Wind

Market Analysis

Japanese Offshore Wind Market Shows A Positive Signals to Investors

Japan is seeing a surge of interest from companies looking to enter its fledgling offshore wind sector, according to new analysis from research firm GlobalData.

Troubled Waters for Egypt as Ethiopia Pushes Nile dam

Under the shade of a tree, Mohamed Omar joined other farmers bickering over who would water their crops first as supply from the Nile to a nearby canal dwindled…

Offshore Wind Power

Nexans Clinched A Landmark Deal to Provide 1000km of Subsea High Voltage Cables for Ørsted

French power solutions company Nexans has clinched a landmark deal to provide the subsea cabling for US windfarms built by Danish energy giant Ørsted.

5 Emerging Energy Technologies to Watch Out For in 2020

2019 was a year of consolidation rather than breakthroughs for clean energy technologies. Will 2020 be different?

Offshore Wind Power

Marine Power Systems Receives Funding to Accelerate Combined Wave And Wind technology

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has been awarded £4.3 million by the European Regional Development Fund to accelerate the development of a floating offshore wave an…

Market Analysis

Installed Solar Capacity is Now Greater than Oil in the United States

According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the first three-quarters of 2019, sol…

Market Analysis

Asian Wind to 'Outpace' Western Europe and North America Combined

Cumulative wind power capacity in Asia is likely to overtake the combined total of North America and Western Europe (NAWE) through 2028, driven by a rapid growt…

Electric Car

VW Electric Cars to be Built in U.S.

In an effort to put “Dieselgate” in the rearview window, VW has reinvented itself as both an American-oriented company and one built on environmental sustaina…

Market Analysis

Why is Pumped Hydro in Australia not Used Very Much?

Everyone recognises that as wind and solar generating capacity continue to grow, more storage capacity will be needed, so that the availability of electricity c…

2nd Central Asia Renewable Energy Summit

Central Asia possesses vast renewable energy resources including solar, wind and water, largely untapped. This huge potential attract more and more investment i…

Market Analysis

​Wind To Power 30% Of Global Electricity Production By 2050 - DNV GL

Wind energy is rapidly becoming the new norm for power generation and will deliver 30% of all global electricity production by 2050, with 12% from offshore wind…

Offshore Wind Power

​Saipem Wins Two Offshore Windfarm Contracts Worth €750m

Italian engineering firm Saipem has been awarded two contracts worth €750m to help build two windfarms off the coasts of Scotland and Taiwan.

​Irish Electricity Company Electricity Supply Board to Buy 50% Stake in EDF Scottish Windfarm

Irish electricity company Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has agreed to purchase a 50% stake in the Neart na Gaoithe offshore windfarm from EDF Renewables, which…

Wind Farm

France's EDF Launches Construction of Scottish Windfarm

French power group EDF, which has faced criticism in Britain over cost over-runs at the Hinkley Point C nuclear project, said it would build a new Scottish wind…

Solar Power Plant

China Helps Kazakhstan Build Solar and Wind Power Plants

China has help implement two renewable energy projects in the Almaty region, southern Kazakhstan – the construction of a 5 MW wind farm and a 1 MW solar power …