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ASEAN Eyes Clean Energy To Fuel Economic Growth And Build Climate Resilience

Governments of ASEAN and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), have established a strategy to accelerate the region’s transition to low-carbon, sustainable energy and build its climate resilience. “Increasing investment in renewable energy across Southeast Asia’s growing populations has significant social and economic benefits across the region, liberating them from expensive fossil fuel imports while boosting economic growth, supporting energy security, job creation and national resilience,” said Adnan Z. Amin, co-chair of the Dialogue.

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Wind Energy Has The Potential To Provide 30% Of Europe’s Power By 2030

Europe/Middle East/Africa, Head Lines, Hydro, Policy, Wind

Wind energy has the potential to provide up to 30% of Europe’s power by 2030 according to reports by WindEurope. These state that Europe is on course for an average installation rate of 12.6 GW per year in the years up to 2020, taking it to a total of 204 GW by 2020. By this date wind would be Europe’s largest renewable energy source, surpassing hydro and providing 16.5% of it’s electricity demand. The growth is concentrated in six countries, with Eastern Europe, a platform for growth beyond 2020.

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GE Renewable Energy Unveils Its Largest Onshore Wind Turbine

Technology, Wind

GE Renewable Energy has unveiled its brand-new 4.8–158 onshore wind turbine, equipped with a 158-meter rotor and a range of tip heights up to 240 meters. The combination of a larger rotor and tall towers enables the turbine to take advantage of higher wind speeds and produce more energy. The latest turbine also features high tech blades, improved loads and controls, and taller, more cost-effective towers. The innovative features have been developed in close partnerships with LM Wind Power, Blade Dynamics and GE’s Global Research Center.

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DEWA Awards World’s Largest CSP Project To ACWA, Shanghai Elec. Led Consortium

Deals & Finance, Europe/Middle East/Africa, Head Lines, Solar

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded the 700MW AED14.2 billion-fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park to a consortium comprising Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and China’s Shanghai Electric. This is the largest single-site Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in the world and will have the world’s tallest solar tower, measuring 260 metres. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is the largest single-site solar park in the world and will generate 1,000MW by 2020 and 5,000MW by 2030.

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GE Announces 600MW Projects; Surges Past 5GW Milestone Of Wind Energy In Brazil

Americas, Deals & Finance, Wind

GE has announced, from the Brazil Windpower conference, that it has reached 5,000 MW of installed wind capacity in the country, making it the first company to reach that milestone and confirming the company’s role in the expansion of wind energy in Brazil. By year-end, it will have installed more than 2,700 turbines and the company’s installed capacity represents more than 33% of all wind energy in the country. As part of that 5,000 MW, GE’s Onshore Wind business, a unit of GE Renewable Energy, will commission another 600 MW by the end of September.

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Nordex To Surpass 2GW Threshold On Wind Turbines Installations In UK And Ireland

Deals & Finance, Europe/Middle East/Africa, Wind

After installing and commissioning a total of 862 turbines in the UK and Ireland, the Nordex Group has now reached the 2 GW milestone of installed capacity in these two countries. At typical capacity factors, this represents enough power for 1.3 million homes, resulting in a market share of installed turbines of around 20% in the Republic of Ireland and around 10% in the UK. The Group has installed more than 21 GW of wind energy capacity in over 25 markets and in 2016 generated revenues of EUR 3.4 billion.

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Ministerial Meeting Gathers in Italy To Scale-Up Geothermal Energy Worldwide

Carbon, Geothermal, Head Lines, Policy

Leaders and ministers from more than 25 governments will meet in Florence, Italy on 11 September, to accelerate the global adoption of geothermal energy. The Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA) meeting is the largest such ministerial gathering dedicated to geothermal energy development. Geothermal energy today accounts for just 0.3 percent of globally installed renewable energy capacity. However – once start-up costs are met – it is one of the lowest-cost and most reliable renewable energy sources available. The global potential for geothermal is estimated to be in the region of 200 GW.

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IKEA, Solarcentury Revolutionise Home Energy Market With Solar Battery Storage

Efficiency, Europe/Middle East/Africa

Home furnishings expert IKEA has teamed up with leading solar firm Solarcentury to launch a new Solar Battery Storage solution to help homeowners make huge savings on their electricity bills by using more of the electricity that’s generated by solar panels. In addition, the battery storage system also increases the rate at which users can reap the benefits from their solar investment. With prices for Solar Panel and Battery Storage from IKEA and Solarcentury starting from as little as £3000, the new solutions can provide savings of up to £560 a year. Following Government plans to invest £246m in battery technology, saving consumers £40bn by 2050, battery storage is set to revolutionise the UK and international energy markets.

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Italy: Local Government Works With Enel To Make Florence A Leading Smart City

Head Lines, Policy

Public and private electric mobility and energy efficiency are the cornerstones of the partnership between the Municipality of Florence and Enel. The historic city has now made a bid to become Italy’s most cutting-edge smart city and a recent meeting between the two provided the opportunity to take stock of the current situation and plan the next moves for projects that include, and are not limited to, energy efficiency, smart grids, smart lighting, district heating with solar storage, e-mobility and the Internet of Things (IOT); complete with resilience, security and smart waste.

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Methanol ‘Green’ Fuel Cell Has Potential To Transform Large Scale Transport

Efficiency, Europe/Middle East/Africa, Technology

Earlier this week, the MS innogy commenced operations for green tours on the beautiful Lake Baldeneysee. The passenger vessel, is the first in Germany to be powered by methanol fuel cells, is a part of innogy’s “greenfuel” project where they demonstrate the entire value chain of environmentally friendly methanol, from a green production of methanol using CO2 from the surrounding air, green electricity, and water, to the use of methanol as a fuel in the excursion vessel and in cars, ships, and aircraft. The demonstration took place in Essen – this year’s “Green Capital of Europe” and went hand in hand with the ambitious transition the city is undergoing in reinventing itself as a “Green City”.

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