Let’s explore ideas, questions, and solutions on how to build this future. It’s time to create a dialogue on how to achieve a realistic path forward to a 100% renewable energy system. There are complex and varied challenges to address as we work to find limitless paths to get us there – let’s explore what is being done today and what we can do in the future to build a cleaner tomorrow.
At-a-Glance: Across the country, aging and defunct coal-burning power plants are getting new lives as solar, battery and other renewable energy projects, partly because they have a decades-old feature that has become increasingly valuable: They are already wired into the power grid. Read more here: In a Twist, Old Coal Plants Help Deliver Renewable Power. Read more →
In a recent article contributed to EnergyTech, Wärtsilä Energy’s Karl Meeusen, Director of Markets, Legislative, and Regulatory Policy, and Bhawramaett Broehm, Energy Market Analyst, outline the importance of portfolio diversity in enabling the renewable energy transition. As noted in the article, the increase of renewable resources on the grid, like wind and solar, is a Read more →
At-a-Glance: Salt Lake City is vying to host the Olympic Games in 2030 or 2034, but all host cities must meet the demands of the International Olympic Committee to “run a two-week, snow-based international sporting event and leave the climate better off than before.” It’s hoped this will catalyze the clean energy transition in Utah, Read more →
At-a-Glance: The United States and Australia signed the Australia – United States Net-Zero Technology Acceleration Partnership at the Sydney Energy Forum, a formal partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of zero emissions technology, and cooperate on critical minerals supply chains to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while supercharging economic growth. For more read: Australia and Read more →
At-a-Glance: A landmark project to test fuel blends of up to 25% volume of hydrogen mixed with natural gas in reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICEs) has launched at WEC Energy Group’s 56-MW A.J. Mihm power plant in Michigan. If successful, the pilot—one of the first of its kind in the U.S.—could provide key insight into Read more →
At-a-Glance: The first of its kind forum between 11 East Coast Governors and Administration officials will enable collaboration to build a strong, U.S.-based supply chain for offshore wind, grow a skilled U.S. workforce, and accelerate work to address important regional matters. The partnership will advance the industry’s rapid development and provide more affordable clean energy Read more →
Gabriel Cavados is Senior Manager of Energy Project Development in Brazil for Wärtsilä. He has ten years of experience in the energy market and joined Wärtsilä in 2009. In this role, Gabriel has been involved in the development of electricity generation projects, many that have been included in the Brazilian government’s New Energy Auctions organized Read more →
Raúl Carral was previously responsible for Business Development for Wärtsilä Energy Solutions in Latin America North. Responsible for Sales / Business Development for Power Plants for Wärtsilä. In the role, he identified energy industry trends as well as partners and opportunities to improve policy, decarbonization and efficiencies in his regions of focus. Previously, he was Read more →
