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The demand for global electricity is growing faster than renewable energy capacity and therefore will require more power to be generated from fossil fuels. That’s according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which found renewable energy is not expanding quickly enough to meet the strong rebound …

Nearly 25.7% of the total US electricity production in April, came from renewable energy sources, including solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower and biomass. A SUN DAY Campaign analysis of new data released by the US Energy Information Administration suggests solar and wind output during the month was 29.9% and 22.1% greater …

Wind power produced 21.9% of the country’s electricity consumed last year.

That’s according to official BEIS figures, which suggest wind, solar and bioenergy recorded increases ranging between 5% and 20%.

Nearly one-in-six passenger cars registered in Europe was electrically-charged.

EIA estimates that wind accounted for 9% of US electricity generation in 2020.

Scheme will recycle turbine blades for use in cement industry. Danes want to be seen as world’s best in reusing wind tech.

The loss is equivalent to a 100-metre thick sheet of ice covering the whole of the UK, according to new research.

That includes the 163MW Elm Branch and 153MW Briar Creek solar projects that are expected to offset greenhouse gas emissions by a total of 370,000 metric tons annually.

An estimated 15.4GW of utility-scale solar capacity is forecast to be added to the grid in the new year, surpassing the 12GW increase in 2020.