Green Energy

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed a first-of-its-kind tool that enables hydropower operators and developers to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with building and operating closed-loop pumped storage hydropower (PSH) facilities. Closed-loop PSH generates and stores electricity by moving water between an upper and lower reservoir. It is an established technology that […]

Swedish company NoviOcean has tested a third-gen prototype of its combination wind/solar/wave energy platform, a floating platform rated for up to 1 megawatt of consistent clean energy around the clock thanks to a fascinating buoyancy-driven mechanism. Next step: a full-scale pilot. This renewable energy platform will have a relatively small footprint once built at full […]

Norway’s Equinor (EQNR.OL), opens new tab has bought a 9.8% stake valued at around $2.5 billion in Danish offshore wind farm developer Orsted (ORSTED.CO), opens new tab, it said on Monday, as it seeks to build up its renewables portfolio. Orsted shares have dropped 69% from their 2021 all-time high as the offshore wind sector has faced surging […]

Swedish engineering consultancy company Sweco said it would design one of Europe’s largest battery energy storage systems, called Green Turtle, in Belgium. Sweco is designing the battery park on behalf of the company GIGA Storage Belgium. WHY IT MATTERS: Sweco said the park would make a significant contribution to the energy grid by providing stored […]

Residential solar and battery storage marketplace EnergySage just released its latest insights report for H1 2024 – here are 3 of its top-line findings. EnergySage* provides quotes to solar shoppers across 50 states and Washington D.C., so it gets great insight into what’s happening in the residential solar and battery storage sector. The “19th EnergySage […]

The UK government on Friday announced investment of nearly £22 billion ($28.8 billion) in projects to capture and store carbon emissions created by industry and energy production. The money will fund “carbon capture clusters” in Merseyside, northwest England, and Teesside, northeast England. The new Labour government has launched a new public-owned body, Great British Energy, to […]

Climate change has been viewed almost universally as a burden, a hot potato to be passed from country to country at annual climate change conferences. Although it’s widely known that climate-friendly solar and wind energy have become cheaper and easier to produce, most don’t realize that they are very likely to get even less expensive […]

Climate change has been viewed almost universally as a burden, a hot potato to be passed from country to country at annual climate change conferences. Although it’s widely known that climate-friendly solar and wind energy have become cheaper and easier to produce, most don’t realize that they are very likely to get even less expensive […]

The sluggish rate of progress made in the energy transition is putting the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 at risk. On the positive side, with early warning indicators guiding timely and targeted interventions, we can accelerate progress across several domains. An international study by the Research Institute for Sustainability—Helmholtz Center Potsdam (RIFS) […]

U.S. trade officials this week may impose new tariffs on solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations that American manufacturers have complained employ unfair subsidies that make U.S. products uncompetitive. The announcement, due on Tuesday, is the first of two preliminary decisions the Commerce Department will make this year in a trade case brought by […]