Oman Power and Water Procurement (OPWP) Company issues tender for two solar Independent Power Projects (IPPs) in Oman, namely Manah Solar I and Manah Solar II with a minimum power generating capacity of 500 MW each. The projects are expected to be operational by 2023. Oman aims at generating 10% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025. Read More
NTPC is developing a 500 MW solar plant in Mali
Project Management Consultancy contract has been awarded to India’s state-owned power utility by Government of Mali. NTPC is already engaged in a similar PMC contract to develop 285 MW solar project in Togo. Mali’s total installed capacity is 660 MW, with 69% of oil-fired capacity and 28% of hydropower capacity. Read More
Union Power Minister, Mr R.K. Singh launches RAISE
To address concerns about indoor air quality and energy efficiency, EESL, in partnership with U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID)
MAITREE program, has developed a program on Retrofit of Airconditioning to Improve Indoor Air Quality for Safety and Efficiency (RAISE) as a part of the Healthy and Energy Efficient Buildings initiative. This initiative is aimed at making workplaces healthier and greener. These retrofits will focus on enhanced indoor air quality (IAQ), thermal comfort, and energy efficiency (EE) in the air conditioning system. Read More
Slovenia drafts Energy Efficiency Act
| Slovenia drafts Energy Efficiency Act  The key regulations of the draft Act are Building renovation strategy by 2050Separate meters for heating, cooling and hot waterChargers for electric vehicles in buildings with more than 10 car parking spaces.Buildings decarbonization. Read More |
Case Study: How UMass Boston Combined Solar, Storage and EV Charging
University of Massachusetts Boston recently developed a 25-year sustainable plan, in that they added solar power plant, storage, and EV charging to their Boston campus which led to a Project of the Year award from Environment + Energy Leader. Read More
Next Generation Building Management system
Advancements in cloud computing, IoT, analytics and Artificial Intelligence are leading to new and broader capabilities.
Change is being driven by three fundamental factors:
– Increasing demand for efficiency and sustainability
– Changing tenant/occupant requirements and expectations – Emergence of newer IT, IoT and smart building technologies
A model for reducing a building’s carbon footprint by retrofit
Entegrity’s purchased and retrofitted Little Rock’s historic Darragh Building, originally built in 1959. The company, which specializes in energy conservation and renewable energy projects, opted to renovate an existing building which helped them to earn LEED Zero certification, the second in the world.
LEED Zero Energy certification recognizes buildings or spaces that achieve a source energy use balance of zero over a period of 12 months.
Solar Cells that you can print
Next-generation photovoltaics show great promise: their performance competes with current technology, but they have the advantages of being flexible, lightweight, cheap to produce, and they can be printed directly onto products during manufacture. With the achievement of this feat, the applications of photo voltaics will broaden into zero-carbon buildings and vehicles, Internet of Things, ultra-lightweight sources of power etc. Read More
Offshore Wind Power tech becoming affordable with worthy pay-back period
Offshore wind farms to be built in the UK could reduce household energy bills by producing electricity very cheaply. Analysis of government auctions for offshore wind farms between February 2015 and September 2019 for five countries in Europe, including the UK made a new record with bids to build new offshore wind farms for around ÂŁ40 per megawatt hour (MWh) of power. Read More
UK needs hydrogen, carbon capture to meet net zero goal
| UK needs hydrogen, carbon capture to meet net zero goal According to National Grid, Britain’s goal of achieving net zero emissions by mid-century is achievable but immediate action is needed across a range of technologies including carbon capture and storage (CCS) Challenges – CCS – which traps emissions and buries them underground – is also not at the commercialisation stage – Hydrogen as a fuel has been gaining traction but the number of projects using “green” hydrogen – made from renewable energy – are quite few and costly. Read More |
Strengthening energy efficiency norms are required to meet climate goals by EU Nations
Some EU countries achieved much lower savings than what would be needed for 2018 to reach their cumulative savings requirements for 2014–2020. Despite of the decline by 0.7% in the consumption of primary energy in 2018 (-0.1% only for final energy consumption), it is insufficient to meet the 2020 targets for the EU nations. Read More
Fire and meltdown of sea ice in the Arctic Region
| Fire and meltdown of sea ice in the Arctic Region  Siberia is getting hotter than most parts of Florida, with a temperature topping 30 deg C. Exceptional and prolonged heat catalyzed the Arctic inferno and is decreasing the extent of sea-ice coverage affecting the ecosystem and local population. The decrease in ice coverage is affecting the polar bears and seals which are facing the risk of extinction. The Arctic region is heating at twice the speed of the global average and this calls for countries around the globe to adhere to their carbon emission goals. Read More |
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