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Top Predictions For The Renewable Energy Market in 2021

The Environmental Blog

The global economy of 2020 was primarily shaped by the coronavirus pandemic which greatly affected energy usage, project engagement and investments worldwide. Fortunately, 2021 signals some progression towards normality, and there are hopes that the energy market will follow suit with renewed conviction for renewables.

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Over 60GW of wind energy capacity installed in 2019, the second-biggest year in history

Envirotec Magazine

Industry group calls on governments to ensure regulation is fit for purpose and “look beyond LCOE”, in order to accelerate growth of wind energy and meet climate targets. According to the report, 2019 was the second biggest year for wind power historically, with installations of 60.4

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Funding award for 28-year old Danish researcher’s green hydrogen breakthrough

Envirotec Magazine

A young Danish researcher has seemingly succeeded in developing a technology that will reduce the costs of getting wind power into the tanks of heavy-duty vehicles by approximately 15 percent. International breakthrough in Power-to-X. The Ramboll Foundation is a commercial foundation that owns Ramboll.

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Doubling energy efficiency progress with OT/IT convergence

Smart Energy International

At the IEA Global Conference on Energy Efficiency event, executive director Fatih Birol said that “we now need to push into a higher gear and double energy efficiency progress by the end of this decade.” What’s more, it also reveals that most of which are caused by energy consumption. Let’s picture a wind turbine.

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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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Novel wind turbine control techs open for commercialisation

Smart Energy International

The technologies, which can be integrated into existing wind turbine control systems, are aimed to address the two major issues identified with the rapid growth of wind farms globally – namely power system frequency control and forced oscillations, which can cause widespread disruption over entire power grids.

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LIDAR helps Greece become a renewable energy leader

Renewable Energy World

Capable of recording key wind characteristics such as speed and direction up to and above 200 meters vertical height, her special skills meant #106 was always destined to be a traveler and it wasn’t long before she spread her wings. Contributed by Alexander James. Choosing life with LIDAR.