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Albania’s first floating solar plant starts commercial operations

Renewable Energy World

European renewable energy generator Statkraft, in collaboration with Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun, has started commercial operations at the first unit of its floating solar project in Albania. The project is placed at the Banja reservoir in Albania, where Statkraft is operating its 72-MW Banja hydropower plant.

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Natel Energy announces $20 million funding to further deploy Restoration Hydro Turbine

Renewable Energy World

Natel Energy announced a $20 million funding round, led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and supported by Chevron Technology Ventures, to build momentum in deploying its flagship product, the Restoration Hydro Turbine (RHT). “As Two project deployments of this technology have accumulated two years of commercial operation.

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The Race Is On for Commercial Deployment of Solar in Open Seas

GreenTechMedia

In the space of just a few days, two separate projects have brought the promise of offshore floating solar a step closer to commercial reality. Fred Olsen has “great plans” for commercialization, he said, and offers the opportunity to deploy offshore floating solar at the sort of scale needed to make it competitive.

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Contintental complexity

Envirotec Magazine

Factors attributed as principal causes include: the burning of biomass fuel for cooking, heating, and lighting; the crude oil exploitation and coal mining industries; and old vehicles being shipped in from Europe. Investment in clean energy such as solar, hydropower and wind to meet Africa’s energy demand which is expected to double by 2040.

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Power supply challenges leave 350 million with major outages – study

Smart Energy International

Some 350 million people, more than 4% of the global population, were impacted by a major power outage in 2021 as the combination of traditional market challenges and new factors disrupted the operations of energy systems, according to a new report released by research firm IHS Markit Global Power and Renewables. Have you read?

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How Patagonia helped save Europe's last wild river - and navigated a path for others to follow

Business Green

From its source in the Pindos Mountains in north-west Greece to its meeting with the Adriatic Sea in Albania, the Vjosa river flows uninterrupted for more than 270 kilometres, making it the longest free-flowing river in Europe outside of Russia. But the campaign of resistance appears to have paid off.

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GOs and REGOs: Corporate demand for renewables rose across Europe in 2019, data confirms

Business Green

Strong growth in corporate demand for renewable energy backed by European certificates of origin outpaced supply in 2019, data shows. Demand for renewable energy backed by verified certificates of origin grew across Europe last year, outpacing the growth in supply, the latest data from the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) today indicates.

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