Energy Update
The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon ruled on May 4 that the 2014 Columbia Basin salmon biological opinion violates the Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act, and declared it invalid.
A 7-MW solar plus energy storage system is now online in Minster, Ohio, the same town in which Dannon the yogurt company has a manufacturing plant.
The 7-MW system was built in conjunction with Half Moon Ventures (HMV) and the local municipal utility, the Village of Minster. A ribbon cutting ceremony took place on May 6.
An innovative solar plus storage microgrid at Stone Edge Farm, a winery in Sonoma, California is now online. The microgrid uses solar PV + storage and is designed to provide energy for a number of buildings on the site, including the primary residence, offices and workshops. When the sun is shining, the PV provides energy for the buildings and charges the batteries. During nighttime hours and periods of cloud cover, the batteries provide energy for building loads.
Q1 earnings season for the advanced bioeconomy kicked off this week, with reporting from Green Plains, ADM, REG and BioAmber. That’s an ag giant, an ethanol monster, a biomass-based diesel dominator and a fast-upcoming renewable chemicals maker. Between the four, we have a good opportunity to check the sector’s health.
JOHANNESBURG, May 6 (Reuters) - South African President
Jacob Zuma ruled out privatising South African Airways (SAA) on
Friday, saying the government would never sell the money-losing
national flag carrier.
May 6 (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc filed a request with
Canada's national energy regulator on Friday for an extension of
its permit for the proposed Northern Gateway project to continue
talks with communities in northwest British Columbia.
LAC LA BICHE/CONKLIN, Alberta, May 6 (Reuters) - After she
and her husband fled in different directions as a wildfire
burned mercilessly through Canada's Fort McMurray, Erin Naughton
faces another difficult task: how to keep her family going until
they can return to the city they call home.
BEIRUT, May 6 (Reuters) - Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah
on Friday said Saudi Arabia was causing the collapse of
ceasefires in Syria and thwarting peace talks by stepping up
support to armed groups fighting against Syria's President
Bashar al-Assad.
May 6 (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc filed a request on
Friday with Canada's national energy regulator for an extension
of its Northern Gateway project permit to continue talks with
communities in northwest British Columbia.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on May 5 said its Agriculture Research Service scientists have found a way to improve traditional pyrolysis methods for producing bio-oils.
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