Southern Energy Management

Renewables Now | March 25, 2020

Nearly all of Hawaii’s utility-scale battery storage capacity is installed with onshore wind turbines or solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, allowing excess electricity from those generators to be stored and used later, according to a report by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). As of January 2020, about 30% of Hawaii’s total generating capacity is solar or wind. The non-dispatchable nature of these technologies creates operational challenges for system operators. Pairing batteries wit...

ENERGY

SoCalGas | February 18, 2022

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) announced its proposal to develop what would be the nation's largest green hydrogen energy infrastructure system to deliver clean, reliable renewable energy to the Los Angeles region. As proposed, the Angeles Link would support the integration of more renewable electricity resources like solar and wind and would significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric generation, industrial processes, heavy-duty trucks, and other hard-to-electrify se...

PepsiCo | January 16, 2020

PepsiCo has announced plans to achieve 100% renewable electricity for its US direct operations this year. The US is the company’s largest market and accounts for nearly half of its total global electricity consumption. PepsiCo’s efforts in the US build on its progress in switching to renewable electricity around the world. Nine countries in PepsiCo’s European direct operations already meet 100% of their electricity demand from renewable sources. In 2018, 76% of the electricity needs of the Pepsi...

PRODUCTS

Maip Group | April 28, 2022

Maip Group, a prominent multinational plastics formulator and compound maker, announces breakthrough compounds for new resins in the automotive sector as part of multi-year strategic cooperation with Eastman. In addition, Maip Compounding, the group's manufacturing subsidiary, announces the launch of the CherbioTM series of molecular recycling products based on Eastman's molecular recycling technologies. Maip Compounding has introduced a new line of ISCC Plus certified com...