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CleanTech Report August 1st 2019 |
AFRICAAfrica’s Largest Wind Farm Launches In KenyaKenya’s position as a leader for renewable energy continued with this month’s launch of the Lake Turkana Wind Project. The president of Kenya has opened the largest wind farm in Africa, as the country continues to lead the way on renewable energy.
Egypt Is Championing The Installation Of Solar Power Stations In 7 African CountriesIn an ambitious stride to assist the African continent in its development process, Egypt has taken the plunge to implement solar power plants in seven African countries. The project which it hopes to generally conclude by 2020, will go a long way in improving electricity access in all the nations involved. Namibia To Construct Four Plants Powered By Renewable EnergyNamibia has announced plans to construct four plants powered by renewable energy over the next five years in a bid to guarantee local supplies and cut use of fossil fuels. State-run utility, NamPower Managing Director, Kahenge Haulofu announced the reports and said that the plants will will harness biomass, solar and wind to generate a combined 220 megawatts. |
ASIAChina Pursues More Renewable Energy At Home & AbroadThe Chinese government takes a rather blunderbus approach to renewable energy policy. For years, it offered generous subsidies for renewables and saw installed capacity for wind and solar soar. But those subsidies cost the government a lot of money, so it curtailed many of those policies. Predictably, installations of new renewable resources — especially solar — plummeted. Vietnam Will Face Severe Power Shortages From 2021The lack of energy infrastructure could put the brakes on foreign investment inflows into one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies and challenge Vietnam’s position as the top beneficiary of the U.S.-China trade war. Indian Railways Aims To Become First 100% ‘Green Rail’ In 10 YearsThe Narendra Modi government is working on making the Indian Railways the world’s first Green Railways within the next decade, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said. |
AUSTRALIAHow Quickly Can Australia Transition To 100% Renewables?It is quite clear now that electricity is Australia’s easiest and cheapest option to decarbonise emissions, but the grid represents only a small part of the country’s total carbon pollution. A de-carbonized grid, however, offers avenues to slash emissions in transport, heat, industrial use and manufacturing. Solar Dominates Day-Time Markets, Lifting Share And Pushing Down PricesAustralia’s booming large-scale solar market has helped to push renewables past a 30 percent share of grid power generation on every other day for the month of June, despite it being the first month of winter. Australia To Exceed Renewable Energy Target In 2020The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) released its 2018 Administrative Report on Thursday, and not only does it predict that Australia will easily meet its 2020 Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (RET), but that the target will be exceeded substantially. Moreover, in the last year commercial factors overtook government incentives as the main driver of renewable investment – a watershed moment and one in which commercial and industrial solar arrays is playing no small role. |
EUROPEAmarenco Completes €158M Solar Funding DealThe close was completed via Infram Energy, an investment platform established by Amarenco and Infracapital in 2017. Europe Installs 4.9 Gigawatts Of New Wind In 1st Half Of 2019Increasing by 8% over the same period a year ago, the newly-installed 4.9 GW of wind capacity was made up of 2.9 GW of onshore wind, which is down 12% on the same period a year ago, due in large part to poor installation figures in Germany, normally one of the region’s powerhouse wind energy producers. UK and France Lead EU Wind InstallationsThe UK has led offshore wind installations during the first half of 2019, adding over 931MW in new generation capacity. According to figures released by industry association WindEurope – whilst France has installed the most new onshore wind capacity, with over 523MW installed over the period. |
LATIN AMERICAItalian Developer Limes Moves Into Chilean MarketWith a 300 MW pipeline in the country that could potentially double in the near future, the Milanese business says Chile’s carbon-neutral ambition will maintain a strong market for solar. EU Bank Lends €5M For Green Loans In Dominican RepublicThe European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing two green loans to banks in the Dominican Republic to provide financing for energy efficiency and renewables. The first loan of €3.6 million (£3.3m) is being provided to Banco de Ahorro y Credito Fondesa (Banfondesa), a microfinance bank with more than 120,000 clients and 59 branches. Brazil’s Bolsonaro To Enlist Solar To Power Major Water TransferBrazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has lent his personal support to an upcoming scheme for solar to power a mass-scale redistribution of water. The politician, elected as country head last October, recently presented a new BRL8 billion (around US$2.1 billion) plan for PV to fuel a water transfer to Brazil’s arid, poorer northeast. |
MENADubai And Singapore Fostering RenewablesA high-level delegation headed by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, has visited Singapore to promote joint relations and exchange of best global experiences and practices in renewable and clean energy and sustainability. Climate Innovation Starts In DubaiDubai Carbon’s mission to transform Dubai’s sustainability status is positively impacting countries around the globe, after it recently submitted a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) methodology for review to a panel at the United Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Major Waterfront Project In Bahrain’s Ma’ameer Goes GreenBahrain – Solar energy will be used to power the lighting at a major waterfront project being developed in Ma’ameer. The Ma’ameer Waterfront Development Project, a 720-metre promenade located at the Ma’ameer coast, will feature a walkway, two recreational and play areas for children along with fitness equipment along the waterfront. |
NORTH AMERICATesla Announces A New, Utility-Scale Energy Storage Product Called MegapackThis week, Tesla announced a utility-scale energy storage solution, to be called Megapack. Modeled after the giant battery system it built as part of the Hornsdale wind farm in South Australia, it can directly connect to renewable energy sources providing a constant source of power when the sun sets or the wind stops. Agrivoltaics: Co-Locating Solar Energy Production On Agricultural LandCombining these two systems – solar panel (photovoltaic) infrastructure and agriculture – can create a mutually beneficial relationship. This practice of co-locating the two by planting crops under the shade of solar panels is called agrivoltaics. Renewables Exceed 20.3% Of U.S. Electricity And Outpace Nuclear PowerRenewable energy sources — including wind, solar, hydropower, biomass, and geothermal — accounted for more than a fifth (20.3%) of net domestic electrical generation during the first five months of 2019, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of recently-released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). |
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