Renewables and Efficiency

US technology and e-commerce group Amazon.com Inc has further expanded its portfolio of renewable energy projects backing its European operations, adding more than 1 GW of clean energy capacity as it works to achieve its overall renewables goal. The tech giant, which is the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable …

India plans to introduce new rules requiring domestic manufacturers to make solar cells and other key components in the solar module supply chain, India’s Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy, Raj Kumar Singh, said on Friday. The new rules could be introduced in a couple of years, the …

The capacity of Iran’s renewable power plants has reached 1,088.18 megawatts (MW), the country’s Energy Ministry announced. Based on the Energy Ministry data, of the mentioned total capacity, 364.89 MW is supplied by wind power plants, 465.65 MW is provided by solar power plants, 99.47 MW is supplied by small …

Bitcoin miners use an estimated 348 terawatt hours of electricity per year, and with the world increasingly moving to renewables, some are asking the question: just where does Bitcoin get its electricity? To answer that question, Visual Capitalist’s Chris Deckert partnered with HIVE Digital to visualize data from the Cambridge …

The world’s largest offshore wind farm, the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in UK waters, has achieved first power and started sending electricity to the UK national grid, the developers of the project said on Tuesday, hailing the major milestone at the offshore wind farm whose construction continues. Dogger Bank Wind …

UAE-based energy company Masdar has launched four wind farms with a total capacity of 103.5MW, as part of the UAE wind programme. The project sites are Sir Bani Yas Island in Abu Dhabi with 45MW of wind capacity and a 14MW solar farm, two 27MW wind farms on Delma Island …

Europe is losing the global race for solar components manufacturing due to high energy and labor costs and supply chain issues, according to solar industry executives who say the EU lacks incentives for manufacturers to plan future investments. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and facing competition from China and …

Europe’s solar power industry has warned policymakers not to impose tariffs on imports, amid fears that disrupting supplies of products from China would seriously damage Europe’s ability to rapidly install clean energy. The call comes as Brussels and European governments consider tougher action on imports as they seek to expand …

The European Union could move from one heavy energy dependence to another as the achievement of its green energy targets could depend on China as much as the EU’s gas deliveries depended on Russia until two years ago. The EU is sticking to its net-zero targets, and the European Parliament …

Renewable energy sources are expected to generate more than 50% of Germany’s electricity this year, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said at a conference in Berlin on Monday. However, the minister from the Green party who is also responsible for climate action, warned that Europe’s biggest economy needs to accelerate the …