By: Risto Paldanius, Vice President, Americas at Wärtsilä In 2020, Wärtsilä’s state-of-the-art power-system modeling revealed that California can reach its renewable energy and emissions targets faster than planned while saving ratepayers billions of dollars. Now, two years later, that projection is coming to fruition with recent developments in the Golden State. According to the California
Some of the women helping lead the energy transition will join forces to speak about the challenges facing decarbonization in the April 21 webinar entitled “Women as the engine of the energy transition,” hosted by ATA Insights. Moderating the panel will be Patricia Tatto, VP America ATA Renewables and a member of the Path to Read more →
Across the world, the Path to 100% clean energy is underway. To get there, countries must transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources like wind and solar. It sounds easy, but there are many questions remaining, and the answers likely vary by region.. Nearly everyone agrees that we have to find a way to balance Read more →
Navigating the transition to a clean energy future is once again the focus of the 2022 Latin America Energy Forum. Latin America is filled with experts, organizations and government leaders committed to accelerating the path to decarbonization. This event, set for March 16-18 in Washington, DC, promises to bring together those leaders with international investors, Read more →
By: Jussi Heikkinen The Biden administration and Puerto Rico have joined together to launch an ambitious, collective effort to accelerate the growth of renewable energy resources and strengthen the island’s grid – promising 2022 will be “a year of action” in the transition to 100% clean energy over the next three decades. The partnership involves Read more →
Chile has set an ambitious goal to decarbonize the country’s electricity generation by 2050, one of the most ambitious decarbonization targets in the world. But how will the country reach its goals? A recent Wärtsilä white paper, “Chile Leading the World to a 100% Zero Carbon Power System” presents the optimal path for decarbonization in Read more →
Clean energy for everyone is Fernando Damonte’s mission. He is the Chief Operating Officer for Quantum America, an international consulting firm specializing in the area of public services, with a strong presence in the Latin American market and expanding to the rest of the world. Read more →
The path to 100 percent clean energy is practical, possible and even affordable for Puerto Rico by 2050. However, this decarbonization journey will require optimization of both short-term and long-term storage to achieve Puerto Rico’s ambitious goals. The thing to keep in mind is that just adding renewables will not do the job. Read more →
Chile has one of the most ambitious decarbonization plans in the world, targeting carbon neutral electricity in 2050. This South American country is already at a 70% renewable energy share with some of the world´s best wind and solar resources available. It is possible to retire coal in Chile before 2030 and to reach a 100% carbon neutral power system before 2050. Read more →
Chile cuenta con uno de los planes de descarbonización más ambiciosos del mundo, con el objetivo de lograr un sistema energético neutro en carbono para 2050. Este país sudamericano ya cuenta con una cuota de energía renovable del 70% gracias a la disponibilidad de algunos de los mejores recursos eólicos y solares del mundo. Es Read more →
What roles will hydrogen and electricity play in power generation on the path to decarbonization? This is one of several questions that were explored during the March 31 webinar, Hydrogen Talk with Petteri Laaksonen. Read more →
The catastrophic breakdown of Texas’ natural gas and electric system the week of February 15 lacks a single villain to blame for it all. Instead, the widespread constraints in natural-gas supply and the shutdown of core power plant capacity that left millions without power can be chalked up to cascading failures between two interdependent systems – and any solutions will need to take these interdependencies into account to avert a similar crisis in the future. Read more →
City leaders and organizations across the country are making ambitious commitments to decarbonize electricity and support the transition toward a 100% renewable energy future. But how will they reach these goals? What are the right steps to take along the path to 100% renewable energy? The Read more →
