Fortum and Uniper enter close into cooperation to offer nuclear decommissioning and dismantling services for nuclear companies. Through this cooperation, Fortum and Uniper combine decades of nuclear experience and a wide variety of competencies which will create world-class value to the customers. The future vision is to become a market leader in Europe. “Nuclear power plants around Europe are in different phases of the life cycle. At the same time, as new reactors are being planned and built, there are also plants that will be shut down and dismantled. Here we see attractive opportunities to create joint service offering and…
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Renfrew, UK – 7 September 2021 – Howden Group, a leading global provider of mission critical air and gas handling products, technologies and services, has announced its commitment to reduce its carbon footprint globally. Already a low carbon business, Howden generates 28,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year and its carbon reduction plans see the business further reducing its carbon impact by 50% by the year 2030 and becoming carbon Net Zero by 2035. This will be achieved through purchase of renewable energy and carbon free energy, efficiency gains from energy conservation measures; and by renewable energy projects at its…
One of the biggest battery energy storage facilities in the UK has been connected to the electricity network in Burgess Hill to support renewable energy. Britain’s biggest electricity distributor, UK Power Networks, recently connected the new battery plant to the distribution network for the site’s developers, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, and Harmony Energy. The system of 28 Tesla Megapack lithium-ion batteries, covering about the same size as a football pitch, can store renewable energy, such as wind and solar power, when electricity demand is low and release it to the network when demand is…
World Electric Vehicle Day: IDTechEx Talks Electric Vehicles Taking Over the Roads, Seas and Skies World Electric Vehicle Day is here, and, as an industry analyst, it presents a great occasion to take a retrospective look at the past decade of innovation and disruption. Indeed, with cars alone, annual sales are on pace to surpass five million strong this year, with ~3.5 million battery-electric vehicles (BEV). If they do, it will mean an astonishing growth rate of ~86% CAGR since 2011. It is fair to say that this has surpassed analyst expectations. IDTechEx has been writing about…
Up to 100,000 people in danger of struggling with their fuel bills will be proactively offered support and guidance, thanks to a new partnership led by UK Power Networks. The UK’s largest electricity Distribution Network Operator (DNO) is working with the Energy Systems Catapult to use sophisticated data software to identify households across London, the East and South East who may need extra support, now and in the future. The ‘Social Connect’ project will use artificial intelligence and data science techniques to combine the companies’ information, existing fuel poverty insight, along with smart meter data supplied by households, and geographical…
Described as a ‘code red for humanity’, the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report revealed some stark realities about the state of our climate in 2021 – highlighting the ‘irreversible’ effect human activity is having on the environment. Now, leading sustainability authority, Bureau Veritas, is pressing businesses to play their part in reducing emissions, to stabilise rising temperatures. Published in August, the report is the first major review of the science of climate change since 2013. It revealed that global surface temperatures have significantly increased since 1970, with the past five years the hottest since records began (in…
Sweden – 1 September 2021: Swedish-based impact investment platform Trine today announced their new partnership with Solarise Africa, a pan-African energy leasing company. The new venture, totaling €5 million across multiple tranches, is set to advance investments in food security, renewable energy, urban development, and manufacturing and production in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda. Demand for on-site renewable energy assets is growing rapidly as businesses are faced with rising energy costs and a desire to improve the sustainability of their operations. Building on-site microgrid assets requires significant capital outlay and building owners and operators have few other options today…
En-Groups-360-project-wins-BRICS-award-for-sustainable-development.pdf En+ Group, a leading vertically integrated producer of aluminium and power, has been recognised as a winner of the BRICS Solutions for SDGs Awards 2021 for the company’s stellar Project 360. The awards’ jury commended Project 360 in the Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6) category. The project’s main goal is to protect Lake Baikal and other reserves in Russia from adverse environmental impacts. Launched in 2011, Project 360’s campaign celebrates its 11th season this year. Its 2021 program consists of three main workstreams : an online eco-marathon, eco-actions near water reservoirs in the cities where the company’s enterprises…
Neste Corporation, Press Release, 1 September 2021 at 10.00 a.m. (EET) Neste has signed a renewable power purchase agreement with Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy. Statkraft will begin the wind power deliveries to Neste’s Porvoo refinery in Finland in mid-2022. Neste is committed to combat climate change and reduce climate emissions both globally and locally. To support this, the company has two climate commitments. The signed agreement supports Neste’s commitment to reduce the carbon footprint of its production and to reach carbon neutral production by 2035. Neste’s other climate commitment is to reduce customers’ greenhouse gas emissions with…
Witnica/Munich, 31 August 2021: BayWa r.e. has announced the sale of its 64.6MWp solar farm in Witnica, Poland, to Irish incorporated company Alternus Energy Group. The solar farm, located close to the German border between Poznan and Berlin, was completed earlier this year and is now connected to the grid. Witnica is Poland’s first subsidy-free, PPA-backed commercial-scale solar installation. “The successful commissioning of our Witnica solar farm marks a ground-breaking achievement for both BayWa r.e. and Poland as the country takes another important step on its journey towards sourcing more electricity from renewables,” said Dr. Benedikt Ortmann, Global Director of Solar Projects at…
