Renewables

Wind Farm

Octopus Energy Enters German Renewables Market

Octopus Energy Group’s generation arm has signed its first renewable generation deal in Germany, helping to boost the country’s energy security.

Carbon Emissions

EDF Renewables Wins Three Solar+Storage Contracts in New York

EDF Renewables North America has announced three solar projects were awarded long-term contracts by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority as …

Net Zero Emission

Enel Exits Gas-Fired Plant to Become 100% Renewable in Brazil

Enel Brasil has signed a deal to sell its entire stake in a 327-MW gas-fired thermal power plant to local energy firm Eneva SA (B3:ENEV3), thus becoming 100% re…

China

Which Countries Make Up Most of the World’s Renewables

Mainland China, India, and Japan are amongst the five entities that account for 77% of the world’s renewables.

Energy Storage Battery

Zinc Batteries Power Stationary Energy Storage

As solar, wind and other renewable resources play a larger role on the power grid, renewables’ essential partner—energy storage—must keep pace to provide pow…

Hydrogen Production

UAE’s Masdar to Develop 4 GW of Renewable and Green Hydrogen Projects in Azerbaijan

The UAE's Masdar said June 5 that it has signed two agreements to develop 4 GW of renewables projects in Azerbaijan.

Solar Power Plant

Shell Plans Hybrid Solar+Wind Project to Support Dutch Grid

Shell and Inaccess have partnered on a hybrid renewables project in the Netherlands, consisting of a 50MW photovoltaic power plant and a 50MW wind farm.

United States

TotalEnergies to Buy Stake in US Renewables Firm Clearway Energy

TotalEnergies SE said it will acquire a stake in a large US renewables developer, another move by the European energy giant to expand its footprint in the Ameri…

Energy Transition

Australia Under ‘Dramatic Transformation’ as It Adds 50GW Renewables

The country expects its electricity will be supplied by renewable sources by 2025.

Energy Transition

How AI Innovation Is Enabling the Energy Transition

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being introduced in utility use cases from renewables integration to resilience and more.

EU

Renewables and Clean Transport Among Projects Backed With €7.3M EU Funding

The funding will enable companies and utilities to implement measures for protection against a more extreme climate and other disasters.

Distributed energy

UK Startup Develops Brayton Pumped Thermal Tech for Renewables Storage

UK-based Synchrostor has developed a new pumped thermal energy storage (PTES) system. It is purportedly fully reversible in 30 milliseconds and can achieve a ro…

Coal Price

It’s Now Cheaper to Switch From Coal to Renewables Instead of Coal to Gas, Report Shows

According to the findings of climate analytics firm TransitionZero, it is now cheaper to switch from coal to clean energy, compared to switching from coal to ga…

Offshore Wind Power

Ørsted and TotalEnergies Partner on Dutch Offshore Wind Tenders

Danish renewables company Ørsted and energy company TotalEnergies have jointly submitted bids for the two Dutch offshore wind tenders for Holland Coast West. …

Wind Farm

Onshore Wind Contributes £106M in Rates to Scotland’s Economy, Industry Says

Scottish Renewables said the figure shows the benefits of wind farms are not just environmental.