PJM joins Energy Web Foundation for Blockchain-based Pilot for Renewable Markets

EWF and PJM Environmental Information Services Inc. (PJM-EIS) announced they are teaming up on developing and testing a market-wide reference implementation of Energy Web Origin for the Generation Attribute Tracking System (GATS) administered by PJM-EIS.

Italy on a Clear Path to Renewable-Dominant Future

Latest market outlook report predicts that the country will get more than half of its power from hon-hydro renewables by 2030.

French Pumped Hydropower Plan Stymied by EU Deadlock

Energy storage on a commercial scale is the holy grail for supporters of renewables, including French President Emmanuel Macron.

Vestas, Siemens Gamesa, Nordex Stocks Drop With GE Wind Unit Slump

Shares of Europe’s major wind turbine makers fell after General Electric Co. in the U.S. said orders and profitability slumped at its unit in that business.

POWER-GEN International Elevates the Event Buying Experience

POWER-GEN International, part of the newly formed Power & Energy Series from Clarion Energy, has introduced a new Key Buyer Program for its upcoming December 4-6, 2018, event in Orlando, Florida.

US and Israel Establish Joint Center of Excellence in Energy

The United States Department of Energy and the Israeli Energy Ministry this summer signed the Implementation Agreement to establish the U.S.-Israel Center of Excellence in Energy, Engineering and Water Technology.

Progress Continues on World's Biggest Tidal Stream Project

Simec Atlantis Energy Ltd., a renewable energy developer, announced a plan to extend its tidal stream project in Scotland by adding two new turbines.

Revival of UN Carbon Market Could Be Coming Soon

After the United Nations’s first attempt to build a global carbon market fizzled from $33 billion to almost nothing, climate envoys from nearly 200 countries are meeting in Bangkok this week to give it another go.

France Names Pro-renewable Energy Minister

Former green lawmaker, Francois de Rugy, has been named France’s energy and environment minister, replacing environmental activist Nicolas Hulot.

Bilfinger chosen to supply pipeline for 15.9-MW Gaildorf pumped-storage plant

Bilfinger VAM Anlagentechnik has been chosen to deliver a distribution pipeline for use in the 15.9-MW pumped-storage power plant being built in Gaildorf, Germany.