Virginia passes Clean Economy Act – sets renewables, storage targets
The Virginia state legislature narrowly passed the Virginia Clean Economy Act, passing into law a requirement that all energy produced in the state be renewable by 2050.
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The Virginia state legislature narrowly passed the Virginia Clean Economy Act, passing into law a requirement that all energy produced in the state be renewable by 2050.
Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon, has committed $10 billion to accelerate global efforts to combat climate change.
Vestas has secured a 39 MW order and a 30-year service contract from long-term customer Stena Renewables AB for the Riskebo wind energy project in the Hedemora Municipality in Sweden.
ACEEE forecast a pending bipartisan energy efficiency bill if enacted would help the US cut energy bills by $51 billion through 2050.
The Top Employers Institute has named EDP Renewables as one of the best companies to work for in Europe in 2020.
Ericsson has launched new artificial intelligent-based energy infrastructure operations to help telcos to reduce energy-related expenses.
Onshore wind generation grew by 11.8 GW compared to offshore wind which grew 3.6 GW, bringing Europe’s total wind capacity at the start of the decade to 205GW of wind energy – 15% of all electricity consumption in Europe last year.
Rio Tinto has announced plans to build its first solar photovoltaic plant in Western Australia.
This open-source model, now available on GitHub, can accommodate multiple software tools and will provide industry, researchers, and academics a public-domain tool for designing next-generation offshore wind turbines.
EDP Renewables has received R$1 billion in funding from the Brazilian Development Bank to build six wind energy farms in Rio Grande do Norte.