Tag: renewable energy

France has issued its first green bonds with a record seven billion euro sale, becoming the second country to do so, after Poland. This move aims to pave the way for the establishment of a genuine market in renewable energy bonds.

The study commissioned by DG Climate Action, identifies both the barriers to the development and uptake of wind propulsion technologies and the possible actions that can contribute to overcome these barriers. It also includes an estimation of the market and emissions savings potential of the wind propulsion technologies, and refers to the economic and social effects.

Neste Corporation has signed an agreement with Electrawinds ReFuel B.V. to acquire pre-treatment and storage capacity for renewable raw materials in the Netherlands as part of the company's growth program.

The US Energy Department has announced the award of up to $40 million, subject to appropriations, to design, permit, and construct an open-water, grid-connected national wave energy testing facility. The facility will be constructed in Newport, Oregon and will support innovations in wave energy technologies capable of harnessing the significant wave energy resources along US coastlines.

2016 has been especially significant for the clean energy industry;the numbers speak for themselves. Planet OS has created an infographic to highlight the renewable energy sector breakthroughs and achievements of 2016.

Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines addressing a broad spectrum of the needs of marine renewable energy businesses and projects. The new certification scheme covers floating offshore wind turbines, current and tidal turbines, including sea and river turbines, wave energy converters and ocean thermal energy converters.

“MGBW” boatbuilder recently completed a 500 kW rooftop solar panel system for its shipyard in National City, CA, making it the first to use solar energy to construct boats.

The second Borssele offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea is expected to be constructed and operated with a subsidy of just 0.3 billion EUR. The originally anticipated subsidy was 5 billion EUR. The wind farm will be built by Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi/DGE.

Holland Renewable Energy Technologies, based at the RDM site in Rotterdam’s port area has offered an alternative for the port; by using its system to convert all the gas flared around the world into electricity, the company claims it could provide every household in a country the size of Germany or France with free power.

The EU Commission has concluded that Belgian plans to finance electricity generation from offshore renewable energy are in line with EU state aid rules. The measure will further EU energy and climate goals whilst maintaining competition in the Single Market.