Australia´s foreign minister Julie Bishop has announced that the country has signed the solar agreement to join to the ISA Australia seems to continue it unstoppable road to a green energy future. If recently we talked about a 2016 year where the renewable sector reached record growths, now is the turn of the agreements... Read more »
Year: 2017
Australia will be the home of the biggest lithium battery of the world
The battery, powered by Tesla with the collaboration of the energy renewable company Noen, will be instaled in the south coast of Australia The South Australia Government has announced that this region will house the biggest lithium battery of the world. This technological milestone will happen under Tesla´s collaboration and will be installed near a... Read more »
Egypt will be able to export electricity by 2020
The arab country is working in the efficiency of the national grid in order to be prepared to export electricity for the next decade With more than 90 million population and a economy that will experiment an important growth, Egypt is preparing itself for the future of the national grid, specially to the possibility of... Read more »
The Australian renewable sector reaches record growth in 2016
The “aussies” have increased their compromise with the renewable energy sector during the last year, reaching US$2.99 billion investment The Clean Energy Regulator (CER), a Government body responsible for accelerating carbon abatement for Australia, has recently published the results obtained during 2016 by the investments in the large-scale renewables. With more than AU$4 billion (US$2.99 billion)... Read more »
Australia plans its first offshore wind farm
This renewable energy farm, that will cover 574-square kilometre area, will be situated in the Victoria state Renewable energy continues reaching milestones all over the world. Now, the turn is for Australia that, as the Victoria state government announced, are planing their first offshore wind farm of the country. “Start of the South”, the name... Read more »
The first Smart City of Eastern Europe is in Poland
Gdynia´s city hall, in northern Poland, has announced that the city has become the first smart city in Eastern Europe At last, Eastern Europe has its first smart city. The Polish city of Gdynia, located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland, has become the first city of Poland, and of all Eastern Europe in fact, in... Read more »
France launches a 3GW onshore tender
3GW of onshore wind power will be installed in France along the next three years The French Government announced the last week a tender for up to 3GW of onshore wind energy over the next three years. This tender, open to projects of seven turbines and above, also smaller projects where at laeast one turbine... Read more »
Abu Dhabi approves $64m infrastructure projects
The UAE has approved an ambitious plan to boost capital city´s infrastructures
Vestas expands 2 MW platform with two new turbine variants
The company has presented the new 2MW rotors for the wind energy sector Vestas, one of the wind energy sector leaders, has presented its last offer for the industry. The new productos larger 116 meter and 120 meter rotors, the V116-2.0 MW and V120-2.0 MW, are particularly well-suited for the U.S., India and China. The new... Read more »
Bombardier wins a contract to build 40 high speed train cars for China
The contract, for 40 train cars, of the eco-friendly CRH series, is valued at 73 million € Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation announced that its Chinese joint venture, Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd. (BST), has been awarded a contract from China Railway Corp. (CRC) to supply 40 CRH1A-A new generation high speed train cars to the Nanning... Read more »
Routes Europe will land at Bilbao in 2018
The congress, about new business opportunities with the region’s leading airlines, airports and tourism authorities, will take place in the Bilbao Exhibition Centre from 22nd to 24th of April Bilbao will be, for two days, the world airports capital. The Basque city will house the 2018 Routes Europe, a leader congress that will gather arround... Read more »
ACCIONA to build new cad$525 million waste water treatment plant in Vancouver
The Spanish company has signed a contract that includes the design, build and construction financing for the new Lions Gate Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) ACCIONA will build a new waste water treatment plant in Canada. The company, that is also upgrading the water distribution system and building a new drinking water treatment plant in... Read more »