Even after Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on almost everything else, the new year begins with surging growth for renewable energy. “2020 was the year of positive surprises for the environment in a way…
Belgium is set to produce 10% of its electricity demand from offshore wind in 2021 following the commissioning of two projects in its waters last year, with installed capacity soon planned to double…
California solar veteran Barry Cinnamon is looking forward to more solar and storage — and less COVID-19 — in 2021.
Dave Barry said it best when summarizing 2020: “This was a year of nonstop…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe’s shift from fossil fuel-based electricity to renewable sources has reduced environmental problems while also cutting the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change,…
The energy transition is accelerating. 2020 saw renewables replace fossil fuels in Europe for the first time and one of the many impacts of COVID-19 has been on energy demand. According to the latest…
Cyprus is on target with its 2030 energy consumption targets and could meet the EU’s ambitious ‘climate neutral’ objective by 2050 if the island ends its energy isolation through gas pipelines and…
Fossil fuels are set to remain the dominant source of electricity across Africa over the next decade, according to a new study.
Researchers found that around 2,500 power plants are planned, enough…
Arcola Energy, has been appointed by Scottish Enterprise, Transport Scotland and the Hydrogen Accelerator, to deliver Scotland’s first hydrogen powered train.
The project is a Scottish supply chain…
Accenture investment to expand the U.K. company’s active grid measurement tech for grid operators including National Grid and AEMO.
Getting to 100 percent clean energy presents power grid operators…
New framework contains conditions for future expansion.
The German Government has confirmed new renewables laws will come into force on 1 January.
The law amending the Renewable Energy Sources Act…
A 50 MW PV project, located in northern central Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, has begun supplying electricity to the national grid. Full commercial operations for the plant are expected to begin…
The Greek government has given its nod to investment plans supporting the deployment of over 2.8 GW of wind and solar power capacity.
The four projects call for a combined investment of EUR 2.02…
Storm Bella heralds first 24-hour period where turbines supply more than half of country’s electricity.
Boxing Day saw yet another record broken for wind power generation in Britain.
It was the…
Indian state of Maharashtra sets goal of adding 17GW of renewable energy capacity by 2025
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has come out with a renewable energy policy that has set a target of…
Renewable energy will supply 46.3% of Germany’s electricity this year—utility group
Renewable sources met 46.3% of Germany’s power consumption in 2020, 3.8 percentage points more than in 2019,…
Solar and onshore wind get 1 gigawatt each while floating offshore wind seeks foothold.
Spain has launched a tender for up to 3.18 gigawatts of renewable generation in its first auction under a pay-…
A recent study highlights the most promising areas along Washington, Oregon and California coasts to harvest wave energy.
RICHLAND, Wash.—Washington and Oregon coastlines are home not only to sea…
State-owned utility PT PLN (Persero) is seeking proposals from independent power producers to build large-scale solar plants.
The Indonesian government wants the country to deploy 6.5 GW of solar by…
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - The sun will come out tomorrow for oil titans. Even as stock markets rallied broadly from pandemic-induced 33% dives in March, share prices for BP, Royal Dutch Shell…
When you account for the advantages to our health, the benefits of phasing out fossil fuels far outweigh the price.
Hi Sara,
As a broadcast meteorologist, one of the most common questions I’m asked…