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Balancing the Scales: Disparities in Decommissioning Practices for Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy
There have been historic initiatives within the U.S. to create a sustainable energy economy and to address major environmental concerns created by fossil fuels. The Inflation Reduction Act contains $369 billion in climate and energy provisions, which will have a meaningful impact on climate change. Meanwhile, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law seeks to remedy environmental issues […]
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Solar
Australia Taking ‘Renewable’ Approach to Decommissioning Coal Plants
Australia stands at a crossroads when it comes to its energy strategy. On the one hand, the country has moved to embrace clean energy in the past few years, with renewables growing to 29% of total generation
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Press Releases
GE APPOINTS ONYX INSIGHT AS SOLE PROVIDER OF CONDITION MONITORING FOR ONSHORE WIND TURBINES
UK (Sept. 26, 2022) — GE Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of General Electric and leading wind turbine original equipment manufacturer (OEM), has selected independent data analytics and engineering experts, ONYX Insight, as the sole provider of condition monitoring solutions for its onshore wind turbines. GE Renewable Energy plans to install ONYX Insight’s innovative drive train monitoring […]
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Coal
India Power Minister Says Country Will Add More Coal-Fired Plants
The leader of India’s power sector has said the country is preparing to add as much as 56 GW of coal-fired generation capacity by 2030 in order for the country to meet growing demand for electricity. He also said India must invest in energy storage, in concert with supporting more wind and solar power development, […]
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Press Releases
Greenbacker acquires 54 MW pre-operational wind farm in Illinois from PowerWorks
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2022 — Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (“GREC” or “Greenbacker”), a leading green energy investment manager and independent power producer, has purchased, through a wholly owned subsidiary, a 54 MW to-be-constructed wind farm from PowerWorks, a national renewable energy project developer, owner, and operator. The wind farm, Panther Creek, is Greenbacker’s […]
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Press Releases
RE+, POWER Collaborate on Supplement Featuring Technology Innovations in the Clean Energy Transition
September 14, 2022 — POWER, the leading global publication for the power generation sector, again this year has published information and is providing insight about the clean energy transition that includes the proceedings abstracts for the RE+ conference, the largest and most comprehensive event in North America for the clean energy industry. This supplement, titled […]
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Renewables
Oxford Group: Decarbonizing Energy Would Save $12 Trillion
A new study from business and environmental researchers at Oxford University disputes the notion that a strategy to transition global power generation toward renewable energy and away from fossil fuels is too expensive to pursue. The study, released Sept. 13 and published in the journal Joule, reports that decarbonizing the world’s energy systems would save […]
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Interview
The POWER Interview: Developing Platforms for Renewable Energy
Billions of dollars are supporting renewable energy development in the U.S. The International Energy Agency has said record amounts of spending on clean energy will increase global energy investment by 8% in 2022. Julie McLaughlin, a managing director with Alvarez & Marsal’s U.S. Energy practice in San Francisco, California, has extensive experience in the energy space, working with […]
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Solar
Siemens Gamesa in Deal with SSE Renewables for European Assets
Siemens Gamesa said it has sold its renewable energy assets in southern Europe to SSE Renewables, a division of Scottish multinational energy company SSE. The deal announced Sept. 1 is for a 3.8-GW portfolio of projects, including onshore wind facilities in Spain, Italy, Greece, and France. The agreement also includes potential opportunities for Siemens Gamesa […]
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Solar
A Fine Balance: Building One of Europe’s Largest Hybrid Facilities
When Swedish company Vattenfall in 2018 set out to combine wind, solar, and battery storage resources at this pioneering energy park in the Netherlands, its foremost focus was to demonstrate a clean energy