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5 Major Changes In Renewable Energy Since I Started 20 Years Ago

Jigar Shah

Renewable energy has made an impact. This is due in part to younger generations, like Gen Z and Millennials, who reached an age in 2018 where their purchasing power has shifted corporate behavior. Prominent among these shifts is an increase in ride-sharing and public transit over car ownership, and an elevated political awareness of climate change. We can be grateful here that younger generations have a tendency to break away from their parents’ viewpoints.

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Tower sections of GE’s 12-MW offshore wind turbine shipped to prototype site

Renewable Energy World

GE Renewable Energy announced the shipment of the four tower sections that will be part of GE’s Haliade-X 12 MW prototype to be installed later this summer in Maasvlakte-Rotterdam (NL). The four segments at tower manufacturer GRI’s site in Seville, will be arriving in the Netherlands before the end of the month.

Energy 51
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5 Major Changes In Renewable Energy Since I Started 20 Years Ago

Jigar Shah

Renewable energy has made an impact. This is due in part to younger generations, like Gen Z and Millennials, who reached an age in 2018 where their purchasing power has shifted corporate behavior. Prominent among these shifts is an increase in ride-sharing and public transit over car ownership, and an elevated political awareness of climate change. We can be grateful here that younger generations have a tendency to break away from their parents’ viewpoints.

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President inaugurates Bolivia’s 69-MW San Jose II Hydroelectric Plant

Renewable Energy World

Bolivian President Evo Morales has inaugurated the 69-MW San Jose II Hydroelectric Power Plant in the municipality of Colomi, department of Cochabamba.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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China's Jinko Solar sees more foreign sales as domestic market shaky

Renewable Energy World

JinkoSolar Holding Co., the world’s biggest solar panel maker, sees China’s photovoltaic power additions slumping this year and a greater share of its revenue coming from overseas amid uncertainties over Beijing’s new policies.

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EnBW acquires French renewables firm VALECO

Renewable Energy World

German utility EnBW has acquired French wind and solar developer and operator VALECO.

Europe 40