Brightmark Energy Breaks Ground on Nation’s First Commercial-Scale Plastics to Fuel Facility in Indiana
ASHLEY, IN – Brightmark Energy, a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, today broke ground on the nation’s first commercial-scale plastics-to-fuel plant in Ashley, Indiana. A total of 136 full time manufacturing jobs will be created in Northeast Indiana when all phases of the 112,000 square foot facility are operational. The new plant will utilize a state-of-the-art plastics-to-fuel process that sustainably recycles waste that has reached the end of its useful life – inclu...
FMC GlobalSat to Introduce Bundled Connectivity Solutions for Latin American Energy Providers
Ft. Lauderdale, FL - FMC GlobalSat, a leader in delivering reliable, secure, and cost-effective Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions utilizing wireless and global satellite networks, is introducing its comprehensive broadband connectivity service to energy providers across Central and South America when it participates at Brazil Windpower 2019. The event is scheduled for May 28-29 at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo. FMC GlobalSat delivers 4G wireless and satellite connectivity, hardware,...
Wärtsilä and LUT University to Collaborate on Research for 100% Renewable Energy Systems
The technology group Wärtsilä and Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, a Finnish public university, have signed a research agreement on strategic power system modelling with the aim of understanding and developing paths towards 100% renewable energy systems. The agreement was signed in March. The scope of the agreement covers collaboration on detailed energy system modelling of the transition taking place with the global energy sector. Under the agreement, LUT University’s solar e...
Neste and Air BP Bring Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Caen Airport in France
Neste and Air BP are supporting the business aviation sector’s Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuel (SAJF) initiative and helping drive its adoption with operators and aircraft manufacturers. The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) will take place in Geneva on 21-23 May 2019, and European business aviation community has an option to refuel with sustainable aviation fuel at Caen airport in France. The fuel has been produced by leading renewable fuels producer, Neste, and sup...
Energy Department Celebrates Energy Savings and Accomplishments of Better Buildings Initiative Partners
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the progress made by the more than 900 public- and private-sector organizations leading the U.S. in energy efficiency through their participation in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Better Buildings Initiative. Together, Better Buildings partners have saved 1.38 quadrillion British thermal units, equivalent to $8.4 billion in energy and cost savings. These market leaders are adopting emerging technologies, advancing the Am...
CellCube to Bring Grid Scale Vanadium Battery to South Australia
Renewables firm Pangea Energy and vanadium battery producer CellCube have signed on to build a 50MW storage system alongside a solar farm in South Australia. Construction of the 50MW/200MWh grid-scale battery is expected to begin before the end of the year, with plans to be operational in 2020. Pangea Energy is part of Sen Tek Energy Solutions, a multinational renewable energy project developer in South East Asia. It signed the letter of intent with Canadian energy storage systems manufac...
Savonlinja and Neste Launch a Low-Emission Green Travel Service for Bus Passengers
From mid-May onward, customers with the Savonlinja bus company will be able to opt for a lower-emission journey. In cooperation with Neste, Savonlinja is introducing a surcharge, called Green Travel, on the normal bus ticket price. The customer is free to decide the amount of this additional charge. Savonlinja will use the money collected through the Green Travel service to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by fueling its buses with Neste MY Renewable Diesel™, which is produced entirely fro...
Approval for Sanjeev Gupta’s South Australian solar farm
The first large scale project in billionaire industrialist Sanjeev Gupta’s plan to generate one gigawatt of dispatchable renewable energy in South Australia has been approved. The 280MW solar Cultana Solar Farm has been signed off by the South Australian Government with financial close expected to be reached by the end of June and construction to begin in the Upper Spencer Gulf town of Whyalla in the second half of the year. The project on 1100ha of vacant land to the north of the Whyalla...
Siemens to Spin-off Power and Gas Division as Investment in Thermal Power Set to Decline to $95.6bn in 2025, says GlobalData
Harminder Singh, Director of Power at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on the implications of this for the industry: “Siemens’ latest decision and a similar reorganization announced by GE last year are indicators to the continuing nature of trouble for companies with significant exposure to the conventional power business. “GlobalData forecasts the total investment in thermal power is set to decline 22% from $122.9bn in 2018, to $95.6bn in 2025. This decli...
New ASCE Manual of Practice Examines the Design and Use of Wood Poles for Utility Lines
Reston, Va. – ASCE’s new book, Wood Pole Structures for Electrical Transmission Lines, MOP 141, provides comprehensive knowledge of the principles and methods for the design and use of wood poles for overhead utility line structures. When designed utilizing consistent structural engineering principles, wood pole structures provide a more resilient and cost effective option than other more commonly used materials. This manual examines Structural configurations and pole applications; Cr...
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