Spain and Sweden have the cheapest power purchase agreement (PPA) prices in Europe for wind and solar energy, according to data from Bloomberg NEF’s (BNEF) 1H 2020 European Corporate PPA Price Survey. Sweden, with prices set around €30.50/MWh, is the cheapest market for onshore wind corporate PPAs. In the solar …
Read More »Big Oil Needs to Invest in Wind and Solar
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Big Oil was under significant pressure to speed up their transitions to cleaner forms of energy — from politicians, financiers and climate activists alike. This pressure may have receded from view amid Covid-19 lock downs and massive slumps in oil prices, but there is no reason …
Read More »World’s Wind Power Capacity up by Fifth after Record Year
The Global Wind Energy Council found that wind power capacity grew by 60.4 gigawatts, or 19%, compared with 2018, in one of the strongest years on record for the global wind power industry. The growth was powered by a record year for offshore wind, which grew by 6.1GW to make …
Read More »Covid-19 Brings Spanish Wind Jobs to a Halt
The pandemic has claimed 598 lives to date across the country, as stated by the Spanish Health Ministry.
Read More »Japan Launches Its First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm
Moves to unlock the full potential of Japan’s offshore wind industry are underway with the announcement of a task force set up to accelerate the sector’s development. Ambitions are to see the country’s renewables share increase from 16 percent to 24 percent by 2030 through a mixture of methods – …
Read More »RPMI Marks Second Investment in Renewable Energy with Scottish Wind Farm Acquisition
UK pension fund RPMI Railpen and GreenPower International to share stake of Carraig Gheal Wind Farm.
Read More »Iberdrola to Build €2.4bn Offshore Wind Farm in France
The installed capacity of 496MW will generate enough clean energy to satisfy the needs of around 835,000 consumers.
Read More »EIB Backs Polish Wind Farm with €60m Loan
The new wind park is expected to supply approximately 75,000 households with clean energy.
Read More »Asia Placed 90% of Global Offshore Wind Turbine Order Spree Last Year
Vestas dominated global onshore sales with a total of almost 18GW of orders in 2019.
Read More »Construction of New 250MW Wind Power Plant Begins in Egypt
The new facility is expected to help the country achieve its 2022 clean energy goal.
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