Remove 2017 Remove Energy Monitor Remove Power grid Remove Wind power
article thumbnail

Startups Use Renewables-Rich UK to Test Power Electronics Technologies at Scale

GreenTechMedia

Over the past decade, a new class of digital power electronics has emerged that can shape, shift and control the flow of electricity on the power grid in ways never before seen. National Grid and Smart Wires target transmission. The first involves National Grid and Smart Wires , an Oakland, Calif.-based

article thumbnail

Greencoat snaps up 36MW Andershaw wind farm from Statkraft for £120m

Business Green

Statkraft has sold the 36MW Andershaw wind farm in South Lanarkshire to wind power specialist Greencoat UK Wind plc for £120m, with the European renewables major planning to use all of the proceeds from the sale to fund further renewables projects, it announced today.

article thumbnail

Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

States, cities, businesses, and organizations across the country are taking increasingly large steps to reduce emissions — and those efforts are aided by the falling costs of renewable energy and other decarbonizing technologies. Both Hawaiʻi and Guam have committed to using 100 percent renewable energy by 2045.