Rural Renewable Infrastructure Gets Boost From USDA

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing US$464 million to build or improve renewable energy infrastructure. “The USDA continues to prioritize climate-smart infrastructure to help rural America build back better, stronger, and more equitably...

SoCalGas Issues US$600 Million In Green Bonds Under Sempra’s Sustainable Financing Framework

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) successfully issued US$600 million of 30-year fixed-rate "Green First Mortgage Bonds," to directly support the company's sustainability investments. SoCalGas issued the bonds under Sempra's Sustainable Financing Framework and is the first gas-only...

Cadeler A/S And Eneti Inc. Combine Forces

Cadeler A/S (Cadeler) and Eneti Inc. (Eneti), two offshore wind turbine and foundation installation companies, have entered into a business combination agreement to combine companies through a stock-for-stock exchange offer to be made to...

The Rise Of Renewables

In its Annual Energy Outlook 2021 (AEO 2021), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that the share of renewables in the US electricity generation mix will increase from 21% in 2020 to 42%...

US$3.9 Billion For MidAmerican Energy Iowa Wind And Solar Project

MidAmerican Energy (MidAmerican) announced plans for a US$3.9 billion renewable energy project in Iowa, including wind and solar generation, and the exploration of new technologies to advance the company’s transition to net-zero greenhouse gas...

Oregon Adds More Wind Power

Avangrid Renewables LLC, a subsidiary of Avangrid Inc., has achieved commercial operation at its 200-MW Golden Hills wind farm in Sherman County, Oregon. The facility provides enough electricity to Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to...

Wärtsilä CHP Plant Begins Operation In Germany

Wärtsilä has completed and handed over a 100 MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant to German utility Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbaden (KMW). The plant operates with 10 gas fueled Wärtsilä 34SG engines. The operational flexibility...

Fifty Hydrogen Fueling Stations In Five Years

Nikola, a global provider of zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, and Voltera, a provider of critical infrastructure necessary to support the full decarbonization of transportation, plan to develop up to 50...

Renewables Reach Record Highs In Germany

Reuters reports that Germany's solar and wind power installations hit a record in 2023 but only photovoltaic energy reached the government's targets. Germany aims to cover 80% of its electricity needs from renewables by...

Chart And Wolf Carbon Solutions Collaborate On Carbon Capture Utilization Projects

Chart Industries Inc. (Chart), a manufacturer of cryogenic equipment and technologies for the industrial gas and clean energy industries, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Wolf Carbon Solutions US LLC (Wolf). Through the cooperation...