CleanTech Report 2019.08.29

Tennessee aims to turn US solar market on its head.
Number of new climate change patents plummets.
Amazon reports fire due to Tesla solar panels.
Europe can produce 100 times more energy.

CleanTech Report August 29th 2019

AFRICA

Africa Has Opportunity To Mitigate Climate Change Through Renewable Energy

Engineering News

The United Nation’s 2019 Climate Action Summit, to be held next month, in New York, should deliver a solid plan of action to ensure radical changes with regard to climate change.

A Mega-Solar Initiative Will Help Southern Africa Shine

World Economic Forum

Mega-solar projects are generating much-needed electricity in countries all over the world. In sunny southern Africa, however, a historic lack of public-private partnerships outside of South Africa and, until recently, Zambia, to develop such projects has left much of the region’s vast solar power potential largely untapped.

Canada Funds First Digital Map For Renewables In Sub-Saharan Africa

Smart Energy

Technology firm Ecopia has signed a funding partnership deal with Sustainable Development Technology Canada to create Sub Saharan Africa’s digital map. The digital map will include up to 342 million buildings, 38 million kilometres of roads and 582 million hectares of forest.

 

ASIA

Thailand Aims To Be Southeast Asia’s Power-Trading Middleman

Bloomberg

Thailand is jump starting a decades-old plan to create a Southeast Asia electricity super-grid, and wants to be the power-trading hub at the center of it.

16 Inventions Getting Us Off Fossil Fuels And Into Renewable Energy

Business Insider

Whirlpool turbine, giant flower made of solar panels, floor tiles that use footsteps to generate electricity and many more.

IOC To Invest 2 Trillion Rs In 5-7 Years To Develop New Energy Storage Technology

Business Standard

State-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will invest Rs 2 trillion over the next five to seven years, the company’s chairman told shareholders on Wednesday. The company is also at an advanced stage of developing a new energy storage technology.

 

AUSTRALIA

John Laing Puts New Investment In Australian Renewables Projects On Hold

PV Magazine

John Laing Group has reported losses in Australia of some $121 million — said to be due to transmission factors on three of its renewable-energy projects — leading the company to write down the value of those projects and suspend new investment in Australian renewable generation.

Nuclear Power Not The Answer As Renewables Continue To Boom In Australia

ABC News

Australia’s continuing renewable energy boom means the development of nuclear power is not a viable option, a new report from public policy think-tank the Australia Institute has concluded.

Coal Capital Newcastle Switches To 100% Renewables

PV Magazine

Newcastle, NSW, home to the world’s largest coal exporting harbour, has announced a plan to source 100% of the City of Newcastle’s power from renewable generation in a move that could save ratepayers millions in energy costs.

 

EUROPE

Mitsubishi Leads $50 Million Investment In Off-Grid Utility BBOXX

Forbes

The company provides pay-as-you-go (PAYG) power in parts of the world that remain off the grid using home solar systems and a proprietary billing system.

Smarter Grid Solutions Expands Into Europe Thanks To Successful German Trial

Yahoo Finance

Scottish software specialist Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) is expanding into Europe after completing successful trials with a German utility company. SGS’s German trial demonstrated “dynamic curtailment,” where very small amounts of electricity produced by renewable energy generators like wind farms or solar parks is reduced if too much power is pumped into the grid.

Europe Can Produce ‘100 Times More Energy’

Ecologist

Europe has the capacity to produce more than 100 times the amount of energy it currently produces through onshore windfarms, new analysis from the University of Sussex and Aarhus University has revealed.

 

LATIN AMERICA

Enel Breaks Ground On Chilean Drone-Monitored Bifacial Solar Park

PV Tech

Enel Green Power has reached another development milestone in Latin America, rolling out the first components of what it says is Chile’s largest solar project to enter construction to date. A statement from the firm marked this week the ground-breaking of 382MW Campos del Sol, a project some 60 kilometres northeast of Atacama desert city Copiapó.

Sungrow Puts Flagship PV Inverter Solutions On Show At Intersolar South America 2019

Yahoo Finance

Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, showcased its latest PV inverter solutions tailored for utility-scale and distributed generation installations at Intersolar South America 2019, demonstrating its mission of clean power for all through consistent efforts in providing world class products and post-sales service for the Latin American renewable energy sector.

Latin American Utilities Flying Under The Radar In ICT?

BNAmericas

It has been said that the main reason Latin American power companies are deploying smart meters and smart grid infrastructure is to be able to rapidly detect theft or wastage, as well as to identify faults. However, that relates mostly to the distributor-consumer relationship, whereas distributors, transmission firms and generators alike can obtain any number of efficiency improvements in their internal operations as a result of digital transformation.

 

MENA

Morocco Takes Presidency Of Arab Renewable Energy Commission

The North Africa Post

Morocco took the presidency of the Arab Renewable Energy Commission on the sidelines of the Sixth international forum and fifth Arab forum of renewable energy, hosted in Amman on August 27-28.

Abu Dhabi Department Of Energy To Take Part In 24th World Energy Congress 2019 As Host Sponsor

Utilities Middle East

The Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE), host sponsor of the upcoming 24th World Energy Congress, revealed its plans for the event, taking place in the UAE capital on September 9-12, 2019, under the theme ‘Energy for Prosperity’.

Clean Energy To Cover 20% Of Power Needs In Jordan By 2022

ZAWYA

Deputising for Prime Minister Omar Razzaz, Energy Minister Hala Zawati on Tuesday inaugurated the sixth international and fifth Arab forum on renewable energy to review the developments of the sector, which is expected to amass $500 billion worth of investments by 2040.

 

NORTH AMERICA

Tennessee Joins List Of Solar Also-Rans Turning U.S. Market On Its Head

Forbes

The U.S. solar market has previously been dominated by California. It has always been the big beast, by any metric. Now, as federal support for the industry slackens off, a number of states, utilities and regulators are pressing on regardless.

The Number Of New Patents Fighting Climate Change Is Plunging

QUARTZ

Consuming less will only get us so far—we also have to invent and invest our way out of the climate crisis. Luckily, the technology to remove carbon emissions from the economy is already happening. The energy intensity of the global economy, a measure of energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product, has fallen more than 32% since 1990.

Amazon Is The Second Company To Report Tesla Solar Panel Fire

Forbes

Amazon is joining Walmart in pointing the finger at Tesla solar panels for fires on the roofs of their facilities in what is yet another hiccup for Tesla’s embattled solar business.

 
 

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