Finnish Demo Plant Uses Carbon Dioxide to Produce Renewable Fuels and Chemicals Updated On Mon, Jun 12th, 2017 by Saurenergy The Finnish demo plant comprises four separate units: a solar power plant; equipment for separating carbon dioxide and water from the air; a section that uses electrolysis to produce hydrogen; and synthesis equipment for producing a crude-oil substitute from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) […] Read more
Fortum has made an indicative, non-binding offer to acquire Ekokem Updated On Fri, May 13th, 2016 by Saurenergy Fortum has made an indicative, non-binding offer to the four biggest shareholders in Ekokem to acquire their shareholding in the company. The biggest shareholders are Finnish State, Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority HSY, representing more than 80% of the shares. Fortum does […] Read more
Cheap Solar and Expensive Power- Pakistan’s Sobering Experience So far Updated On Wed, Nov 27th, 2024 by Saurenergy Readers will be aware that we have occasionally tracked the growth of solar in Pakistan here. What has been interesting is the fact that the country, while performing poorly at an institutional level, has seen the kind of solar boom that would rival almost any country elsewhere over the past year and more. Reports claim […] Read more
US Announces $6 Billion To Clean Heavy Industry Sector Updated On Tue, Mar 26th, 2024 by Saurenergy The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $6 billion for 33 projects across more than 20 states to decarbonize energy-intensive industries, reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions, support good-paying union jobs, revitalize industrial communities, and strengthen the nation’s manufacturing competitiveness. Funded by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, the projects […] Read more
Meeting EU Environment Policy Targets By 2030 Will Be Challenging: EAP Updated On Thu, Dec 28th, 2023 by Saurenergy The European Union (EU) in its 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP) builds on the ‘European Green Deal’ and sets the framework for EU environmental policy until 2030. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) its first monitoring report on the programme shows that the EU may not meet most of the monitoring targets. These targets were outlined in […] Read more
Solar’s Slow Rise In Sun Drenched Pakistan Updated On Wed, Aug 16th, 2023 by Saurenergy Extensive load shedding and high and rising electricity costs are a few of the reasons for consumers to seek a switch to solar power in Pakistan. With industry pointing out that the nation pays some of the highest electricity tariffs in South Asia, it is indeed a wonder why solar has not established a stronger […] Read more
EU Awards €5.3 Million To REGACE Project For Agrivoltaics Solutions Updated On Wed, Feb 8th, 2023 by Saurenergy The European Union (EU) has awarded €5.3 million to the REGACE Consortium to develop and demonstrate an innovative agrivoltaics technology by using CO2 enrichment to increase electricity yields. The grant has been made through the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme of EU. The REGACE Consortium is composed of 12 partners from five countries. The […] Read more
Solar Recycling Picking Up Pace Updated On Thu, Dec 15th, 2022 by Saurenergy The strong growth of the solar energy sector in the recent year – especially in the last decade – and the constant call for ‘circular economies’ citing environmental concerns will be harbingers for the solar recycling industry. The value of recovered raw materials from discarded solar panels has the potential to increase up to $450 […] Read more
Tree Energy Solutions, Fortescue Future Industries Team Up for World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Project Updated On Thu, Oct 6th, 2022 by Saurenergy Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and Tree Energy Solutions (TES) have agreed to develop the world’s largest green hydrogen integrated project to help Europe mitigate its current energy and climate crisis in order to bring green molecules to Europe. Green hydrogen is a zero-carbon fuel, that when used produces nothing but primarily water. It is a practical […] Read more
