of the installed offshore wind capacity. The UK, which has around 35% of global offs...
New Report Underlines the Great Potential of Renewables as a Source of Reliable Power for Refugee Settlements
Geneva, Switzerland – On-site renewable energy solutions can cost-effectively supply refugee communities with low-cost, reliable electricity, according to the findings of a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in cooperation with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. There are currently almost 26 million refugees in the world today. Unreliable energy exposes them to additional and associated risks which renewables can serve to overcome. Renewables for refugee settlements:...
Study Finds CEE Countries Like Poland Offer Huge Investment Opportunities in Renewables, Solar Companies Look Set to Capitalize
Seven countries in Central and Eastern Europe secured a ranking in the 2019 ‘CMS Infrastructure Index: Bridging Continents,’ with Poland on top of the list for investment attractiveness. One of the region’s largest investors in solar, Sun Investment Group, looks set to continue its growth. Central and Eastern European countries figure prominently in the 2019 CMS Infrastructure Index, with the region cited as among the most attractive destinations for infrastructure investment. Poland, in...
U.S. Solar Market and 15 States See Best Quarter Ever for Residential Solar
WASHINGTON, D.C. and HOUSTON, TX – The U.S. residential solar market reached record highs in the third quarter of 2019 with 712 megawatts of solar installed, according to the latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The U.S. solar market added 2.6 gigawatts of solar photovoltaics in the third quarter, swelling total U.S. solar capacity to 71.3 gigawatts. The increase in residential installations helped t...
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