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 wind farm that it´s under construction. The battery, which capacity is estimated in 100MW, is designed to light up 30,000 homes if there is a blackout and will be the largest lithium-ion battery storage project all over the world, overtaking an 80 megawatt-hour facility in California, aslo built using Teslas´s products. But under the agreement, Tesla must deliver the 100-MW battery within 100 days of the contract being signed or it will be free - a commitment Musk made in a Tweet...
Year: 2017
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 becoming, in the next decade, a electricity exporter. This path is presently being addressed by the Government, that has done an important effort to repair the grid problems. As Mohamed Shaker, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy of Egypt, argued, the country has "capabilities that could cover our electricity needs, and this year´s summer season is going to be excellent and without any power blackaouts". This statment opens a new path for the energy sector of Egypt that, until now has been focused on ensuring the national demand of electricity....
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...
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...
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...
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 exceeds 3MW, will start in Decemeber...
Abu Dhabi approves $64m infrastructure projects
The UAE has approved an ambitious plan to boost capital city´s infrastructure amount The Abu Dhabi Executive Council, the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, has confirmed development projects worth in $64 million with the aim of boosting the infrastructure of the islamic capital. These plans, that...
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...
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...
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...