Renewables

Clean Energy Transition

Renewables May See a Boost Under a Biden Presidency – Report

In the market analyst’s view, the Democratic nominee has a 70% probability of winning the November 3 election.

Solar Power Plant

BayWa R.E. Acquires Land in Sweden to Develop at Least 100MWp of PV

BayWa r.e. will construct a PV facility in Sweden with a capacity of at least 100MWp, as the renewables developer eyes a significant solar expansion in the coun…

Tidal Energy

Scotland Touts Tidal Energy As The Renewable Of The Future

​Scotland's Tidal Energy Future: Producing 70% of its electricity from renewable resources last year, Scotland is striving to become 100% powered by renewables…

Solar Power Plant

Ignitis Group Acquires 170MW Solar Portfolio in Poland

Ignitis renewables, subsidiary of Ignitis Group, has signed an agreement to acquire a portfolio of solar parks in Poland from the solar developer Sun Investment…

Energy Storage Project

Hawaiian Slands Replace Coal with 300MW of Renewables Plus Storage

Hawaiian Electric has submitted eight contracts for new grid-scale renewable energy and storage projects on O‘ahu and Maui to the Public Utilities Commission f…

Spain

Iberdrola Acquires Japan’s Acacia Renewables with Development Deal

Spanish electric utility company Iberdrola has agreed to buy out Japan’s green energy supplier Acacia Renewables.

Offshore Wind Power

GIG and Iberdrola to Develop Japan’s Offshore Wind Market

Iberdrola has reached an agreement with Macquarie’s Green Investment Group to acquire 100% of the Tokyo-based developer Acacia Renewables.

Power Construction

Philippines' Power Consumption to Contract by 5.9% by End-2020

Slowdown in economic activity and the pandemic to weigh on the power and renewables sector.

Energy Storage Project

India’s Greenko Gets Nearly US$1bn Investment for Big Hybrid Renewables-Plus-Storage Projects

Greenko said that it will be helped along with plans to build multiple gigawatts of renewable energy plants alongside energy storage in India by an investment f…

Wind Farm

Permission Granted for NnG’s Eyemouth Wind Farm Operations Facility

Neart na Gaoithe, a consortium of EDF Renewables and ESB, has secured approval to build an operations and maintenance building for its Eyemouth offshore wind fa…

United States

Renewables Now Generate More Power than Coal Amidst the Pandemic in the U.S.

​During this pandemic, Renewable energy (Hydro, Solar, Wind) dethrones Coal to produce more energy in the United States.

Turkey

Virtual Power Plant in Turkey Balances Renewables with Geothermal Capacities

Five geothermal power plant operators joined Pure Energy’s pool and now the electricity trader can optimize its operations in Turkey with the steady source via…

Wind Farm

Wind Energy in Morocco, EDF Renewables Launches the Taza Wind Farm

The two companies had been selected as “preferred bidder” in April 2012 after a call for tenders issued by the Moroccan National Electricity Office.

Wind Farm

Brazilian JV Unveils 155MW Onshore Development

Brazilian renewables developer AES Tiete has formed a joint venture with Unipar to develop a 155MW wind farm in Brazil.

Energy Storage System

Siemens Supports Transition to Renewables on the Azores

Siemens Smart Infrastructure, in partnership with Fluence, was awarded a contract by the Portuguese energy provider EDA – Electricidade dos Açores – to build…