Renewable energy

Hydropower Plant

Enel Green Power Uses Satellites to Monitor Safety of Dams, Hydropower Structures

Enel Green Power has initiated a project called GPS Hydro to improve the monitoring, and thus safety, of its hydropower infrastructure.Hydropower is the oldest …

Solar Power Plant

Report: Renewable Energy Growth Falls Short of Climate Goal

Deployment of new wind and solar power plants needs to be drastically ramped up by the end of the decade to meet the world's climate goals, the Internationa…

Offshore Wind Power

GE Readying for Dogger Bank a & B Offshore Wind Turbine Installation, Eastgate Engineering Joins Pre-assembly Team

GE Renewable Energy has contracted Teesside-based company Eastgate Engineering for mechanical and electrical work for the pre-assembly of the towers and nacelle…

Energy Storage Battery

Engie Acquires Second Scottish Battery Project

Engie has secured a 50MW battery storage project in Scotland, from developers EcoDev, Sirius Renewable Energy and Ethical Power Connections.Energisation of the …

Energy Storage Battery

Thrive Renewables Offers Community Ownership Opportunity for 20MW Battery Storage Asset

Thrive Renewables acquired the Feeder Road battery energy storage site in March 2021. Image: Jim Johnston (Thrive Renewables).British renewable energy investmen…

Solar Power Panel

Solar Relief for Social Housing as Four Companies Act to Slash Soaring Power Bills

Four renewable energy companies have partnered to create a lower-cost solar package that could slash power bills for social housing tenants by up to 40%.The cos…

Rooftop PV System

Rooftop Solar Tops Summer Chart for Renewable Energy Supply to the Grid

Rooftop solar provided 14 per cent of Australia’s electricity needs this summer and dispatched more energy to the grid than brown coal and all other renew…

Wind Farm

GE Renewable Energy Selects Eastgate Engineering to Support Dogger Bank Wind Farm Project

GE Renewable Energy announced today that they have selected Eastgate Engineering, based in Billingham, Teesside, to provide mechanical and electrical activities…

Solar Technology

Solsmart Program Plans to Certify 500 New Localities by 2027

The national SolSmart program is expanding to help 500 more cities, towns, counties and regional organizations strengthen local solar energy markets, achieve en…

Solar Power Plant

Potential for Solar and Wind Energy in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Chinese researchers have recently evaluated the potential for solar and wind energy in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, finding that the Qaidam Basin has the potentia…

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa, øRsted Link Up With UK Universities to Boost Wind Turbine Efficiency

A major collaboration between universities and energy companies has made vital improvements to offshore wind turbines, which could help them generate more renew…

Energy Transition

Iberdrola Boss Galán Vows to Be ‘Faithful Ally in Brazil’s Energy Transition'

From left: Brazil's Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, Ignacio Galán and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Spanish energy boss makes pl…

SMR

Increased Investments Could Lower SMR Cost to Competitive Levels by 2050

SMRs can be a viable competitor with renewable energy, Wood Mackenzie noted.Increasing investments in advanced nuclear technologies, such as small modular react…

Rooftop PV System

End-Of-Life Legislation for Solar Photovoltaic Panels

The renewable energy sector is challenged with a dilemma: How will Australia discard the 80 million solar panels in an environmentally friendly manner when they…

Wind Farm

Elecnor Participates in the Largest Wind Power and Solar Energy Project in South Australia

The new facilities are part of an ambitious energy project which includes wind farms (1,200 MW), solar power plants (600 MW) and energy storage (900 MW)The Elec…