Morocco has launched a call for tenders to select an energy developer for the Koudia Al Baida wind farm extension project to enable the wind farm to increase its installed capacity from 50 MW to 120…
University of Oklahoma engineers in collaboration with the University of Tulsa have discovered a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical, furfural, doubling or…
Rapid and low-cost development of renewables can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but a lack of affordable energy storage is one factor preventing wind, solar and other clean energy sources from…
The Women in Wind Global Leadership Program is now accepting applications for mentees for its inaugural session, which will run from May 2019 to January 2020. We are seeking 8-10 women who currently…
Can renewables cost less than fossil fuel generation? And are they as reliable? It appears so, especially when they are coupled with a suite of distributed energy resources (DERs), such as virtual…
Billionaires are spending more on renewable energy, storage, and battery technology. A group of them even set up a US$1-billion fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, to encourage research in these…
Europe’s electricity and gas operators are currently working on a joint network plan based on a carbon budget which includes zero-emission scenarios for 2050. “And that automatically means there will…
On Friday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M.,signed into law the Energy Transition Act (ETA), which boosts New Mexico’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and establishes a target of 100% carbon-…
The Wonderful Co., a Los Angeles-based corporation whose brands include Wonderful Pistachios and Wonderful Halos, plans to use 100% renewable electricity across its U.S. operations by 2025.
As part…
The world's leading marine energy center in Scotland is seeing breakthroughs that could make the technology commonplace.
KIRKWALL, Scotland — Huddled inside what looks like a tanker ship anchored…
Researchers are investigating a method of creating power from fast moving streams that many rural areas in Nepal use.
They’re looking into why some of these systems work better than others, and…
Shell is rebranding First Utility, the household energy supplier, under its own name - and making a commitment to renewables.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the greenest of them all?
Few would…
Yet another European energy giant pivots from black to green.
The French utility Engie has polished off its energy transition credentials in recent weeks with a coal plant disposal and a bid for…
It takes Habiba Ali at least a three-hour drive to get to her customers – what energy experts would call ‘the last mile’. When she sets off from her base in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, it’s usually…
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74% of existing coal plants cost more to operate last year than replacing them with new local wind and solar power, according to a report released on Monday from Vibrant Clean Energy…
Seven questions about commercial solar self-consumption to Michael Vogtmann, Chief Executive of the Franconian Section of the German Solar Energy Society (DGS).
Diesel generators off — solar energy on. A historic moment for the nearly 2,000 inhabitants of the small Caribbean island of Saba: For the first time, the sun is the sole electricity supplier.