Good News Notes: “Spanish energy giant Iberdrola says it has decided to invest $500m in a wind and solar farm in South Australia as the first of a series of renewable power projects it hopes to develop in Australia.” “Iberdrola’s head of renewables, Xabier Viteri, said that in the new year the company would also probably…
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Dominion will turn cow waste into renewable energy
Good News Notes: “Dominion Energy has formed a $200 million partnership with Vanguard Renewables to turn methane from livestock waste at dairy farms into renewable natural gas.” “The partnership will work initially with dairy farms in Georgia, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, with multiple projects under development. Dominion says the RNG conversions at initial…
Xcel Energy French Island plant taking more garbage to convert to power
Good News Notes: “Every time someone turns on a light, the power may be coming from the garbage they throw out. Xcel Energy and La Crosse County officials have been working together for decades using garbage to make electricity. “ “Officials say they are getting calls from other communities trying to find a better way…
First US steel plants powered by wind, solar energy are coming
Good News Notes: “Nucor’s $250 million micromill in Sedalia, Missouri, is set to be the first U.S. steel plant to run on wind energy.” “A recycled steel plant run by EVRAZ in Colorado is transitioning from coal to solar in a partnership with Xcel Energy and a solar developer half owned by BP.” “Although recycled…
Solar, wind power to boost Turkey’s renewable capacity in next 5 years
Good News Notes: “Turkey’s renewable energy capacity is expected to increase by 50% from its current 42 gigawatts (GW) to 63 GW by 2024, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Renewables 2019 report.” “The surge in capacity will place Turkey among Europe’s top five and 11th worldwide in terms of renewable capacity, the report…
German town disconnects from grid, goes 100% renewable – for an hour | Energy Storage News
Good News Notes: “For a brief period a few days ago, Bordesholm in Germany became a showcase for how entire communities could switch over to renewable energy, with the backing of energy storage capacity.” “Solar inverter maker SMA’s devices, including its Sunny Central Storage battery inverter and SMA Hybrid Controller XL, were used in a…
Amazon announces three renewable energy projects in Spain and the US
Good News Notes: “These three projects will begin construction in both the US and Spain. The first will be a solar farm in Sevilla, Spain, and it will provide 149 megawatts of “new renewable capacity” to the region. Amazon says this project will be the company’s first “large-scale” renewable energy effort in the country. The next two…
Chew On This: Farmers Are Using Food Waste To Make Electricity
Good News Notes: “If you piled up all the food that’s not eaten over the course of a year in the U.S., it would be enough to fill a skyscraper in Chicago about 44 times, according to an estimate from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.” “And, when all this food rots in a landfill, it emits methane,…
New Hybrid Device Efficiently Captures and Stores Solar Energy
Good News Notes: “Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new device that can both efficiently capture solar energy and store it until it is needed, offering promise for applications ranging from power generation to distillation and desalination.” “Unlike solar panels and solar cells, which rely on photovoltaic technology for the direct generation…
kenya installs first solar water farm turning ocean water into drinking water
Good News Notes: “Non-governmental organization ‘givepower’ has built its first solar water farm in kenya, turning the region’s saltwater into clean and sustainable drinking water. the farm uses a filtrating system that desalinates the brackish liquid to produce enough water for 35,000 people every day.” “The farm is located in Kiunga, Kenya, a small fishing…