Renewables

Greens Propose £12bn Renewables Blitz, as Tories Unveil Public Transport Plans

Green Party says investment drive would create 75,000 clean energy jobs, as Tories announce plan for £4.2bn Local Public Transport Fund.

For Hydrogen to be Truly 'Clean' it Must be Made with Renewables, Not Coal

Using hydrogen as a clean fuel is an idea whose time may be coming. For Australia, producing hydrogen is alluring: it could create a lucrative new domestic indu…

Ireland to Open 1st Renewables Auction in Early 2020

The Irish government on Monday gave the green light to the country’s first auction under its new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) that is seen to pa…

Mexican Renewables Hail Court Win Over 'Destructive' Rule Change

The Mexican renewable energy sector is celebrating an early court victory in its fight against retroactive changes that it warned could “destroy” project valu…

Ireland's New Climate Plan Calls for 70% Renewables by 2030

Ireland has published the details of its long-awaited Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) this week, finally unveiling details around how the country wi…

Power Construction

ADB to Provide $451 Million to Strengthen Grid in Southern India

The funds will be used to build an extra-high-voltage transmission link to transmit 9 GW of capacity, including 6 GW of renewables, to the Chennai–Kanyakumari …

LNG

Why Power-to-Gas May Flourish in a Renewables-Heavy World

While still in its infancy, power-to-gas provides a promising approach to convert renewable power into “green” hydrogen and methane, furnishing the renewables…

​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…

Distributed Generation

Better Grid Integration Beats Coal Plant Ramping to Reduce Wind, Solar Curtailment

Wind and solar curtailment is worst where these renewables are poorly integrated into the grid. The further their energy can reach the more regions they can ser…

Tariffs and Tenders Drive Southeast Asia's Renewables Boom

The share of renewables in the region’s power mix could rise from 14.3% to 43% by 2040.

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Power Does Slow Climate Change

Indeed it does. Contrary to claims by those who just don’t like nuclear, every time nuclear plants close, carbon emissions go up. Using opaque financial jargon…

Energy storage technology

How Gravitricity Aims to Balance Renewables on the Grid Through Energy Storage

The UK company has designed an energy storage system that hoists heavy weights up tall vertical shafts then releases them to meet power demand at peak times.

Solar Company

EDF Backs Egyptian Solar Player

EDF Renewables and Egypt-based developer KarmSolar have entered into a strategic partnership targeting commercial solar opportunities in the North African count…

European Regional Development Fund Will Provide £4.3m to Accelerate Wind-Wave Floater

Renewables developer Marine Power Systems (MPS) has been awarded over £4m by the European Regional Development Fund to accelerate the development of floating o…

Coal Mine

How to Make Coal Mining Sustainable

Notwithstanding the optimism over renewables displacing fossil fuels rapidly, coal will continue to dominate India’s electricity generation for at least a coup…