Energy Update
Affordable housing nonprofit LINC Housing yesterday said its SEED Partners unit has installed new solar PV systems at five LINC properties in California.
New electricity retailer SIMEC ZEN Energy has won the contract to supply the South Australian Government until at least 2020. Under the contract, SIMEC ZEN Energy will supply more than 80 percent of the government’s electricity needs in 2018. This will escalate to 100 percent in 2019 when it will be backed by local renewable energy projects.
(Thu, 21 Dec 2017) EIA published new structure and thickness maps for the Wolfcamp formation, one of the main oil producing reservoirs of the Permian basin, as well as and an updated map of the major structural and tectonic features of the Permian basin region (see âPermian Basinâ section). Shapefiles for these maps are also available at the bottom of the linked page.
Statoil has awarded Aibel the contract for the implementation of extensive modifications to the Snorre A platform as a part of Statoil’s “Snorre Expansion Project” - SEP.
Offshore wind power proposals were due today in response to a request for proposals (RFP) by three utilities in Massachusetts. Companies submitting their bids presented options that could help give their projects a boost in the selection process, including scalable transmission and energy storage project components.
At a pre-conference dinner before November's Platts Digital Commodities Summit, the conversation naturally turned to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and the rejection – and disdain – that many supporters of the entire crypto movement have for what are known as "fiat currencies."
2017 has been yet another tumultuous year. Cratering prices for wind and solar. The South African stand-off at the OK corral continues. The Indian market drops through the floor as procurement schemes change. On the bright side, wind and solar are hailed by all and sundry as the inevitable technology leaders going forward. And back in Washington…
After a six-year absence, BP Plc returned to the solar energy business with a $200 million investment in a British company that develops and maintains photovoltaic farms in Europe.
In 2017, scientists shared new ways to think about energy storage and identify opportunities to work with materials that are readily available and could drop the cost of grid-scale batteries. Here are three breakthroughs you may want to follow.
Mexichem announced that its joint venture, Petroquímica Mexicana de Vinilo (PMV), a co-investment with PPQ Cadena Productiva, a subsidiary of Pemex Etileno (PPQC), and of Mexichem’s Vinyl Business Group, has decided not to rebuild its Vinyl Monochloride (VCM) production capacity.
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