The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
Bahrain’s transition to electric vehicles is starting to accelerate, with the Kingdom appointing a consultant to determine the infrastructural cost.
Dr Abdul-Hussain Mirza, the President of the Sustainable Energy Authority, said the Kingdom is working on the cost associated with realising the transition.
He said the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism had prepared guidelines to enable faster adoption of electric vehicles by ensuring safe, reliable, accessible and affordable Charging Infrastructure and eco-system. “The government is planning to implement a technical regulation as early as July to allow importing such vehicles,” added Dr Mirza.
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Saudi Arabia: Public Investment Fund (PIF) reaches major milestone in landmark Solar PV project
12 Apr 2021
Sudair Solar PV project is set to become one of the world’s largest Solar PV plants by capacity and Saudi Arabia’s largest. The project is considered a key achievement towards PIF’s commitment to develop 70% of Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy by 2030
With an investment value of approximately SAR 3.4 billion
and 1,500MW, Sudair Solar PV project
will be capable of powering 185,000 homes and offsetting nearly 2.9 million tons of emissions per year
ACWA Power – in which PIF holds a 50% stake – leads the consortium to develop the project alongside PIF portfolio company
Offshore Wind Data Release Propels Wind Prospecting
April 7, 2021
At first glance, today’s atmospheric scientists and mining prospectors of the past seem quite different. Look closer and you will find some striking similarities. Notably, a willingness to sift through volumes of information to dig up resource nuggets worth their weight in gold.
Unlike the past, however, today’s wind resource prospectors share their findings with the world. Using state-of-the-art modeling tools and sophisticated resource assessment technologies, the Wind Resource Characterization team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) makes available new offshore wind data sets.
“Existing offshore wind data are largely outdated, lacking precise, real-world observations,”
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Energy News Network: Solar developers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts say soaring charges to interconnect with the electric grid are threatening the viability of projects. As more large-scale solar projects line up for connections, developers are being charged upfront for the full cost of the infrastructure upgrades required, a long-common practice that they say is now becoming untenable.
“It is a huge issue that reflects an under-invested grid that is not ready for the volume of distributed generation that we’re seeing and that we need, particularly solar,” said Jeremy McDiarmid, vice president for policy and government affairs at the Northeast Clean Energy Council, a nonprofit business organization.