Renewables and Efficiency

Solar PV is to become Europe’s leading source of power within the next five years, International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol has said. Speaking at SolarPower Europe’s SolarPower Summit, held virtually this year, Birol, executive director at the IEA, teased new details to be released in this year’s World …

In France, government support for renewable energies will rise by 25% in the upcoming 2021 budget to exceed a record €6 billion, the country’s ministry for ecological transition announced on Sep. 17. The financial injection will be aligned with the government’s longer-term energy roadmap, released in April of this year, …

The Asia Pacific (APAC) power generation sector could record investment of up to $1.5 trillion by 2030, largely driven by solar and wind projects, Kallanish Energy reports. A new report from Wood Mackenzie found that solar and wind represent $1 trillion, or two-thirds of investment opportunities in APAC throughout the …

Equinor said Wednesday it has partnered up with utilities Jera and J-Power to jointly bid in Japan’s planned first offshore wind auction, Kallanish Energy reports. Together the consortium plans to submit a bid to develop two offshore wind farms as soon as the Japanese government officially launches the tender. The …

The agreement covers the development of infrastructure required for EV charging for central government, local authorities, hospitals and other public sector bodies.

Its clean energy generation would offset around 4.7m tons of CO2, equivalent to the emissions from more than 938,000 cars a year.

Greencoat UK Wind is buying the 25.1% interest, which equates to 92MW of capacity.

The 143MW wind farm will generate enough electricity to power around 90,000 homes.

The 200-metre-tall turbines are expected to produce 62GWh of clean electricity every year, enough to power almost 20,000 homes.

The batteries will serve as a power reserve, provide grid support and enable the increased use of renewable energy.