renewable energy

The new EU Strategy on Offshore Renewable Energy must include a target of 100MW of ocean energy installed in Europe by 2025. This would be enough to power 100,000 European homes a year, and would…

The European Investment Bank issued a €350 million loan on Thursday (30 July) to a Swedish company that hopes to corner a significant share of the global battery market by building the greenest power…

Over the last few months we all have discovered that many business meetings can be held remotely. But there is one exception: The only true must-attend event of the year – WindEnergy Hamburg 2020!  

Africa has 38 coastal countries and six islands whose maritime industry is estimated to be worth US$1 trillion per year. This figure will increase as they develop their offshore hydrocarbon, energy,…

Muscat: Oman’s largest solar power plant that can power up to 33,000 homes and remove 340,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions from the country’s footprint per annum is likely to be up and running…

The governor of Yucatan on Monday inaugurated the 90-MW Progreso wind farm, which became the fifth renewable energy project realised in the Mexican state. Mauricio Vila Dosal said the three wind…

Poland’s installed solar power capacity reached 2,261 GW on August 1, 2020, up from 882.6 MW a year ago, according to data available to the transmission system operator (TSO) PSE SA . About 150 MW…

Masdar and EDF are bringing their global renewables partnership into the U.S. in the midst of a topsy-turvy year. In one of the U.S. renewable energy market’s biggest deals in a challenging year,…

The Tesla big battery at Hornsdale in South Australia is entering the final testing of its expanded capacity, and is achieving some significant new records and milestones that would be expected when…

Research could pave way for cheap supercapacitor storage of renewable energy. The humble house brick has been turned into a battery that can store electricity, raising the possibility that buildings…

Facebook has signed contracts to buy 806 MW of solar and wind power from projects across Utah, Ohio, Illinois, Tennessee and Ireland. All of the contracts will support its goal of becoming 100%…

BAE Systems, the defence company behind the British air force’s new fighter jet, has teased the prospect of electric-battery systems playing a substantial role in powering the RAF’s next-generation…

Giant turbines operating from anchored rafts can harness strong offshore winds. Offshore wind farm potential is enormous. They are no longer limited to shallow water but can operate from anchored…

Research demonstrates the potential of a solar unit that can hang on the outside of a structure. If builders could incorporate solar harvesting into the siding of a building, the amount of energy…

Europe may lock-in raised targets for renewables and energy efficiency as part of its Green Deal strategy to zero-out greenhouse gases by the middle of the century. The European Union’s executive on…

“Recovery plans rooted in the energy transition represent a far-sighted investment.” So claims Irena, the International Renewable Energy Agency. It says too that for every million dollars invested…

BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- China will strengthen the construction of projects that facilitate wind and photovoltaic power to connect to the grid with price parity, China's National Energy…

Despite reporting one of its worst quarterly results on record BP shares closed up 6.5%. BP has won guarded praise from climate emergency campaigners and a hefty share price bounce by unveiling new…

Wind power prices continued to fall as Greece in its latest onshore auction awarded contracts for more than 472MW of projects with combined average levelised cost of energy of €55.67/MWh ($65.37/MWh…