Hydropower produced 28 percent of the electricity consumed in Portugal last year, followed by wind power with 27 percent, photovoltaic at 10 percent and biomass at 6 percent. Renewable energy production rose to a record high in Portugal last year and natural gas consumption fell to a 20-year low as the country installed more solar … Continue reading Portugal’s renewable energy production set to hit record high in 2024
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Ingeteam and Magnon Green Energy strengthen their long-term relationship with a new biomass plant contract
Ingeteam and Magnon Green Energy have consolidated their relationship with the award of the operation and maintenance services contract for a plant owned by Ence’s renewable energy subsidiary Magnon in Puertollano (Ciudad Real). The new contract for the maintenance of the Puertollano biomass renewable energy generation plant, known as Biollano, will run for 6 years and … Continue reading Ingeteam and Magnon Green Energy strengthen their long-term relationship with a new biomass plant contract
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Glenrothes MP visits Markinch Biomass Power Station to understand RWE’s hydrogen plans
Local Glenrothes MP Peter Grant recently visited Markinch CHP biomass plant to understand the exciting development opportunities between RWE and Scottish gas distribution company SGN. The partnership is to investigate the feasibility of supplying green hydrogen for heating Scottish businesses and homes, produced at the power station site. The visit follows a recent agreement between … Continue reading Glenrothes MP visits Markinch Biomass Power Station to understand RWE’s hydrogen plans
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WindEurope promotes common interests with biomass but urges biomass industry to ensure rigorous accounting methodology
On a panel with Paolo Frankl (Head of the Renewable Energy Division at the International Energy Agency) and Dana Younger (Chief Renewable Energy Specialist of the International Finance Corporation), Dickson highlighted the common interests between wind and biomass: both play a key role in delivering the 30% of Europe’s power that comes from renewables, and … Continue reading WindEurope promotes common interests with biomass but urges biomass industry to ensure rigorous accounting methodology
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Enel Green Power brings world’s first integrated geothermal energy and biomass plant in Tuscany
Enel Green Power has brought online the world’s first biomass plant used to heat geothermal steam at the Cornia 2 geothermal power plant, which is located in Castelnuovo Val di Cecina in Tuscany. The project will increase both the energy efficiency and the power output of the geothermal cycle. The existing geothermal plant has been … Continue reading Enel Green Power brings world’s first integrated geothermal energy and biomass plant in Tuscany
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Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam, the Maldives and Nepal are partnering with the World Bank to map out their most-promising locations for solar energy, wind power and other renewable energy resources
Pakistan has tremendous potential for harnessing wind power, solar energy, biomass and other renewable energy resources to help reduce power cuts and improve access to modern energy services. But the country lacks the high quality resource data at a national scale that is needed to take full advantage of these sources of clean energy. … Continue reading Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam, the Maldives and Nepal are partnering with the World Bank to map out their most-promising locations for solar energy, wind power and other renewable energy resources
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First power plant in the world to integrate geothermal energy and biomass
Enel Green Power has begun construction of a plant powered with locally sourced forest biomass that will supplement the output of the “Cornia 2” geothermal plant. Enel Green Power has started construction at the “Cornia 2” geothermal power plant in the town of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, in Tuscany, on the first plant in the … Continue reading First power plant in the world to integrate geothermal energy and biomass
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