Energy Update
SAO JOAO DA BARRA, Brazil, June 8 (Reuters) - The launch
this week of Prumo Logistica's $3.7 billion Port of
Açu, the largest in Latin America, marked the revival of a
Brazilian logistics hub many thought doomed when the empire of
its former billionaire owner collapsed.
With EU legislation laying out requirements for renewable energy in road transport up until 2020, we consider expectations for a post-2020 world and how first generation biofuels might stand up.
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 8 (Reuters) - He is a symbol of
Brazil's biggest corruption investigation - a ballyhooed battle
against impunity for powerful politicians and businessmen.
Construction is underway to refurbish Ontario Power Generation's reservoir at the Sir Adam Beck Pump Generating Station. "We are refurbishing the reservoir so that it can operate for another 50 years or more as Canada's largest and most flexible energy storage facility," says Mike Martelli, OPG's President Renewable Energy and Power Marketing.
At the June Clean Energy Ministerial Meeting, Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, and Pedro JoaquÃn Coldwell, Mexican Secretary of Energy, announced that European and Mexican researchers will work together on tapping into new sources of geothermal energy. The project, known as GEMex, was selected in a joint call launched by the European Union and Mexico.
In 2014, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a goal to increase solar power capacity to 100 gigawatts (GW) by 2022—five times higher than the previous target. The 2022 target is extremely ambitious (the world’s total installed solar power capacity was 181 GW in 2014) and would make India a global leader in renewable energy.
U.S. electricity markets in the U.S. need explicit rules about the benefits that are delivered to the grid when energy storage and renewable generators are combined to offer a single capacity resource, Jason Burwen, policy and advocacy director for the Energy Storage Association (ESA), said on June 8.
On June 8, during its annual forum held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Canadian Hydropower Association announced the availability of an online map that depicts the country’s hydropower resources. Developed in coordination with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), CHA said the map is a tool to explore the story of Canadian hydropower development and learn about one of Canada’s greatest resources.
In parts one and two of this series on advocacy in the biomass industry, I discussed the need for key stakeholders to come together on policy issues and introduced a methodology, called Abigail’s Law, for assessing the current policy and program priorities.
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