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THE RELIABLE AND RESILIENT POWER OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

March 13, 2019 | 116 views

Over the last years, we have witnessed significant changes on how we take care of the planet by harnessing renewable power, which also greatly benefits our health and the economy. These include taking vital steps towards reducing carbon emissions often caused by burning of fossil fuels, like natural gas, crude oil and coal. Renewable energies do not produce the same level of damage to produce electricity.

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EVI was founded in 1999 and in year 2004 EVI started its advisory business to help find ways to devise market based solutions to environmental problems. Less than three years later, EVI received its first private equity investment from IDFC Private Equity. IDFC (Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation), is India’s largest infrastructure asset management firm.

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OCI Solar Power Works as EPC to Upgrade Its Alamo 2 Solar Farm

OCI Solar Power | March 10, 2023

OCI Solar Power, a utility-scale solar developer, declared that it recently worked as the EPC to upgrade its Alamo 2 solar farm. This upgrade would enhance its performance and reliability. It has maintained a solar farm for over eight years and has about 4.4 MWac solar energy projects on 45 acres of land which started operating in March 2014. It has strived for a solution to every mechanical failure and observed the working of advanced tracker technology. In addition, it supervised a second months-long upgrade, during which it performed the scope of EPC. It completed a renovation to its 39.2 MWac Alamo 1 solar facility in 2019 and a 6-month upgrade at Alamo 2 in 2022. These upgrades in projects at Alamo 1 and Alamo 2 happened in sections so that the solar farm remains partially energized. These adjustments ensured power supply to CPS Energy, a power, natural gas, and electric company in the public sector. Construction Manager at OCI Solar Power, Jason Thompson said, "We found ourselves repairing trackers and then fixing them again days later because of mechanical issues. It was very similar to what our Alamo 1 solar farm located south of San Antonio was experiencing a few years ago. Now both solar farms have state-of-the-art trackers from Array Technologies, Inc. and increased production." (Source – Cision PR Newswire) President & CEO at OCI Solar Power, Charles Kim said, "Enhancing Alamo 2 is another example of our commitment to our customers and the solar industry." He added, "We are consistently working to ensure that the solar farms we own and operate are performing near or at capacity so electric customers receive clean energy. The construction project was also a way for us reiterate the importance of investing in a clean, reliable, sustainable fuel source." (Source – Cision PR Newswire) About OCI Solar Power Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, OCI Solar Power, a solar energy company, has been innovating and developing utility-scale solar power plants in the United States since 2011. It constructs, develops, operates and owns photovoltaic projects for sustainable green energy generation. It is creating job opportunities and energy independence. It has brought utility scaled solar projects to Texas. Among the solar plants installed in the ERCOT market, over 450 MW are from OCI Solar Power. Its three projects are 100% compliant with Buy American Act. Its Alamo 6 is a dual-axis solar farm in the US. Its parent company, OCI Company Ltd, manufactures polysilicon, a raw material for solar cells.

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HIF Global Partners Siemens Energy for Electrolyzer Supply

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HIF Global, an eFuels company, reached an agreement with Siemens Energy, allowing Siemens Energy to expand its electrolyzer manufacturing capacity more than its previously announced plans. Through this agreement, it will obtain a specific capacity of electrolyzers for the HIF Matagorda eFuels facility. This agreement would make the HIF Matagorda eFuels facility the world-scale eFuels facility in Texas. It will aggregate approximately 1.8 gigawatts of capacity electrolyzers, annually supporting about 300,000 tonnes of green hydrogen production. Both companies work in front-end engineering and design for about 1.8 GW of Silyzer 300 polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzers. These electrolyzers will utilize renewable energy to isolate hydrogen gas from water molecules, producing around 300,000 tonnes of hydrogen gas per year. The green hydrogen is combined with recycled carbon dioxide to produce carbon-neutral eFuels chemically similar to fuels. Without any modifications, these can support the existing engines. The products of the HIF Matagorda eFules facility, i.e., green hydrogen and eFuels, will convert about half a million cars to carbon neutral in 2027. CEO of HIF Global, Cesar Norton Sacre said, "We face a time of incredible expansion in hydrogen production amid global supply chain challenges. The agreement with Siemens Energy allows for electrolyzer deliveries which could support the start of construction as early as the first part of 2024 for the HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility. We look forward to starting construction at the pioneering Texas green hydrogen and eFuels facility, with Siemens Energy's industry leading electrolyzer design and manufacturing strength." (Source – Cision PR Newswire) SVP of Sustainable Energy Systems at Siemens Energy, Stefano Innocenzi said, "Hydrogen and powerto-X applications such as eFuels will play a key role in the energy transition. To ramp up this new industry, we need many projects, including large-scale ones, and investors and off-takers who are willing to make a promise for the future. These agreements give us planning certainty, creating the basis for ramping up the technology and the industry as a whole." (Source – Cision PR Newswire) About HIF Global Headquartered in Houston, Texas, HIF Global, a renewable energy and power generation company, has been developing projects for eFuels in Chile, the USA, Australia and EMEA since 2019. It strives for decarbonization and against climate change by producing eco-friendly gas and fuels. It produces carbon-neutral liquid fuels, eFuels, which can replace fossil fuels required in cars, ships and airplanes without technological modifications. Its wholly-owned subsidiaries are HIF Chile, HIF USA, HIF Asia Pacific, and HIF EMEA. It teams up with professionals from diverse backgrounds in business, engineering, legal, finance, and environmental fields and works on projects for developing, financing, building and operating energy infrastructure.

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