Tag / 8BIT
Tags posts about 8BIT.
-
Biomass Market Harnesses Combined Heat and Power
Two big trends are converging in the world of power generation — Combined Heat & Power (CHP) and biomass. CHP is gaining ground in many areas of the world due to the fact that its superior efficiency often results in major economic gains (CHP takes the waste heat from a turbine and uses it to…
-
Getting Renewables Strategy Right and Avoiding Pitfalls in Middle East
The outlook for renewables in the Middle East is encouraging. Recent tenders, such as in Saudi Arabia and neighboring Egypt, have demonstrated considerable investor appetite, competitive prices, and a strong market for clean energy. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Rhode Island Encourages Brownfield Solar Projects
A Rhode Island program promoting solar development on polluted properties could help relieve tensions between the state’s fast-growing solar industry and conservationists concerned with preserving green space. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Nevada National Security Site Installs Solar, Begins Era of Net-zero Energy Buildings
The Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) inaugurated the Mercury Solar Project late last month and moved it further down the path of sustainability, giving NNSA its first net-zero-energy building. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Residential Batteries in Germany To Provide Primary Balancing Power for Grid Operator
Last week residential battery provider sonnen and its technology partner, tiko Energy Solutions, said that they have obtained pre-qualification from the transmission system operator TenneT to provide primary balancing power using its Germany-wide network of residential battery storage systems. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Western Australia’s Horizon Power Embarks on DERMS Project To Manage PV & Batteries
Last week, PXiSE Energy Solutions, LLC a subsidiary of Sempra Energy and Mitsui & Co. Ltd., announced that Horizon Power would be installing the company’s Active Control Technology (ACT) as the distributed energy resources management system (DERMS) in Western Australia. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Forecasting the Energy Community: Open Call for the Inaugural Season of a Fantasy Energy League
Fantasy sports and the energy industry might not have much in common on the surface, but I’ve always personally approached these two passions of mine in similar ways: obsessively reading the breaking news, following my favorite experts in the community on social media, and diving deep into the available statistics to create graphs and try…
-
Siemens Secures Landmark UK Grid Project for 950 MW Windfarm
Siemens has won its largest ever UK grid access contract with a deal to connect a 950 MW offshore windfarm. Source: Renewable Energy
-
U.S. Senate confirms McNamee to FERC by narrowest of margins
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Bernard L. McNamee to join the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with a vote of 50:49. Source: Renewable Energy
-
Experts Agree: There is No Clear Winner or Loser in Power Generation Technologies
At a mega-session during POWER-GEN International, a panel made up of utility resource planners, transmission operators and generation technology experts all seemed to come to the same conclusion: when it comes to picking energy generation technologies for the future, there is no standout technology. Each technology comes with a series of pros and cons that…
