CleanTech Report August 29th 2019 |
AFRICAAfrica Has Opportunity To Mitigate Climate Change Through Renewable EnergyThe 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 ShineMega-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 AfricaTechnology 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. |
ASIAThailand Aims To Be Southeast Asia’s Power-Trading MiddlemanThailand 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 EnergyWhirlpool 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 TechnologyState-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. |
AUSTRALIAJohn Laing Puts New Investment In Australian Renewables Projects On HoldJohn 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 AustraliaAustralia’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% RenewablesNewcastle, 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. |
EUROPEMitsubishi Leads $50 Million Investment In Off-Grid Utility BBOXXThe 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 TrialScottish 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’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 AMERICAEnel Breaks Ground On Chilean Drone-Monitored Bifacial Solar ParkEnel 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 2019Sungrow, 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?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. |
MENAMorocco Takes Presidency Of Arab Renewable Energy CommissionMorocco 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 SponsorThe 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 2022Deputising 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 AMERICATennessee Joins List Of Solar Also-Rans Turning U.S. Market On Its HeadThe 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 PlungingConsuming 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 FireAmazon 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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