Tuesday, 19 January 2021 Using the latest council data from cities in England, Scotland and Wales, The Solar Centre have taken a closer look at who is doing the most for solar energy in their city.
The pandemic has taken a toll on the economy, but it’s still imperative for councils to fight the effects of global warming. Along with investment in wind energy, councils must continue work on other areas if Britain are to achieve net zero by 2050.
Gathered via FOI requests, data reveals the councils who have invested the most in solar energy since the start of the 2014/15 financial year.
Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. completed commissioning of the 154.8-MW Tatanka Ridge Wind Farm on January 5, 2021. The facility s 56 wind turbines are located in Deuel County, South Dakota. The facility is owned by Tatanka Ridge Wind, LLC, which is jointly owned by Avangrid Renewables (15%) and WEC Energy Group (85%). Baffin Wind Power Project in Texas (Courtesy of Avangrid)
Dairyland Power Cooperative has a power purchase agreement with Tatanka Ridge Wind for 51.6 MW of renewable energy. Dairyland s portion of Tatanka Ridge s output will deliver enough renewable energy to power approximately 16,000 homes. The balance of the project s generation is contracted to a large commercial customer.
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Solar power continued to grow in North Carolina in 2020 with more Duke Energy customers using solar power than ever before. Driven by the company’s five-year, $62 million solar rebate program, which helps pay for the significant upfront costs of solar systems, about 5,500 Duke Energy customers installed private solar systems at their homes and businesses in 2020. Today, more than 18,000 Duke Energy customers have a private solar system. Courtesy of Duke Energy Our customers want more renewable energy and Duke Energy is making that a reality for them,” said Stephen De May, Duke Energy’s North Carolina president. “We’re also connecting large-scale solar plants – owned and operated by Duke Energy and other developers.”
Monday, 18 January 2021
Siemens Energy has joined Mubadala in a strategic partnership to accelerate green hydrogen capabilities in Abu Dhabi and will also collaborate with Masdar and partners on developing clean hydrogen fuels.
Around the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were signed by Siemens Energy with Mubadala Investment Company as well as with Masdar and other partners to jointly drive UAE’s green hydrogen sector and the production of synthetic fuels.
On 17 January, Siemens Energy and Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), the Abu Dhabi state-owned global investment firm, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intention of creating a strategic partnership to drive investment and development of advanced technology, manufacture of equipment, and green hydrogen and synthetic fuel production. The initial focus of activity will be in Abu Dhabi and over time it is planned that this will be extended to other international markets