In a move to commercially produce sustainable aviation fuels from leftover hemp biomass, Atlantic Biomass and Bionoid signed a Letter of Intent. The parties highlighted that this cooperation will enable the development of SAF and other bioproducts from harvests of leftover hemp biomass totaling up to 190,000 tons annually. The initial phase of this initiative …
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According to a recent survey, the switch to renewable energy is increasing job prospects in the US. The U.S. Department of Energy documents increases in renewable energy jobs across all energy sectors in its United States Energy & Employment Report 2022. Out of the 7.8 million employees in the US energy sector, more than 3 …
After decades of political squabbling and denial from the fossil fuel industry, the US is very set to make its first substantial move to address the climate catastrophe. According to experts, the new climate bill will contribute to rewiring the US economy and be a crucial step in preventing catastrophic global warming, The Guardian reports. …
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Under the proposed “Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)” mandate, states in India would need to fulfill 25% of their energy consumption from RE sources and grow that to 43% by the end of this decade. The new action plan includes energy storage for the first time as a state-mandated purchase as well as solar, wind, and …
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Fortia, an energy management network, and Acciona Energía, a subsidiary of Acciona, have signed a framework agreement for Acciona Energía to provide 1TWh of renewable energy annually for the following five to ten years. According to a corporate renewable power purchase agreement (PPA), which Fortia claims to be the biggest corporate PPA with shipment for …
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The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) won the first-ever “United Nations (UN) SIDS Partnership Award” in the environmentalist category in recognition of its essential support of sustainable development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The recognition of the Agency’s response to a call for action under the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (S.A.M.O.A) Pathway is …
A newly revealed plan for the growth of renewable energy projects that Jiangsu province in East China, the center of the nation’s manufacturing, would increase its consumption of renewable energy to more than 15% of the province’s overall energy consumption by 2025. The plan predicts that by 2025, the installed renewable energy capacity in the …
Aker Horizons ASA, a subsidiary of the Norwegian business Aker ASA, has decided to combine its separate offshore wind-focused company with pure-play renewables producer Mainstream Renewable Power to create a bigger firm with a 27 GW portfolio, Renewables Now reports. Aker Horizons said on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to incorporate Aker Offshore …
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Costs for renewable energy sources kept down in 2021 despite fuel crisis and supply chain issues and higher commodity prices haven’t yet had a meaningful impact on project costs. In comparison to 2020, the cost of power from onshore wind, offshore wind, and solar PV all decreased by 15%, 13%, and 13%, respectively, IRENA says …
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Hitachi Energy Ltd., a Swiss company that was formerly known as Hitachi ABB Power Grids, said today that it will provide transformer and switchgear systems for a 280 MW offshore wind project being built in China by China General Nuclear Power Corp (GCN). The wind farm’s 35 turbines will each have 66-kV WindSTAR power transformers …
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