Renewables and Efficiency

The cost of offshore wind has continued to tumble as the UK Government revealed the price for power from new schemes had fallen below £40 per megawatt hour of electricity.

Renewable energy is the most effective climate action tool available.

The revised third edition of Design of Smart Power Grid Renewable Energy Systems integrates three areas of electrical engineering: power systems. power electronics. and electric energy conversion systems. The book also addresses the fundamental design of wind and photovoltaic (PV) energy microgrids as part of smart-bulk power-grid systems. In order to demystify …

An influx of almost £2 billion in investment to the Highlands was put on hold yesterday as a giant wind farm project missed out on a bid to produce power in the Moray Firth.

Google has become the largest corporate buyer of renewable electricity.

The facility. which it plans to install off the coast of Virginia by 2026. would be made up of 220 turbines.

The package consists of 1.600MW of agreements. including 18 new energy deals. which together will boost its worldwide portfolio of wind and solar power by more than 40%.

The Energy Information Administration forecasts power production from wind turbines will rise by 6% in 2019 and 14% next year.

The leasing scheme will enable the development of electricity generation capacity that is enough to meet the needs of more than six million homes.

The US state aims to ensure at least 3.000MW of solar and onshore wind projects are under development by 2022.