Categoría: Energy

The development of electromobility is essential to reduce transport emissions, as expressed in the Paris Agreement on climate change. Transportation=pollution. Who hasn’t thought of this when looking at the thick layer of pollution that covers our cities’ skies, or when we’re stuck in traffic with our engines running? The impact of the transport sector—and especially… Seguir leyendo Shedding Light on the Debate on Electric Cars and the Environment

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 14, 2019 – New, deep-water production has come online from the Brazilian pre-salt Santos Basin.  Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil) and its consortium partners today announced the start of oil and natural gas production at the P-68 floating production, storage, and offloading unit (FPSO), located in BM-S-11A Concession in Berbigão,… Seguir leyendo Shell and partners add pre-salt production in Brazil

Taxing polluting sources of energy is an effective way to curb emissions that harm the planet and human health, and the income generated can be used to ease the low-carbon transition for vulnerable households. Yet 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions from advanced and emerging economies are entirely untaxed, offering little incentive to move to cleaner… Seguir leyendo Taxes on polluting fuels are too low to encourage a shift to low-carbon alternatives

Florida Power & Light Company is urging customers to remain vigilant and prepare for power outages as extremely dangerous Hurricane Dorian moves close to Florida’s east coast. The company has pre-positioned equipment and the largest pre-storm restoration workforce in company history in preparation for this Category 4 hurricane. “Dorian remains a very dangerous hurricane with… Seguir leyendo FPL is ready to respond and urges customers to remain vigilant and prepare for outages

Sean Casey, co-founder and President of Rotorcorp LLC was a featured Outstanding Exporter Honoree and presenter at last week’s National Small Business Exporter Summit in Savannah, GA. Casey is a client of the Georgia International Small Business Development Center and graduate of the SBA Emerging Leaders Program. Sean is a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP),… Seguir leyendo SBA Emerging Leader Graduate Honored at Export Summit

GEICO hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate the opening of its new building at 3050 S. Martin Luther King Way in The Bridges development in Tucson. GEICO President and CEO Bill Roberts and Regional Vice President Michelle Trindade greeted Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, Vice Mayor Richard Fimbres, Bourn Companies CEO Don Bourn, representatives from… Seguir leyendo GEICO Opens New Office at The Bridges; Plans to Grow Tucson Operations Extensively

MADISON, Wis.– Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) today received approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to expand its popular Shared Solar program with a second, large-scale solar installation in the City of Middleton. “An expansion of Shared Solar is another step toward meeting our goal of net-zero carbon electricity by the year 2050,”… Seguir leyendo MGE to Build Large-Scale Solar Array in Middleton

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New Fortress Energy LLC (NASDAQ:NFE) (“New Fortress Energy”) announced today that management will host a business update conference call on Monday, March 18, 2019 at 8:30 am Eastern Time. A copy of materials management will reference will be posted to the Investor Relations section of New Fortress Energy’s website, www.newfortressenergy.com. All interested parties… Seguir leyendo New Fortress Energy Schedules Business Update Conference Call

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) today announced plans to build four new solar power plants this year that are expected to begin powering customers in early 2020: FPL Okeechobee Solar Energy Center, Okeechobee County FPL Hibiscus Solar Energy Center, Palm Beach County FPL Echo River Solar Energy Center, Suwannee County… Seguir leyendo FPL announces plans to build four new solar power plants in 2019

JUNO BEACH, Fla., — Florida Power & Light Company announced the start of operations at its four newest solar power plants, building on the company’s successful strategy of advancing affordable clean energy – investing billions of dollars in clean energy while keeping customer bills among the lowest in the nation. The new solar plants that… Seguir leyendo FPL’s four newest solar power plants now powering customers adding more than 1 million solar panels