ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS
WHAT
HAPPENED TO EUROPE’ S SOLAR POWER DURING THE ECLIPSE?
The historic solar eclipse on 12 August put Europe’ s solar-dominated grid to the test, showing how the continent’ s energy system would fare with a 9.7GW daytime solar deficit.
“We
practically need to start doing a rain dance”
Renato Mazzoncini CEO A2A
AMAZON
TO BUILD US’ S LARGEST GAS PLANT TO POWER DATA CENTRES
Amazon confirmed its plans to build the largest power plant in US history in Texas. The natural gas plant will be co-located with a data centre at a site called GW Ranch and will have a capacity of 7.65GW.
US $ 4bn
The amount bp sold its US-based renewable gas business, Archaea Energy, for in August
energydigital. com 15