News for March 2017

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ViZn Energy Systems to provide 200 kW flow battery in Nicaragua

The zinc-iron redox battery will be combined with an 800kWp solar array at Rancho Santana, a residential community of 152 homes and 17 additional rooms covering 2,700 acres on the Pacific Coast.

FuelCell Energy and POSCO Energy open 20 MW fuel cell park in South Korea FuelCell Energy and POSCO Energy open 20 MW fuel cell park in South Korea

US-based FuelCell Energy and its South Korean partner POSCO Energy have dedicated the 20 MW Noeul Green Energy Company fuel cell park in Seoul, which was constructed in just 10 months.

Edinburgh technology companies receive £2.5 million to develop wave power Edinburgh technology companies receive £2.5 million to develop wave power

Two Edinburgh firms – Artemis Intelligent Power and Quoceant – have together secured £2.5 million from Scottish agency Wave Energy Scotland to trial a prototype which aims to turn wave power into electricity.

South Australian Government unveils plans to make better use of renewable energy and storage South Australian Government unveils plans to make better use of renewable energy and storage

The South Australian (SA) Government has outlined a strategy to update the South Australian power system, while making greater use of renewable energy and storage.

Iran and Middle East could “adopt fully renewable electricity systems by 2030” Iran and Middle East could “adopt fully renewable electricity systems by 2030”

A new study has suggested that Iran could benefit from a fully renewable electricity system by 2030.

New projects aim to make geothermal energy more economically attractive

The California Energy Commission has awarded $2.7 million to Berkeley Lab for two geothermal projects.

ABB delivers first urban battery storage solution in Denmark

ABB has announced the successful commissioning of Denmark’s first urban energy storage system.

ENGIE and Schneider Electric collaborate to digitize the energy sector

Schneider Electric and ENGIE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore and deploy new digital solutions for operational efficiency of renewable assets (wind and solar PV), leveraging supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), historian and related application software powered by Schneider Electric’s Wonderware brand.

All-Energy to host marine renewable energy Dragon’s Den- style investment challenge

An initiative master-minded by Tim Cornelius, CEO of Atlantis Resources, the winner of the All-Energy 2017 Marine Renewable Energy Investment Challenge – a ‘Dragon’s Den-style’ event – will benefit from up to £10,000-worth of invaluable advice from lawyers, stockbrokers, investment bankers, accountants, communications experts and marketeers.

Cardiff University researchers to develop tool to project Wales’s greenhouse gas emissions up to 2050

Scientists from Cardiff University are developing a tool to forecast Wales’s greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years.

Physicist who helped power villages in India named editor of new Cell Press energy journal Physicist who helped power villages in India named editor of new Cell Press energy journal

Philip Earis, a former editor at the Royal Society of Chemistry and the founder of a non-profit that develops and installs solar energy technology in off-grid communities in Western India, has been named the inaugural editor of Joule, a new Elsevier journal spanning energy research across scales and disciplines.