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Carbon Emissions

Biden Administration Pledges $1.2bn for World's Largest DAC Plants

The US Department of Energy (DOE) last week announced $1.2bn of investment in two commercial-scale direct air capture (DAC) facilities in the states of Texas an…

Renewable Energy

Xi Says Ready to Strengthen Cooperation With Namibia in Clean Energy

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with his Namibian counterpart Hage Geingob on the sidelines of the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 24, …

Carbon Emissions

City of Portland Presents $750M Climate Investment Plan

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The City of Portland presented its final plan of how they want to allocate $750 million of the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits F…

Microgrid

Tesla Receives Approval for 2 Virtual Power Plants in Texas

Tesla has received approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to launch two virtual power plants for Powerwall owners in Texas.Virtual power pl…

Electric Vehicle Charging

DOE Intends to Award up to $37M to Advance EV Battery Recycling, Transportation and Design

The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of intent to release a funding opportunity that would provide up to $37 million from Bipartisan Infrastructure…

Green Hydrogen

Clean Hydrogen Gets a $34 Million Boost From the DOE

Projects led by universities and the industry will be developing H2 technology and infrastructure.The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it is awa…

Hydrogen Production

New Interagency Hydrogen Task Force Launched by Biden-Harris Administration

The goal is to build a clean hydrogen economy.The Biden-Harris Administration has launched an interagency hydrogen task force under which federal agencies will …

Green Hydrogen

Fortescue Expects Initial License for Brazil Green Hydrogen Project by September

Port of Açu, where Fortescue is developing a green hydrogen plant. Credit: WikipediaAustralian mining and energy firm Fortescue expects to receive a prel…

SMR

Studsvik Considers SMR Deployment at Nyköping Site

Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik has signed a memorandum of understanding with small modular reactor (SMR) project development company K&aum…

Offshore Wind Power

Crowley, Morgan Stanley Form Us Offshore Wind Pact

Crowley and Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), through Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), have formed a new joint venture to advance offsh…

Wind Turbine

First Turbine Stands at French Pilot Floating Offshore Wind Farm

Siemens Gamesa/IllustrationThe first of the total of three Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines has been installed at the Provence Grand Large floating offshore wi…

Wind Farm

Suzlon Wins Order for 31.5 MW of Wind Power From Integrum Energy Infrastructure Private Limited

To supply 15 wind turbines with a rated capacity of 2.1 MW each. Wind farm to be installed in Maharashtra and Karnataka with a total installed capacity of 31.5 …

Photovoltaic （PV）

Construction of a Photovoltaic Plant Starts in Texas to Supply Solar Power to Facebook

Iberdrola’s US subsidiary Avangrid has begun construction of the 240 MW True North photovoltaic plant in Falls County (Texas). It will supply clean, renew…

Geothermal Heating Project

Geothermal Exploration License Granted for Norderstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany

Norderstedt Mitte, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (source: Christian Alexander Tietgen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)The State Office for Mining, Energy and Ge…

Energy Storage Project

Engie Acquiring Broad Reach Power's Battery Storage Business

French multinational utility ENGIE has agreed to buy the battery storage business of Houston-based Broad Reach Power from its co-investment partners Yorktown Pa…