(IN BRIEF) Borealis has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with Aspiravi to secure 120 GWh of renewable energy annually from Belgian wind farms. This partnership will significantly reduce Borealis’ Scope 2 emissions and supports the company’s goal of sourcing … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Aspiravi, Belgium, Bernard Steverlynck, Borealis, decarbonization, economic growth, onshore wind turbines, partnership, Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, renewable energy, renewable energy sourcing, scope 2 emissions, sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable energy, Wolfram Krenn
(IN BRIEF) ENGIE has been driving its energy transition strategy since 2021, with significant changes in its asset portfolio, organizational structure, and culture in line with its Net Zero Carbon commitment by 2045. The company is restructuring its Global Business … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 2045, asset portfolio, B2B, B2C, Biljana Kaitovic, biomethane, Catherine MacGregor, CCGT, Cécile Prévieu, CEO, Claire Waysand, combined cycle gas turbine, Data Center strategy, decarbonization, e-molecules, Édouard Neviaski, energy markets, energy systems, energy transition strategy, ENGIE, European leadership, Executive Committee, flexible assets, Frank Lacroix, full-year results, GBU Local Energy Infrastructures, GBU Networks, GBU Renewables and Flex Power, GBU Supply & Energy Management, GROWTH, hydrogen, Jean-Sébastien Blanc, market update, Net Zero Carbon, Organizational Structure, Paulo Almirante, Pierre-François Riolacci, power grids, renewable energy, Sébastien Arbola, sustainability, sustainable energy, synergies, Thierry Saegeman
(IN BRIEF) DNV has announced that Elizabeth Kaiga, Chief Commercial Officer for Energy Systems North America, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Kaiga, with over 20 years of industry experience, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged ACORE, American Council on Renewable Energy, appointment, Board of Directors, certification, Chief Commercial Officer, clean energy economy, collaboration, commercial activities, customer experience, decarbonization, digital solutions, DNV, DNV Energy Systems, Elizabeth Kaiga, energy deployment, Energy Systems North America, energy transition, equitable access, finance, leadership, market insights, North America, policy, President and CEO, Ray Long, renewable energy, Risk Reduction, sustainable energy, technology, U.S. energy industry
(IN BRIEF) Stadtwerke Reutlingen has received a €70 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to modernize its electricity grid and expand its district heating network as part of Germany’s energy transition. The loan will fund infrastructure upgrades, including … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology
Tagged clean energy, decarbonization, digitalization, district heating expansion, district heating network, EIB, electric vehicle chargers, electricity demand, electricity grid, energy transition, European Investment Bank, Federal Network Agency, gas and oil heating systems, Germany, grid infrastructure, grid modernization, heat pumps, Jens Balcerek, local energy generation, Nicola Beer, partnership, renewable energy, renewable energy generation, Reutlingen, solar power, Stadtwerke Reutlingen, sustainability, sustainable energy, wind power, €327.7 billion investment, €70 million loan
(IN BRIEF) VTTI has launched VIDA bioenergy, a fully owned subsidiary focused on producing renewable energy by converting biomass into biomethane, biogenic CO2, and organic fertilizer. Led by CEO Lars Boetje, VIDA bioenergy will operate independently from VTTI, enabling flexibility … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged 2030 biomethane production, 2040 biomethane potential, 2050, biogenic CO2, Biomass, biomethane, climate neutrality, decarbonisation, EU Green Deal, EU Green Deal targets, EU National Energy and Climate Plans, European biogas market, heavy transport, industrial heating, job creation, Lars Boetje, organic fertilizer, renewable energy, renewable energy goals, sustainability, sustainable energy, VIDA bioenergy, VTTI, VTTI CEO Guy Moeyens
(IN BRIEF) A consortium of British universities, including Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside, Durham, and Cranfield, is collaborating with Saudi Arabian universities and industrial partners to establish a Joint International Institute for Clean Hydrogen. Announced by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer during … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, United Kingdom
Tagged British universities, Cranfield, Durham, engineers, fossil fuels, global innovation, green energy agenda, Gulf visit, industrial partners, Joint International Institute for Clean Hydrogen, local communities, net zero, Newcastle, Newcastle United, Northumbria, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Princess Nourah University, RESEARCH, Saudi Arabia, sustainable energy, Teesside, UN Sustainable Development Goals
(IN BRIEF) Voith and Mehrer Compression GmbH have entered a strategic partnership to develop hydrogen compression technology, combining Voith’s expertise in large-scale manufacturing with Mehrer’s long-standing specialization in oil-free compressors. The partnership will focus on creating efficient, high-pressure hydrogen compressors … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) In a significant step towards sustainability, LUKOIL lays a commemorative capsule to signify the beginning of construction for a solar power plant (SPP) in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan. The project, with a design capacity of 4.95 MW, … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) E.ON, a prominent energy company, is undergoing a strategic brand realignment to reflect its active role in driving the energy transition towards sustainability. The new brand positioning emphasizes E.ON’s commitment to shaping Europe’s sustainable energy future and taking … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Marketing, Technology
Tagged brand positioning, corporate strategy, digitalization, E.ON, electricity distribution grids, energy generation, energy transition, INNOVATION, Julian Lennertz, Lars Rosumek, sustainable energy
(IN BRIEF) Alfa Laval is part of a 16-member consortium called SCO2OP-TES, which aims to develop advanced Power-to-Heat energy storage technology. This initiative, aligned with the European Union’s renewable energy goals, seeks to provide cost-effective and grid-stable thermal energy storage … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Infrastructure & Utilities, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Alasdair Maciver, Alfa Laval, CINEA, energy transition, European Union, grid stability, Horizon Europe, industrial heat supply, Power-to-heat energy storage, renewable energy, renewable energy sources, REPowerEU Plan, SCO2OP-TES, sustainable energy, TES, Thermal Energy Storage
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is partnering with Türkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB), a development bank, to support Kutes, a prominent Turkish metal casting company, in its shift toward sustainable energy practices. TSKB is providing … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals, News, Small Business, Turkey, United Kingdom
Tagged EBRD, Kutes, partnership, SMEs, sustainability, sustainable energy, Turkey, Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası (TSKB)
(IN BRIEF) The Nobel Sustainability Trust (NST) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are introducing the “Sustainability Award supported by NST” for exceptional research and development efforts in sustainable energy and climate change economics. The inaugural recipients are Prof. … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Technology
Tagged Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, climate change, climate change economics, EIT InnoEnergy, energy start-ups, London School of Economics and Political Science, Lord Nicholas Stern, Nobel Sustainability Trust, Nobel Sustainability Trust Summit, NST, Peter Nobel, Prof. Elena Bou, Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, Sustainability Award supported by NST, sustainable energy, Technical University of Munich, TUM
(IN BRIEF) bp’s Archaea Energy has announced the commencement of operations at its Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Medora, Indiana, following bp’s acquisition of Archaea in December 2022. The Medora plant utilizes landfill gas from … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Archaea Energy, bioenergy, Convert, Indiana, innovative, Jeff Rumpke, Landfill Gas, Lightsource BP, Medora, partnership, RNG Plant, Rumpke Waste & Recycling, Starlee Sykes, sustainability, sustainable energy
(IN BRIEF) TÜV Rheinland, an independent testing and certification organization, has been accredited as a new product certification body for the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) in the UK. Initially focusing on solar panel products, the partnership aims to expand into … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr. Christos Monokroussos, Ian Rippin, Kimmo Fuller, Li Weichun, Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS, partnership, solar panel, sustainability, sustainable energy, TÜV Rheinland, UK
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €575 million loan to support Repsol’s wind and solar PV projects in Spain, with a total capacity of 1.1 GW. The first tranche of €400 million will accelerate the energy … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) APM Terminals Bahrain, the operator of Khalifa Bin Salman Port, has announced the launch of a groundbreaking solar power project worth BHD3.8 million (USD 10 Million). The project aims to make the port energy self-sufficient by the end … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Management, Netherlands, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged APM Terminals Bahrain, Bahrain, clean energy, energy-sufficient seaport, Farooq Zuberi, His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Khalifa Bin Salman Port, renewable energy, solar photovoltaic panels, solar power project, sustainable energy
(IN BRIEF) EBRD has approved a loan of US$110 million to Enerjisa Uretim in Türkiye to support the expansion of their wind power portfolio. Enerjisa Uretim’s projects will reduce CO2 emissions by 52,000 tonnes annually and promote employment opportunities for … Read the full press release
(IN KÜRZE) Capgemini und Eneco haben eine gemeinsame Verpflichtung bekannt gegeben, die CO2-Emissionen von Eneco durch gemeinsame Initiativen in den Bereichen 1, 2 und 3 bis 2030 um eine Megatonne zu reduzieren. Dies ist Teil einer umfassenderen 10-Jahres-Vereinbarung zwischen den … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged AI, B2B decarbonisation, B2B-Dekarbonisierung, Capgemini, carbon-neutral, CO2 emissions, CO2-Emissionen, CO2-neutral, Digital Twins, digitale Zwillinge, Eneco, Energiehandel, energy trade, Erneuerbare Energien, heat pumps, INNOVATION, insulation, intelligente Bürobeleuchtung, Isolierung, KI, nachhaltige Energie, offshore windfarms, Offshore-Windparks, onshore windfarms, Onshore-Windparks, renewable energy, smart office lighting, solar boilers, solar panels, Solarboiler, Solarmodule, sustainable energy, Virtual Power Plant, virtuelles Kraftwerk, Wärmepumpen
(IN BRIEF) Capgemini and Eneco have announced a joint commitment to reduce Eneco’s CO2 emissions by one megaton through joint initiatives across scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 2030. This is part of a broader 10-year agreement between the two … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged AI, B2B decarbonisation, Capgemini, carbon-neutral, CO2 emissions, Digital Twins, Eneco, energy trade, heat pumps, INNOVATION, insulation, offshore windfarms, onshore windfarms, renewable energy, smart office lighting, solar boilers, solar panels, sustainable energy, Virtual Power Plant
(IN BRIEF) Bert Nordberg, the Chair of the Board of Directors at Vestas Wind Systems A/S, will not be seeking re-election as a board member during the Annual General Meeting scheduled for April 12, 2023. Nordberg has been the Chair … Read the full press release
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