Renewables

Wind Farm

140MW Nxuba Wind Farm Ready to Feed into South Africa’s Grid

Nxuba Wind Farm is yet another example of EGP’s commitment to renewables and sustainability in South Africa and globally.

Clean Energy Transition

New York to Transition Seven Peaker Gas-Fired Power Plants

The New York Power Authority is looking at renewables with battery storage and low-to-zero carbon emission technologies to meet the peak energy demands of New Y…

Pumped Storage

Scottish Government Consents to Revised Coire Glas Pumped Storage Scheme

The Scottish Government has given consent for SSE’s Renewables revised Coire Glas pumped storage scheme in Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands.

Australia

Australia Backs CWP Renewables in World’s Biggest Power Plant Project

The Three Gorges Dam is currently the biggest individual producer of electricity on the planet.

Wind Farm

Greencoat Renewables Adds Irish Wind Asset

he An Cnoc project has been acquired featuring five Enercon E70 turbines

Wind Power Project

Ellaktor and EDPR to Develop 900MW Wind Park Portfolio in Greece

Ellaktor, an infrastructure group in Greece, has entered a strategic agreement with renewable energy company EDP Renewables (EDPR) to jointly develop a 900MW wi…

Hardy Takes Reins as Orsted US Offshore Chief

Outgoing Thomas Brostrom will relocate to Europe for a renewables role at an unnamed global energy company

Wind Farm

TRIG Scoops French Wind Project

The Renewables Infrastructure Group has acquired a 100% interest in the Haut Vannier wind project in France, near the city of Dijon.

Market Analysis

UK Wind Capacity to Grow by 1.3GW This Winter

A total of 1300MW of new wind capacity could come online this winter in the UK, according to Cornwall Insight's renewables pipeline tracker report.

Energy Storage Project

Wartsila Storage on Repeat in South-East Asia

Another order from an unnamed client for a 90MW system to help integrate renewables.

Pumped Storage

SSE Wins Govt Nod for 1.5-GW Pumped Storage Scottish Project

The Scottish government has given the thumbs up to a 1.5-GW hydro pumped storage project proposed by the renewables arm of UK utility SSE Plc.

Energy Storage Project

TransAlta Renewables Announces Commercial Operation of WindCharger

TransAlta Renewables Inc. announced that its 10 MW WindCharger battery storage project began commercial operation on October 15, 2020.

Energy Storage Battery

Tesla ‘WindCharger’, Canadian Province Alberta’s First Grid-Scale Battery Storage, is Online

10MW / 20MWh of Tesla Megapacks used for Alberta’s first-ever large-scale battery energy storage system have gone into action as TransAlta Renewables announced…

Energy Storage Battery

India to be World's Largest Market for Battery Storage by 2040: IEA

India will become the largest market for utility-scale battery storage by 2040 as renewables show immunity to the COVID-19 pandemic to emerge as a cost-effectiv…

Biobattery

UK Bioenergy Generation, Capacity Increase in Q2

Renewables accounted for a growing share of U.K. electricity generation during the second quarter of 2020. Generation from bioenergy was up nearly 10 percent du…