Wednesday, 10 February 2021 President Biden has announced his clean energy plan for the next four years. His plan includes upgrading 4 million buildings and weatherizing 2 million homes over the next four years. The goal is to retrofit the homes and buildings to help them become more energy-efficient. The good news is that there are technologies that consumers can use to help them understand and take advantage of these new retrofit programs.
“Clean energy and energy conservation should be something that we all want and strive for; it must be a priority,” explains Nishaant Sangaavi, the co-founder and chief executive officer of EnergyX Solutions. “While the government is going to be taking action to improve energy efficiency, these policies impact real homes and homeowners and empowering them is an instrumental part of the process.”
Thursday, 11 February 2021
Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna. have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture for the development, construction and operation of two offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea with a total potential capacity of up to 2.5 GW. Block Island Wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island (Ørsted)
Ørsted will subscribe for new shares representing 50% of the total share capital in PGE’s two offshore wind projects, Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica-3 sp. z o.o. (‘Baltica 3’) and Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica-2 sp z o.o. (‘Baltica 2). Baltica 3 has a capacity of approximately 1 GW and Baltica 2 has a capacity of approximately 1.5 GW. The subscription price for the newly issued shares in Baltica 2 and 3 will amount to a total of PLN 657 million.
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Following a competitive tender, Onyx InSight and Eurus have agreed a two-year predictive maintenance contract covering 59 MW of the Japanese developer’s portfolio. Under the contract, Onyx InSight began installing 33 ecoCMS monitoring systems in August 2019.
Onyx InSight’s ecoCMS condition monitoring systems (CMS) will monitor drive train performance in multiple turbine models across the wind farms. The innovative system uses Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology to increase coverage of sensors on the drive train. Coupled with IoT technology, Onyx InSight’s ecoCMS monitoring equipment empowers operators to re-evaluate the real-life costs of CMS and helps them reap the benefits of online monitoring and predictive maintenance.
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Wednesday, 10 February 2021 In the first weeks of his presidency, the Biden administration signed a series of executive orders prioritizing combating climate change. Within the orders, the administration plans to move the United States to 100% green electricity by 2035, up from 38% presently supplied. The order also calls to end fossil fuel subsidies which will save the federal government billions of dollars per year. With the money saved, the United States can invest in sustainable energy sources. In addition, the United States has rejoined the Paris climate agreement, the largest international effort to conquer global warming. With this executive order, the administration predicts to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. To reach this goal, the current administration in Washington commits to double US offshore wind leases by 2030.