Renewables and Efficiency

The low cost of renewable generation could accelerate the green recovery, according to a report.

The ship, which has a lifting capacity of more than 3,000 tonnes, will transport and install wind turbines at Dogger Bank.

Energy firm Vattenfall, steel company SSAB and mining group LKAB are working on a project which aims to deliver the ‘world’s first’ fossil-free iron ore pellets.

FIEE SGR has launched its second fund – the Italian Energy Efficiency Fund II (FIEE II) – with a first close of €127.5m.

Based on the global average of electricity usage, 100GW of wind capacity can help save around 134 million tonnes of CO2 annually.

The 25MW Canadian Hull solar plant, which is located in Southern Alberta, is expected to supply up to 50,000MWh of electricity annually under the 10-year contract.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted GE Research access to a supercomputer for research aimed at accelerating new advancements in offshore wind. GE engineers have been granted access to the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, through DOE’s competitive ALCC (Advanced Scientific Computing Research …

The world’s offshore wind farm capacity could grow eight fold by the end of the decade powered by a clean energy surge led by China, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). A new industry report has revealed stronger than expected growth for the offshore wind industry, which could …

Energy demand has fallen around the world since Covid-19 began to spread, and that has hurt the performance of companies delivering all sorts of power. The solar industry is no exception. One U.S. industry association projected that the pandemic will erase five years’ worth of job growth. But solar stocks …

The pandemic is also expected to cut €1bn from the sales revenue of the wind turbine manufacturer in the full year.