News Archives – Elatos

Elatos Information – COVID-19

Dear clients, dear candidates, The current situation in relation to the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) means that we need to be especially vigilant and to adjust our business practices, whether internally...

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Anti-solar cells: A photovoltaic cell that works at night

What if solar cells worked at night? That's no joke, according to Jeremy Munday, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Davis. In fact, a specially designed photovoltaic cell ...

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Community-generated green electricity to be offered to all in UK

UK homes will soon be able to plug into community wind and solar farms from anywhere in the country through the first energy tariff to offer clean electricity exclusively from community projects. The deal f...

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The European Union aims to be the first climate neutral continent by 2050

The European Commission has presented The European Green Deal, its policy roadmap aimed at making the climate policy the new growth strategy for the European Union and at making the continent climate neutral by...

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Waste storage at Africa’s only nuclear plant brimming

Spent fuel storage at South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear plant will reach full capacity by April as state power utility Eskom awaits regulatory approval for new dry storage casks, the company said on Monday. S...

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Renewable electricity overtakes fossil fuels in UK for first time

New offshore windfarms opening in third quarter mark milestone towards zero carbon. Ten years ago fossil fuels made four fifths of the UK’s electricity supply. Renewable energy sources provided more electri...

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Oil and Gas Investor EnCap Muscles Into Energy Storage Business

EnCap Investments has directed about $37 billion in venture investment into oil and gas companies over its 30 years in business. Now, it’s making its first investments into clean energy, with a goal of de...

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Are regional transmission organizations the future for renewables in the Southeast?

Renewable energy, particularly solar, is poised for significant growth in the southeastern United States. The Southeast has also mostly retained a vertically integrated utility model, and most utilities in the ...

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Kovačica becomes Serbia’s largest fully operational wind farm

After almost three decades, a completely new large power plant – the 104.5 MW Kovačica wind farm, has been connected to the electricity transmission system of Serbia. Developed under a EUR 189 million projec...

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Dubai Explores Feasibility Of Floating Solar Projects

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has expressed its intention to set up floating solar power projects in the Arabian Gulf. The company has issued a Request for Proposal to study the feasibility o...

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China Invests In Renewable Energy In Cuba

Cuba began investing in renewable energy in 2014 and is ramping up its efforts in a push to make renewables its principal source of electricity by 2030. According to Xinhua News,China is one of the leading inv...

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3 strategies for building solar and wind energy systems on potentially contaminated lands

Building solar and wind energy projects on potentially contaminated lands can be a golden opportunity, both effective and cost-effective, for developers. The 120-acre Reilly Tar & Chemical Corporation Super...

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Ireland: $35 million floating wind project gets green light

A 31 million euro ($35.32 million) floating wind project off the west coast of Ireland has been granted approval. In an announcement Wednesday, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) said that plans were in ...

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Nordex enters Luxembourg with first order

Nordex has won its debut order in Luxembourg to supply seven turbines for a 23MW project by a local developer. The German manufacturer will supply its N131 3.3MW turbines to Luxembourgian developer PW34’...

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Energy storage: next game changer

With the rise of variable renewable generation, storage is poised to become big business Everybody agrees that storage is turning into big business, and soon, but exactly how big and how soon? According to...

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Europe’s electricity market rules get ready for the energy transition: provisional agreement between Presidency and Parliament

The Presidency of the Council and representatives of the European Parliament today reached a provisional agreement on a directive and a regulation on electricity. The two files set out the future functioning of...

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European commission calls for net-zero greenhouse gas by 2050

The European Commission announced on Wednesday that it had adopted a new long-term strategy that will aim to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through investing in “realistic” technological ...

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Wind of change sweeps over renewable energy sector

In the long-term interests of its soldiers, a US military base is turning itself into a knowledge hub on renewable energy. Fort Benning military base in Georgia, United States, is blazing a trail...

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Renault will transition french island to renewable energy

Tesla is not the only company that is bringing the wonders of renewable energy to the islands of the world. Last February, Renault helped electrify the Portuguese islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, located hun...

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US Renewable Energy Sources Surpass Nuclear In First Half Of 2018

US renewable energy sources accounted for nearly 20% of the country’s net electrical generation during the first half of 2018, according to new figures from the US Energy Information Administration, and narro...

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Careers for women in Solar – potential in a growth industry

According to the 2017 Solar Jobs Census from The Solar Foundation, solar labor increased by 168% in the past 7 years, from about 93,000 jobs in 2010 to more than 250,000 jobs in 2017. Yet women in solar make...

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Germany produces enough renewable energy in six months to power country’s households for an entire year

Germany produced enough renewable energy in the first half of 2018 to power every household in the country for a year. The nation’s combined wind, solar, biomass and hydroelectric power output hit a record...

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2017 Was Another Record-Busting Year for Renewable Energy

2017 Was Another Record-Busting Year for Renewable Energy, but Emissions Still Increased The global power sector had a banner year, while clean energy gains in transportation, heating and cooling remain mini...

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French court slams renewable energy schemes

FRANCE: Renewable energy support schemes are not effective in driving the country towards its climate objectives, despite their significant costs, according to a new report from France's Court of Auditors. ...

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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to deliver 39 megawatt wind farm in Vietnam

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) is to install and commission a 39 MW (megawatt) wind farm in Vietnam. Located in the southern province of Ninh Thuan, the Dam Nai wind farm's development has been divid...

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GE to develop world’s largest wind turbine in France

PARIS (Reuters) - General Electric plans to invest more than $400 million over the next three to five years to develop the world’s biggest offshore wind turbine, which will have a capacity of 12 megawatts and...

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Two countries are the reason the EU is hitting its ambitious renewable energy targets

The EU now gets more than 30% of its electricity from renewable sources, up from 12% in 2000. At the current rate of growth, the European bloc can increase the proportion of renewables in its electricity mix to...

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Five renewable energy trends to watch in 2018

It’s been a rollercoaster year for renewables. The price of solar and wind plummeted, China smashed its target for solar installations – but Donald Trump also withdrew the US from the Paris climate agreemen...

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Germany’s war on coal has resulted in a historic win for renewables

The Ruhr Valley in Germany carried the European nation’s economy for much of the 19thand 20th Centuries. Its steel works and large coal deposits made it one of the continent’s biggest industrial ar...

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First French offshore wind turbine inaugurated

France's first floating offshore turbine - and it's first offshore wind turbine at all - was inauguarted in Saint-Nazaire, France, [on October 13th 2017]. [caption id="attachment_3547" align="alignright" wid...

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‘France can be number two for wind’, WindEurope CEO claims

FRANCE: The country is set to leapfrog the UK and Spain into second place in Europe for installed wind capacity by 2030, according to WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson. [caption id="" align="aligncenter...

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8th Wind National Symposium – 2017 Edition

The ELATOS team was glad to be part of the 8th Wind National Symposium, organised by France Energie Eolienne. It was a pleasure to meet stakeholders and partners who develop the French wind market day after ...

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Drop in Wind Energy Costs Adds Pressure for Government Rethink

Tories urged to look at onshore windfarms which can be built as cheaply as gas plants and deliver the same power for half the cost of Hinkley Point, says Arup. Onshore windfarms could be built in the UK for th...

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Variable Wind Energy Problems Due To Poor Planning By European Nations

A group of weather and energy researchers from ETH Zürich and Imperial College London have concluded that the variability of electricity from wind turbines in Europe is due not to any fault in the equipment, b...

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Renewable Energy Provides More Electricity Than Nuclear Power In US

Renewable energy sources are now providing more electricity than nuclear power for the first time ever in the United States, according to figures issued by the US Energy Information Administration and highlight...

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France Gets EU Approval For 3 Schemes To Develop 17 Gigawatts Of Renewable Energy

It has been revealed few weeks ago that the European Commission has approved France’s request to develop three separate schemes that are intended to support the development of more than 17 gigawatts worth of...

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Powering the future: could Europe go dark?

A recent night-time blackout in the de-facto European capital of Brussels raised questions about the robustness of our energy supplies. The power production sector is facing changing demands, while also comin...

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New North Sea Wind Power Hub Could Supply 70-100 Million People

Three European transmission system operators have signed a trilateral agreement this week that intends to develop a large renewable European electricity system in the North Sea, the North Sea Wind Power Hub, wh...

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100% Renewable energy: Australia can do it !

The Australian government’s chief scientific body says there is no apparent technical impediment to reaching 100 per cent renewables for the national electricity grid, and levels of up to 30 per cent renewabl...

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Renewable energy : Fastest job creator in US

Despite the aggressive rhetoric of the new presidential administration against green energy causes, experts are not worried about the future of the green energy market. According to data provided in a research ...

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Giant Wind Turbines Now At Eight Megawatts

News arrived in late December from the waters off the United Kingdom that the first of MHI Vestas (a joint venture between Vests and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) 8.0 megawatt (MW) turbines is now delive...

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ELATOS is committing to UNICEF

This year ELATOS is committing itself to UNICEF and is proud to belong to UNICEF’s Friend Companies for 2017. Elatos has decided to commit itself to UNICEF because it places human beings at the core of...

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COP 22 – 48 “poor” nations commit for renewable energy

Nearly 50 of the world’s most disadvantaged nations have pledged to fast-track their shift to 100 per cent renewable energy and to ratchet up emissions reductions, in a gesture that helped to close COP22 talk...

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Offshore Winds Costs Down

Offshore Wind Costs Down 22% To $126/MWh, According To BNEF The offshore wind industry has seen its global levelized costs of electricity plummet 22% due to competitive bidding, reaching a benchmark estimate o...

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The future belongs to clean energy

Wind power is projected to more than double in developing countries and increase by one-third in developed nations by 2030. As we close out a summer marked by uncertainty in news and events, one trend for wh...

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EDF – CAP 2030

On September the 22nd, Les Echos was interviewing the CEO of EDF, Mr Jean-Bernard Lévy shortly before the presentation of the new strategic plan called CAP 2030. A plan combining international expansion and de...

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Brottes Law

Validation for wind energy and disappearance The Constitutional Council returned its opinion on the Brottes law, which focus on the energy bonus-malus and includes measures on the water energy, wind en...

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