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💡 As industry experts gather in Paris today for the 'ESA Commercialisation Days: Space Forum for Green Energy' event, ESA’s Business Applications and Space Solutions programme is supporting many projects focused on renewable energy solutions which have a real impact here on Earth. One of these is the MOWGLI project, a Demonstration Project looking at microgrid management and focusing on two communities in India. The project was successfully completed by Italian tech firm i-EM, supported by Customized Energy Solutions India Pvt Ltd (CES), and assesses the technical and economic viability of satellite-based services to support and improve different phases of a microgrid project. Cristiano Cialone, who led the project for ESA, said: “We are very pleased to have been involved in this project, which not only has the potential to improve the lives and opportunities for people in rural communities, but also offers the sustainable distribution of green energy in these communities going forward”. Read the full story here ➡ https://lnkd.in/eRTDzAaZ Rita Rinaldo Davide Coppola Beatrice Barresi ESA Commercialisation Gateway European Space Agency - ESA #Microgrid #Microgrids #RenewableEnergy #RenewableEnergySolutions #EnergyManagement #GreenEnergySolutions #SustainableEnergy #SolarStorage #GreenEnergy #EnergyTransition

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We are excited to share that CFEX has been selected as a finalist for this year's EDF Pulse Awards under the category of “Making the Customer an Actor in their Decarbonization.” We want to thank the EDF internal and external review committees for the recognition and are inspired to deploy our technology quickly and widely to help enterprises worldwide decarbonize their energy-related emissions. CFEX has developed the industry’s first suite of cloud-based solutions to streamline and automate end-to-end business processes involved in Scope 2 decarbonization, from tracking Scope 2 emissions, to planning the mitigation roadmaps, to operationalizing the mitigation programs from both sides of corporate renewable energy procurement transactions. By automating these otherwise manual processes, CFEX improves operational efficiency; minimizes transaction costs and errors between buyers and sellers; increases accuracy, auditability, and integrity for tracking clean energy attributes from issuances to retirements; streamlines accounting for residual Scope 2 emissions; and ultimately provides enterprises with a scalable business infrastructure to operate in the clean energy economy. https://lnkd.in/gt55jZrS https://lnkd.in/g5ZXYwXu

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Interested in our insights into #Belgian #PowerMarkets? Augustin Levassort has shared his most recent analysis on how a reduced availability of French interconnectors could influence power prices in the region 👇

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❌MYTH: “Renewable energy is unreliable and expensive” The #EUelections are approaching and GRA joins the Solar Impulse Foundation and Bertrand Piccard to debunk myths risking a shared clean, secure and just future. In an era marked by rapid technological advances and growing environmental consciousness, a persistent myth casts a shadow over the progress of sustainable energy: the notion that renewable energy solutions are unreliable, costly, and not ready for widespread use. Yet, this perspective is increasingly outdated. In recent years, renewables such as #solar, #wind, #geothermal, and #hydropower, coupled with the energy storage capabilities of #LDES and #GreenHydrogen, have shown they are viable and have become an integral part of the global energy mix. Reaching a record level of 30% of the global electricity capacity in 2023 (Ember 2024), renewables have proven its potential, offering a sustainable, reliable, infinite, flexible and cost-competitive source of energy. ✅ Truth: Renewable energy is infinite, competitive, viable and flexible. See more about renewables and find sustainability myths to debunk: https://lnkd.in/daaaP85s #ChooseWiselyEU

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TotalEnergies, VERBUND AG sign preliminary deal on #Tunisian #hydrogen supply to #Europe Austrian electricity provider VERBUND AG and French energy major TotalEnergies' joint venture with Eren Groupe S.A. TE H2 have signed a preliminary deal with the Republic of Tunisia for a #renewablehydrogen project to supply Europe The multi-billion-dollar project, H2 Notos, aims to produce 200,000 metric tons of hydrogen a year using desalinated water from the Mediterranean and electricity from wind and solar farms in southern Tunisia. A ramp-up to 1 million tons per year is possible. The hydrogen would be transported to Europe through a 3,300 km pipeline connecting #Tunisia to #Italy and continuing onto #Austria and #Germany which is being planned by companies including Snam S.p.A. Production could begin as early as 2030, with #Verbund taking some of the hydrogen and transporting it throughout #CentralEurope What is notable about this project is its ability to transport low-cost hydrogen directly to Europe via pipeline," TEH2 CEO David Corchia said Pipeline transport adds about 1 euro - $1.09/km. to the cost, compared with 3.5 to 4 euros /km when you transform hydrogen to ammonia, ship it on a boat, and re-crack it back into hydrogen." A final investment decision (FID) is expected in 2027 or 2028 Mohamed Koubassi Osama Fawzy Georgy HENEIN, MBA

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I had the pleasure earlier this week to discuss the key factors impacting investment in the European battery manufacturing industry at the BloombergNEF Summit in Munich with Richard BOUVERET of Blue Solutions, Ilka von Dalwigk of EIT InnoEnergy, Tom Einar Jensen of FREYR Battery and Fabien Levaillant of BNP Paribas. Key topics included how will companies in Europe get the billions they need to build the region’s battery factories? In the context of less explosive EV demand, lower battery prices in China and higher interest rates. The session brought together battery manufacturers, investors and policy professionals to discuss challenges of financing gigafactories in Europe. There were two key outcomes from the session: First is the need to secure offtake agreements for production, this was mentioned in other session at the summit too for different sectors, but for battery makers this means working with automotive OEMs and energy storage system providers. Secondly, to get the balance right between leaning from and collaborating with the incumbent industrial players, mainly based in Asia, while protecting jobs and industry in Europe, which is going to be a tricky balance to get right. You can watch the discussion here: https://lnkd.in/e6YzSCe2 #Battchat #Batteries #BloombergNEF #BNEFSummit

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🌍 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐢𝐧: 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 🌍 As we strive towards the ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement, carbon markets are emerging as a pivotal tool in reshaping our energy landscape. Article 6 of the Paris Agreement paves the way for international cooperation in achieving National Determined Contributions (NDCs) through carbon pricing, driving both compliance and voluntary efforts to mitigate climate change. 🔵 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 🔵 Compliance markets, enforced by laws and regulations, establish a price on carbon emissions through mechanisms like: 1. 𝐂𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞: Limits pollution and creates a market for carbon credits. 2. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐱: Sets a fixed price per ton of carbon emitted, incentivizing businesses to reduce emissions. Despite the global energy crisis of 2022, emissions trading schemes (ETSs) and carbon taxes showed resilience. Countries like Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, and Switzerland maintained their carbon pricing strategies, highlighting the need for sustained and increased carbon prices to drive investments towards climate neutrality. 🌿 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬🌿 Voluntary markets complement compliance efforts by allowing businesses and individuals to offset their carbon footprint through projects that reduce or remove greenhouse gases. These markets foster innovation and corporate responsibility, playing a crucial role in the global transition to a sustainable future. Join the conversation on how carbon markets can drive us towards a greener, more sustainable world! 🌱💡 #ClimateAction #CarbonMarkets #Sustainability #ParisAgreement #GreenFuture Read more in our latest article by Omkar Kajrolkar and Raghav Sharma: https://lnkd.in/ePWjKJ6J --- Feel free to customize this post with your personal insights or company-specific details!

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[#CSR] 📘Discover our 5th CSR Report! At Heppner, CSR and #energytransition are at the heart of our strategy, deployed in all the territories where we operate ♻️. This new report illustrates our ongoing commitment to responsible and #sustainable growth, outlining our past successes and our ambitions for the future. 🌍🌱 We are committed to an energy and ecological transition, supporting the men and women in our company, while contributing to a more sustainable society. 🚀 👇 Discover our CSR report here: https://lnkd.in/esRK6nUr

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Toutes nos félicitations à #KalliaCharron pour la présentation de son article "Demand response market value: how can demand response influence the electricity prices on the French market?" Merci à nos discutants: Quentin Hoarau et Pauline Bucciarelli Résumé:  #Energytransition policies in Europe focus on two main levers: increasing the share of #renewables in the electricity mix and electrification, specifically #electrification of transportation. Those dynamics will increase the constraints on the #electricity system, as the transmission system operator will have to balance an increased electricity consumption with a more intermittent production. On the electricity market, demand response influences the equilibrium price determined by the merit order mechanism: power units are run from the lowest to the highest marginal cost. The priority of #renewableenergies (wind and solar units) sometimes leads to negative prices. It is cheaper to maintain the production of some conventional units rather than to make them stop and then restart (ramp-up time is an important problem for such unit). Subsequently, load shedding during hours of peak residual load (load minus the wind and solar production) can result in lowering the price, while load shifting to a time when renewables production is at its highest can limit negative #pricing. In this context, this article aims at measuring this merit order effect of demand response and renewable supply on electricity market prices. Using an hourly data set over one year in France (2019), we point out the strong difference between peak and off-peak hours through a statistical analysis of the market prices, electricity supply and demand. Then we estimate Markov switching model with two regimes to project the day-ahead hourly price on the French market. This enables us to estimate the average variation in price induced by a variation of the load and a variation of the renewable supply in the electricity mix. A price transformation has been required to consider negative electricity prices with the hyperbolic sine function. #economix #laboratoireeconomix #recherche #chercheur #économie #doctorant #doctoratéconomie #cnrs #upn #électrictérenouvelable #transitionénergétique #europe #france #électricité #transportélectrique #éolien #solaire

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What’s going on in France? 🧐 Once again, France has become a target country for the global renewable market. During last years, France has been involved in the upgrade of its grid code and Clients keep asking us about the latest requirements.   Although manufacturers keep thinking the Arrêté du 23 avril 2008 is still valid, the latest version of the standard was published in June 2020: “Arrêté du 9 juin 2020 relatif aux prescriptions techniques de conception et de fonctionnement pour le raccordement aux réseaux d’électricité. 4 août 2020+A1:2021” adapting the requirements to the publication from 2008 of version Arrêté du 23 avril 2008 with some of the following changes: 🔸 LVRT. Voltage depth is higher and reactive current injection is required in the new standard. 🔸 Operation field. Some parameters change from the previous version. 🔸 Reconnection. Some parameters change from the previous version   #France #GridCode #GenerationUnits #standards #testing #certification

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🌊#Globalwindday 🌊 Only one week to go until #Seanergy2024 in the region of Pays de la Loire - and we are excited! Don’t miss out on this year’s edition which will bring together all the stakeholders at a crucial moment for the sector.  We’ll be asking business leaders and analysts the biggies in our panels. What’s needed to take the sector forward? What issues need to be resolved and how? This year's programme is packed with essential themes and major issues that will shape the future of our industry Check out all the talks and panel discussions that will be moderated by our journalist Lisa Louis, and find out more about our line-up of top-notch speakers ⏩ https://lnkd.in/e69CZmXw And of course, with over 200 European exhibitors representing the entire value chain, Seanergy will offer unparalleled business opportunities and moments for valuable networking. ⏩ https://lnkd.in/egijNRU5 Between June 26th and 28th, #Nantes will be the place to be for all those aiming to conquer the oceans to make the world a more sustainable place 🌍 We look forward to seeing you all there, ready to connect, learn, and drive our industry forward. Register ⏩ https://lnkd.in/euHBGKsu #Seanergy #globalwindday #OffshoreEnergy #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #Networking #BusinessOpportunities Région Pays de la Loire Nantes Métropole Saint-Nazaire et agglomération Cluster Maritime Français France renouvelables Ocean Energy Europe Syndicat des énergies renouvelables (SER) WORLD FORUM OFFSHORE WIND (WFO) WindEurope EDF Renouvelables RWE Skyborn Renewables TotalEnergies Oxan Energy Vattenfall

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News to share from France 🇫🇷 in the Renewable Natural Gas #RNGindustry. Veolia, Waga Energy, and #ENGIE have formed a powerful partnership to push the boundaries of sustainable energy production. Since May 1st, Waga Energy has been selling RNG produced at Veolia’s Val Pôle in Claye-Souilly to ENGIE under a #Biomethane Purchase Agreement (BPA), without government subsidies 👏🏼 This 13-year contract is the longest BPA ever signed in France, marking a significant milestone in the RNG market. Veolia supplies biogas from the Claye-Souilly landfill, one of France’s largest RNG production units with an annual capacity of 120 GWh, equivalent to the energy consumption of around 20,000 households. Waga Energy converts this biogas into high-value RNG using its cutting-edge technology. The RNG is marketed by ENGIE at a higher value than the subsidized price, highlighting the growing economic viability of renewable energy sources. This agreement also enabled Waga Energy to secure long-term financing from CIC and Arkéa Banque Entreprises et Institutionnels for the RNG production unit. Miya PAOLUCCI of ENGIE stated, “The signing of this new BPA contributes to ENGIE’s goal to supply 30 TWh of RNG per year to our customers by 2030.” This collaboration not only supports ENGIE’s ambitious goals but also accelerates the transition towards a sustainable energy future. Estelle Brachlianoff, CEO of Veolia, emphasized, “Veolia is a key player in the production of bioenergy, already producing 1.6 terawatt-hours of biogas from waste anaerobic digestion in France alone.” This partnership is a testament to the power of collaboration in driving innovation and sustainability in the energy sector. As the world shifts towards greener energy solutions, such initiatives are crucial for reducing our carbon footprint and fostering economic growth 🔝 #RenewableEnergy #RNG #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #GreenInnovation #Veolia #WagaEnergy #ENGIE #Bioenergy #ClimateAction #Irbisio #Cleantech

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Check out our #manifesto launched last week in Prague by leaders from the #nuclear industry! This initiative - led by nucleareurope - outlines our priorities for the next European Commission: 👉 Treat all #ZetZero technologies equally 👉 Implement #consistent and #coherent #policies which facilitate the deployment of nuclear 👉 Allow nuclear to access #EUFunds and #finance 👉 Include the nuclear fuel cycle as an enabling activity under the #SustainableFinance #Taxonomy 👉 Ensure that #LowCarbon technologies are not discriminated against in #taxation policies 👉 Enable #innovative nuclear technologies to access EU funds beyond the #Euratom programme and provide greater support for #NuclearResearch 👉 Support and #invest in the development of a #skilled nuclear #workforce.

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France may lower FIT threshold for rooftop PV from 500 kW to 100 kW: The French authorities might be poised to lower the feed-in tariff (FIT) threshold for rooftop PV from 500 kW to 100 kW. France’s Direction générale de l'énergie et du climat (DGEC) says the proposed measure is designed to reduce the expense of the FIT scheme, despite opposition from trade groups such as Enerplan and SER. #Renewables #Energy #Technology

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FRANCE ACCELERATES OFFSHORE WIND WITH €4.5B GRID INVESTMENT French electricity transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d'Électricité has signed a €4.5 billion ($4.8 billion) contract with a consortium consisting of Chantiers de l'Atlantique and Hitachi Energy to supply power platforms and converter stations for two offshore wind farms to be built in France. The agreement covers the construction of three offshore direct current platforms and three onshore converter stations to connect the Centre Manche 1 and 2 offshore wind farms and the Oléron Island offshore wind farm to the national grid. The use of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology will enable the integration of over 3.5 GW of renewable energy, reflecting the growing scale and distance of offshore wind projects. This contract demonstrates France's commitment to accelerating offshore wind development as part of its path to carbon neutrality by 2050. ⚡ Follow MPS (Modern Power Systems) for all the latest news daily from the global power generation industry ⚡ #MPS #power #energy #powergeneration #windenergy #hvdc #energytransition

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Pourquoi certains pays, comme la France, appuient-ils si farouchement l'industrie nucléaire, dont les coûts sont très élevés et les bénéfices climatiques, très discutables compte tenu des délais de déploiement? L'éléphant dans la pièce est, en réalité, l'influence des militaires, rappelent ces auteurs. Ce facteur, toujours occulté dans les grands médias, explique pourquoi l'Allemagne, dépourvue d'armes atomiques, a été si prompte à avandonner cette filière. «Whatever position one starts from, then, a final question arises: why all the fuss? Why should it be now after all these years – just as its comparative performance becomes so much less favourable – that European efforts become so newly energetic to redefine nuclear as “sustainable”? Why is it so difficult to recognise that – as is normal with technologies – nuclear energy is obsolescing? Here, the answer is surprisingly obvious. It is officially repeatedly confirmed in countries working hardest to revive nuclear power – atomic weapons states like the US, France, the UK, Russia and China. Oddly neglected in mainstream energy policy and the media, the picture is especially evident on the defence side. Although skewed public debates leave many unaware, nuclear affections are a military romance. Powerful defence interests – with characteristic secrecy and highly active PR – are mostly driving the dogged persistence. The result is clear. Dubiously justified in climate terms, elevated consumer prices, government funding and public risk underwriting all help maintain a joint civil/military “nuclear industrial base”. In nuclear-armed countries like the UK and France, this helps fund – outside defence budgets, off the public books and away from due scrutiny – expensive specialist nuclear skills, supply chains, research facilities, navy recruitment, wider infrastructures. In particular, the building and operating of nuclear propelled submarines would be unaffordable without these concealed cross-subsidies. Without nuclear power, it would become much harder to guarantee the later careers that are so essential in recruiting nuclear-trained officers. As President Macron recently said: “Without civilian nuclear, no military nuclear, without military nuclear, no civilian nuclear.” This is the main reason why France is pressing so hard for nuclear to be supported by the European Union as sustainable. This is why non-nuclear-armed Germany has been more open to grasping nuclear realities. This is why France and Germany find themselves at such loggerheads on this issue. This is why the UK government so opposes this – and is so fixated on support for general nuclear skills. This is why other nuclear-armed states in general, are so resolutely fixated by the slow, small and costly nuclear response to the climate emergency. » https://lnkd.in/e8JpPsBn

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