Shell & EDF JV to Build 1.5 GW Offshore Wind Farm in New Jersey Updated On Fri, Jul 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50-50 joint venture between California-based EDF Renewables North America and British-Dutch firm Shell New Energies US LLC, has received the right to provide 1.5 gigawatts of renewable offshore energy, enough to power over 700,000 homes in the city, by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. The New Jersey regulators […] Read more
India Will Have Ethanol-based ‘flex engines’, Schemes To Come Soon: Gadkari Updated On Tue, Jun 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Union Minister, Mr. Nitin Gadkari said on Monday that India has decided to allow ethanol-based ‘flex engines’ which power vehicles using local farm produce and not fossil fuels, and will be rolling out a scheme on the same in the next three months. These are also needed as Ethanol blending picks up pace in […] Read more
San Diego Intl. Airport to get 100% RE from San Diego Community Power Updated On Thu, Jun 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy San Diego International Airport (SAN) has decided to opt for the Power100 service offered by San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a not-for-profit community choice aggregation program, as a result of which SDCP will provide 100% renewable and carbon-free energy to SAN. The airport served 25 million passengers in 2019, making it the busiest single-runway commercial […] Read more
Recurrent Energy’s Storage Footprint Grows in US, 11 GWh in Pipeline Updated On Wed, Jun 23rd, 2021 by Saurenergy Recurrent Energy, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. announced yesterday that it has expanded its energy storage footprint in the United States with several leading Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) contracted to be built in 2021 and 2022. These projects span retrofits as-a-service, solar plus storage PPAs, and stand-alone storage tolling agreements. California’s […] Read more
Facebook Attained Net Zero Goal, 100% RE for Global Operations in 2020 Updated On Tue, Jun 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy California-headquartered social media giant Facebook yesterday released its 2020 Sustainability Report, claiming that the company had met its goals of reaching net zero emissions and 100% renewable energy for its global operations. “We also reduced our greenhouse gas emissions by 94% from 2017 levels, exceeding our goal of a 75% reduction”, said the social media […] Read more
Heliogen Raises $108 M for Deploying RE Tech for Heat, Power, Green H2 Updated On Thu, Jun 17th, 2021 by Saurenergy California-based Heliogen, a renewable energy technology company, recently announced that it has raised $108 million in two funding rounds to accelerate the global deployment of its Sunlight Refinery™, a turnkey concentrated solar energy system that aims to make carbon-free energy for high-temperature heat, power, and green hydrogen accessible and more cost-effective than fossil fuels for the […] Read more
Research Flags Risks To US Solar Loans From Chronic Underperformance Updated On Tue, Jun 15th, 2021 by Saurenergy California-headquartered kWh Analytics has released the latest edition of its annual report Solar Risk Management, which reveals that wildfires reduced energy production by up to 6% in the Western U.S. in 2020. Solar Risk Management 2021, which provides investors with latest insights on the evolution of solar generation risk, spans three sections and contains contributions from over […] Read more
GE Renewable to Dismantle Decommissioned Wind Turbines in Germany Updated On Mon, Jun 14th, 2021 by Saurenergy California-based GE Renewable Energy and German company Neowa GmbH have signed an MoU for a multi-year agreement to dismantle decommissioned Germany-based onshore wind turbines and recycle a variety of components—including blades—during partial and full repowering, contributing to the lifecycle circularity of the wind industry. The companies will also jointly explore the potential to expand Neowa’s unique […] Read more
US Deploys 910 MWh of Energy Storage with 225% Increase in Q1 Updated On Thu, Jun 10th, 2021 by Saurenergy In a sign that energy storage systems continue to make strong progress in the country, the US marked the biggest Q1 2021 (quarter one) deployments so far for its energy storage market. According to a report from Wood Mackenzie and the U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA), the US added 910 MWh (megawatt-hours) of new energy […] Read more
