Scientists Mapped Every Large Solar Plant
Tuesday, 16 November 2021
An astonishing 82% decrease in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy since 2010 has given the world a fighting chance to build a zero-emissions energy system which might be less costly than the fossil-fuelled system it replaces. The International Energy Agency projects that PV solar generating capacity must grow ten-fold by 2040 if we are to meet the dual tasks
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Carbon Finance in Renewable Energy Projects
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Developing a project in some countries allows access to an additional income stream through carbon finance mechanisms of which the market is looking at with more and more interest. Carbon markets emerged in the 1990s as an instrument of tackling climate change by funding carbon mitigating initiatives that generate carbon offsets. A carbon offset, or carbon credit, is a tradable unit that represents one metric ton
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Agro-voltaic plants in Italy: news about the incentive tariffs
Wednesday, 06 October 2021
The agro-voltaic sector is characterized by a hybrid use of agricultural lands, which are exploited both for agricultural production and for the production of electricity from renewable sources (particularly, photovoltaic sources). Following the goals set out by the National Integrated Plan for Energy and Climate (“PNIEC”), the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (“PNRR”) has expressly included the
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The UK price spike reveals the need to accelerate the energy transition
Thursday, 23 September 2021
A few months before the electricity and gas UK price spike – a joint publication by the UK government and Ofgem was published. The energy regulators set out a work program to deliver an intelligent and highly flexible energy system that will sustain the country’s energy security and the transition to net-zero. The plan aims to reduce
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The grid connection potential between Italy and Tunisia
Thursday, 09 September 2021
On 27 July, the Italian TSO Terna presented to the citizens of Castelvetrano, Campobello di Mazara and Partanna (Sicily) the results of public consultation on the planned strategic electric connection between Italy and Tunisia, an underground cable connecting the European and African electricity systems. The cable will be underground and undersea between Italy and Tunisia
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The Baltic tigers in renewable energy
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Renewable energies in the Baltic region is mostly overlooked by international investments, but the outstanding performance of the market in the past two years, is generating more interest. Rytis Kėvelaitis is the advisor for renewable energy project development in the Baltics and he will introduce us to the energy market of the Baltic region. The Baltic states – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – forms the
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Developing the European Energy Storage Market
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
EASE and Delta-ee have announced the publication of the fifth report on the European Market Monitor on Energy Storage (EMMES), you can download the key points by clicking here. The report focuses on the impacts of the pandemic on the energy storage market, considering the effects on commercial activities and industries, and behind-the-meter segments, while front-of-meter
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Powering the energy transition with better storage
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Researchers evaluate the role and value of long-duration energy storage technologies in securing a carbon-free electric grid. Leda Zimmerman – MIT News “The overall question for me is how to decarbonize society in the most affordable way,” says Nestor Sepulveda SM ’16, PhD ’20. As a postdoc at MIT and a researcher with the MIT Energy
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Denmark and the world’s first wind energy hub: an artificial island in the North Sea
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Denmark has reached a landmark agreement on the construction of an energy hub in the North Sea. The energy hub will be an artificially constructed island located 80 kilometers from the shore of the peninsula Jutland. It will b e owned by a public-private partnership. The hub will strengthen the integration of Europe’s power grids and increase renewable
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Germany and the new Renewable Energy Act 2021
Thursday, 21 January 2021
Germany’s landmark Renewable Energy Act (EEG) – credited with making solar and wind power two of the most important electricity sources in the country – is undergoing another reform. Renewables shall grow faster, become cheaper and more accepted by neighbouring citizens so that climate and clean energy targets can be reached by Germany. This factsheet
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