48% of organizations surveyed are using AI for climate action, resulting in reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and improved power efficiency (PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 17-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini Research Institute, Capgemini’s in-house think tank, and right. based on science … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, France, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Science, Technology
Tagged AI, AI champions, Anne Laure Thieullent, artificial intelligence, Capgemini, carbon footprint, climate actio, Climate AI, climate change, Economic Emission Intensity, EEI, Paris Agreement, renewables, right. based on science, sustainability
(PRESS RELEASE) MADRID, 9-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has announced it performed a technical due diligence on an operational portfolio of 73 photovoltaic assets in Spain with a … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 5-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste (HEL: NESTE), Finish oil refining and marketing company, has announced a strategic partnership with LG Chem, South Korea’s largest diversified petrochemicals company and a world’s leading manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for energy … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Technology
Tagged biochemicals, biopolymers, chemical recycling, circular solutions, diversified petrochemicals, energy solutions, Jeroen Verhoeven, Kug Lae Noh, LG Chem, lithium-ion batteries, Mercedes Alonso, Neste, Neste Renewable Hydrocarbons, petrochemical, plastics, polyolefin, renewable diesel, renewable hydrocarbons, Renewable Polymers, renewables, Susanna Sieppi, sustainability, sustainable aviation fuel
(PRESS RELEASE) BILBAO, 5-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Iberdrola (BME: IBE), a Spanish multinational electric utility company, has announced a historical €75 billion investment plan to 2025 as a firm commitment to economic recovery. The pledge represents the largest investment programme … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged carbon emissions, carbon neutral, clean energy, CO2 emissions, COVID-19, cyber security, divestments, electrification, electrolyzer, energy transition, Environmental commitment, Fertiberia, GREEN HYDROGEN, Iberdrola, investments, Offshore wind, onshore wind, renewables
The new 2030 target on direct greenhouse gas emission reductions compared to a 2017 base year has been certified in line with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a global initiative validating corporate decarbonization strategies Enel is the first major, … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News
Tagged carbon-free activities, climate change, decarbonization, electricity distribution, electrification, Emission Reduction, Enel, Enel Green Power, energy efficiency, Francesco Starace, global warming, greenhouse gas emission reductions, greenhouse gas emissions, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, renewables, SBTi, Science Based Targets initiative, The Enel Group
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 7-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Total (EPA: FP) a French multinational integrated oil and gas company, has announced it has purchased a 20% shareholder in the Eolmed floating wind farm pilot project, located in the Mediterranean, off the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News
Tagged electricity, Eolmed, Eolmed floating wind farm, Erebus, floating offshore wind, floating wind technology, fuels, Julien Pouget, natural gas, offshore, Qair, renewable energies, renewables, shareholder, Total
The Gecama wind farm will provide clean energy to approximately 260,000 Spanish households (PRESS RELEASE) MADRID, 13-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body and part of Det Norske Veritas Holding … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Norway, Spain
Tagged Andreas Schröter, Banco de Sabadell S.A., Bankia S.A, Castilla La Mancha, clean energy, construction, Cuenca, decarbonization, DNV GL, due diligence, ENERGY, energy companies, energy transition, financing, Gecama, Gecama wind farm, Jörg Hahn, renewable energy, renewables, Spain, wind farm
Call for 10 times more solar power and five times more wind power, as well as a 50-fold increase in battery production for the 50 million electric vehicles needed every year for the next 10 years (PRESS RELEASE) ARNHEM, The … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Netherlands, News, Norway, Science, Technology
Tagged clean energy, digitalization, Ditlev Engel, DNV GL, energy transition, Equinor, global warming, Paris Agreement, reduce CO2 emissions, renewable energy, renewable energy generation, renewable solutions, renewables, REPORT, RES, Vestas
JuicePass users are now enabled to access a network of over 50,000 charging points across Europe, mainly made accessible under the Hubject platform (PRESS RELEASE) ROME, 7-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Enel X‘s electric vehicle (EV) charging network reaches more than … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Automotive, Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged BMW Group, Bosch, charging network, charging points, decarbonization, E.ON, electric mobility, electric vehicle, EnBW, Enel X, eRoaming, eRoaming connectivity, EV, Francesco Venturini, has·to·be, Hubject e-mobility platform, innogy, interoperability, JuicePass, JuicePass app, Last Mile Solutions, Mercedes Benz AG, mobility, renewables, Siemens, Volkswagen Group
(PRESS RELEASE) BILBAO, 22-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Spanish multinational electric utility company Iberdrola has announced its first half of 2020 results including guidance for the entire 2020. Commenting on the results, Ignacio Galán, CEO of Iberdrola, said that the company … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LA DÉFENSE, 2-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — French multinational electric utility company, ENGIE signs agreement with Hannon Armstrong (NYSE:HASI), a leading investor in climate change solutions, for the sale of 49% equity interest in a 2.3 GW US renewables … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 24-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — World’s leading provider of renewable diesel refined from waste and residues and the third most sustainable company in the world*, Neste announces a circular economy partnership with McDonald’s Netherlands and HAVI. The collaboration … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Netherlands, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Carl Nyberg, circular economy, fossil diesel, HAVI have, Jeroen Dekkers, McDonald’s Netherlands, Neste, Neste MY Renewable Diesel™, recycling, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, renewable diesel, renewables, Susanna Sieppi, sustainability, sustainable
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 17-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational oil and gas company bp has announced it has released its 69th annual edition of the bp Statistical Review of World Energy, also known as bp Stats Review. In this year’s edition … Read the full press release
Siemens Gamesa has received the firm order from Ailes Marines, an affiliate of Iberdrola, to supply and build the 496 MW Bay of Saint Brieuc offshore wind power plant 62 SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines to be used; firm order … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Spain
Tagged Ailes Marines, Andreas Nauen, Bay of Saint Brieuc, Cédric Turnaco, electricity, Filippo Cimitan, Iberdrola, Javier García Perez, Offshore wind, offshore wind power plant, renewable energy, renewables, Siemens Gamesa, Verónica Díaz, wind turbines
(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 25-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading European stakeholders active in the entire spectrum of the energy sector as EDP, Enel, Iberdrola, Vestas, among others, have announced they are launching new major initiative called “Choose Renewable Hydrogen” aimed at … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, France, Germany, Government, Industrial, Italy, Netherlands, News, Spain
Tagged Akuo Energy, Aurelie Beauvais, BayWa, Choose Renewable Hydrogen, COVID-19, decarbonisation, EDP, electrification, electrolysers, Enel, European Green Deal, Giles Dickson, Iberdrola, MHI Vestas, renewable electricity, Renewable hydrogen, renewables, SolarPower Europe, sustainable, Vestas, WindEurope, Ørsted
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 24-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Swedish Government owned multinational power group Vattenfall announced it has signed a contract with Luxembourg registered subsea engineering, construction and services company Subsea 7 S.A. for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) 1-4 offshore … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Netherlands, News, Sweden
Tagged Catrin Jung, fossil free living, grid cables, Hollandse Kust Zuid, Offshore wind, renewables, Steph McNeill, Subsea 7 S.A., subsea engineering, subsidy-free, Vattenfall, wind farms, wind turbine, Windpark
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 6-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Total to provide 25 megawatt-peak (MWp) of solar rooftops for 24 facilities of Betagro. The binding contract was signed through its affiliate Total Solar Distributed Generation. Betagro is one of the largest food … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Food & Beverage, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News
Tagged Betagro, carbon footprint, food companies, Julien Pouget, Mr. Vasit Taepaisitphongse, power generation, Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, renewable electricity, renewables, solar market, solar panels, solar projects, solar rooftops, solar solutions, sustainable, THAILAND, Total, Total Solar Distributed Generation
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 29-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading energy player Total has just announced that Banque des Territoires (Caisse des Dépôts) will acquire a 50% equity stake in Total Quadran’s portfolio of solar and wind energy assets in France for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Investment, News
Tagged Banque des Territoires, biogas, Caisse des Dépôts, CO2 emissions, Elodie Billerey, Emmanuel Legrand, equity, Hydro, Isaline Ollivier, Philippe Sauquet, Photovoltaic, renewable electricity, renewable energy, renewables, solar energy, Total Quadran, Wind, wind energy
(PRESS RELEASE) LA DÉFENSE, France, 24-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — ENGIE announces 50/50 joint-venture (JV) agreement with EDPR (edp renewables), bringing together the industrial expertise and development capacity of both companies in fixed and floating offshore wind. The agreement follows the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Spain, Uncategorized
Tagged clean energy, EDPR, ENERGY, ENGIE, investment, joint venture, JV, Offshore wind, renewable energy, renewables, sustainable energy
Unilever advances on its RE100 goal: now sourcing 100% renewable electricity across five continents (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON/ROTTERDAM, 16-Sep-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Unilever announced that it is making further progress on its RE100 goal as it works to become a ‘carbon … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Netherlands, News, United Kingdom
Tagged carbon neutral, Climate, Climate Week NYC, electricity, energy efficiency, Marc Engel, Paris Agreement, Power Purchase Agreements, RE100, renewable electricity, renewable energy, Renewable Energy Certificates, renewable grid electricity, renewable is doable, renewables, Sam Kimmins, Unilever
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 16-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall and GE Renewable Energy to partner in the deployment of GE’s new wind turbine in Europe. Haliade-X is the largest offshore wind turbine on the market to date, with a capacity of … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 12-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Lloyd’s Register‘s newly appointed global energy director David Clark to lead the transformation of the energy business of Lloyd’s Register (LR). The company is planning to reposition the professional services portfolio for growth … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Aker Solutions, carbon capture, connected assets, David Clark, energy market, energy transition, gas, Lloyds Register, LR, offshore energy sectors, oil, predictive analytics, renewables, renewables integration, Schlumberger, Wood
(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 5-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — ENTSO-E announces a strategic partnership that will put spotlight in the importance of transmission system operators (TSOs) for electricity in shaping a more sustainable European energy landscape. As a chosen strategic partner of one of the … Read the full press release
The European Commission today called for the bloc to aim for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in its new decarbonisation strategy. BRUSSELS, 29-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The EU’s newly-agreed renewable energy and energy efficiency targets put the bloc on track … Read the full press release
PwC joins RE100 committing to 100% renewable power for its electricity consumption. New air travel offsetting programme targeting multiple benefits and backed by strict criteria. LONDON, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — PwC’s new global environmental commitment to reduce carbon emissions, source 100% … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Bob Moritz, Colm Kelly, electricity, ENERGY, Mike Peirce, power, PwC, RE100, renewable energy, renewableenergy, renewables
The EBRD’s message to governments: renewables are now cheapest source of energy The Bank’s renewable energy investments top €6 billion LONDON, 08-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBRD is urging a step change in levels of investment in renewable sources of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Investment
Tagged climate finance, EBRD, ENERGY, FT Climate Finance Summit, Harry Boyd-Carpenter, investments, power, renewables
VANTAA, 13-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Biozin Holding AS has awarded Pöyry with the Owner’s Engineering Services assignment for the pre-engineering phase for the planned biozin® production plant in Norway. The new plant will convert biomass to liquid biocrude that will be … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Management, Norway, Technology
Tagged biocrude, Biomass, biozin®, Engineering Services a, fuels, Jon Julsen, Norway, plant, Pöyry, pre-engineering, renewables
Power and utilities deal value hits all-time quarter high of US$97b in Q1 2018 71% of sector executives expect to see a rise in deal activity within the next year Almost half (49%) of all sector deals announced in Q1 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisitions, deals, EY Power, Mergers, Miles Huq, power, renewables, utilities
Expansion of onshore activities in Germany planned ESSEN, 10-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — E.ON wants to produce more wind energy in Germany. To implement this strategy, E.ON Climate & Renewables is now taking over the German activities of Kassel-based Vortex Energy. … Read the full press release
On Monday 18 April WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson participated in a lively discussion at the German parliament on the future of renewables in Europe. BRUSSELS, 18-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Dickson was speaking at the EUFORES (European Forum for Renewable Energy) workshop … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Germany, Government
Tagged Bundestag, clean_energy, energy_transition, Europe, German parliament, Giles Dickson, renewables, WindEurope