The Case for New Electric Interconnectors
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
by sakudarte
The European Council of October 2014 endorsed the proposal of the European Commission of May 2014 to extend the current 10% electric interconnectors target to 15% by 2030 while considering the cost factors and potential commercial exchanges in the relevant regions. How we produce and use energy relies heavily on interconnectors. Clean energy from renewable sources like
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Liquid Air Energy Storage Explained by a Developer
Wednesday, 03 August 2022
by Leon Haupt
Here follow 5 questions Green Dealflow asked phelas, an innovative company focusing on a particular energy storage technology to foster the energy transition: liquid air energy storage. What problem does phelas solve? Phelas was founded to turn a very simple vision into reality: We want 100% renewable power to be a no-brainer everywhere on this
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New Rules on Authorization Procedures for Renewable Energy Plants
Friday, 29 July 2022
by Tommaso Tomaiuolo
The following article explains the introduction of new frameworks in regard to renewable energy installations in Italy according to the official decree. On July 14, the Senate renewed its confidence in the Government by definitively approving, in the text dismissed by the Chamber, the bill for the conversion, with modifications, of the Decree-Law no. 50 of
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Zinc-ion battery storage – Q&A with Enerpoly
Friday, 22 July 2022
by Sahitya Yarlagadda
Here follow 6 questions Green Dealflow asked Enerpoly, an innovative company trying to put zinc-ion batteries on the table of energy storage technologies to foster the energy transition and diversify the need for critical minerals required for lithium-ion batteries. 1. What is the Enerpoly innovative perspective on zinc-ion energy storage? Enerpoly develops and manufactures zinc-ion
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The Global Picture of Energy Investments
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
by sakudarte
High prices, rising costs, economic uncertainty, energy security concerns, and climate imperatives amount to a powerful cocktail of factors bearing on global energy investments. IEA´s tracking and forecast estimate that global energy investments are expected to rise 8% in 2022, reaching around 2.4 trillion. However, around 200 billion is being driven up by higher costs
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solar, wind, transactions, renewable energy, battery, storage, investments, oil&gas, minerals
Agrivoltaics: The New Frontier
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
by Ellen Ross
“It’s now or never” is the succintest way to abbreviate the latest warning from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). If the world is going to avoid the worst of the climate crisis, climate mitigation needs to happen now and with greater impact. Specifically the world needs to reduce global carbon emissions by 2025
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Airborne Wind Energy: Q&A With a Developer
Wednesday, 08 June 2022
by sakudarte
Airborne wind energy (AWE) is “the conversion of wind energy into electricity using tethered flying devices”. The research began in 1980, in 40 years interest and investment in AWE have grown substantially, especially in the last decade, with approximately 70 active research entities including over 20 technology developers globally. Research found “potential for, and technical viability of,
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Italy’s “Energy Decree” – Innovations and Observations Regarding Renewables
Friday, 27 May 2022
by Tiziana Manenti
You can find the original article from Watson Farley & Williams about the Italian energy decree here. We present an overview of the main amendments introduced by the Energy Decree, focussing on the photovoltaic (“PV”) and wind power sectors. I. SIMPLIFICATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF RENEWABLE POWER PLANTS Extension of the simplified authorisation procedure (PAS) – Legislative
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solar, wind, energy, developers, renewables, electricity, grid, decree, energytransition
The Importance Of Grid Codes In Renewables Scenarios
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
by sakudarte
An increasing number of countries aim to replace polluting conventional generators with clean renewables. It is expected that this would lead to solar and wind production covering almost 80% of the total generation. The change in the electric system going from dispatchable conventional generators to renewables production will require investments and support from TSOs, market
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All the Benefits of including Storage in your Solar Project
Thursday, 12 May 2022
by sakudarte
Energy storage is going to be one of the most important technologies in the shift toward clean energy systems. Because solar panels and wind turbines don´t operate continuously due to the intermittency of solar radiation and wind currents, the owner of these projects are forced to sell the electricity when these resources are available, and
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