Policy, investment and markets News for March 2017

Policy, investment and markets News Archive

South Australian Government unveils plans to make better use of renewable energy and storage South Australian Government unveils plans to make better use of renewable energy and storage

The South Australian (SA) Government has outlined a strategy to update the South Australian power system, while making greater use of renewable energy and storage.

Iran and Middle East could “adopt fully renewable electricity systems by 2030” Iran and Middle East could “adopt fully renewable electricity systems by 2030”

A new study has suggested that Iran could benefit from a fully renewable electricity system by 2030.

New projects aim to make geothermal energy more economically attractive

The California Energy Commission has awarded $2.7 million to Berkeley Lab for two geothermal projects.

ENGIE and Schneider Electric collaborate to digitize the energy sector

Schneider Electric and ENGIE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore and deploy new digital solutions for operational efficiency of renewable assets (wind and solar PV), leveraging supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), historian and related application software powered by Schneider Electric’s Wonderware brand.

All-Energy to host marine renewable energy Dragon’s Den- style investment challenge

An initiative master-minded by Tim Cornelius, CEO of Atlantis Resources, the winner of the All-Energy 2017 Marine Renewable Energy Investment Challenge – a ‘Dragon’s Den-style’ event – will benefit from up to £10,000-worth of invaluable advice from lawyers, stockbrokers, investment bankers, accountants, communications experts and marketeers.

Cardiff University researchers to develop tool to project Wales’s greenhouse gas emissions up to 2050

Scientists from Cardiff University are developing a tool to forecast Wales’s greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years.