During a 12-hour trip to a wind farm 40 nautical miles offshore, a hybrid CTV will emit 41% less CO2 compared to a conventional CTV. If a helicopter were used for the transport, CO2 could be reduced by 73%. For Europe, that is a saving of 67,000 to 117,000 ton of CO2 per year, or between 8 to 14 million saved in carbon tax if the tax was the same rate as in Sweden. PES sat down with DECK1 CEO Jim Hededal Nielsen to do some number crunching.
Santiago, Chile, 07 October 2024 – DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has supported Atlas Renewable Energy in securing $289 million in financing for its first standalone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Chile. The financing package, backed by senior loans and credit lines from BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole CIB, will… Read more »
Lake Lucerne Navigation Company (SGV) AG, a leading Swiss transportation company, has signed a five-year fuel offtake agreement with cleantech company Synhelion. SGV will purchase nearly 100 tons of solar fuel annually to power its fleet. This will make SGV the first navigation company in the world to use Synhelion’s solar fuel. SGV’s iconic steamboats,… Read more »
National Grid Electricity Distribution has landed a Solar & Storage award for their efforts in energising the Horsey Levels solar farm in Somerset. The operator took home the Network & Connections award for the project, which achieved the historic milestone of becoming the first project to be energised through the Technical Limits accelerator programme. The… Read more »
European climate and energy ministers, the EU’s Energy Commissioner, and international top executives from some of the most influential companies in the wind sector will meet at Odense Port for the North Sea Summit 2024. They will discuss how to achieve the ambitious goal of installing 20,000 offshore wind turbines in the North Sea while… Read more »
On Thursday, the Estonian energy company Evecon and Mirova, an asset manager dedicated to sustainable finance, opened the largest solar park in the Baltics, located in Kirikmäe in Pärnu County. The production capacity of the Kirikmäe park, spread over nearly 110 hectares, is 77.53 MW, which is more than twice the capacity of the largest… Read more »
New digital platform enables enhanced project insights and management with thorough wind, solar, and atmospheric data and analytics for optimized site development and operations. Vaisala, a global leader in measurement technology, today launched Vaisala Compass, a weather-based decision-making platform for the renewable energy industry. Unveiled at WindEnergy Hamburg, the Compass platform ultimately provides a comprehensive suite of… Read more »
