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A new 500MW solar photovoltaic plant in Spain, described by the Spanish utility Iberdrola as ‘the largest in Europe’ has entered operation. The Núñez de Balboa facility, which involves an investment approaching €300 million (£263m), has more than 1.4 million solar panels and will generate enough clean energy to supply …

The momentum-building global expansion of wind and solar power plant could be stymied for at least year as government restrictions on movement impact construction timeframes and foreign exchanges market contract around the world, according to new forecast by Rystad Energy. The Norwegian analyst group calculates growth in newly commissioned renewables …

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 …

The coronavirus crisis and an unseasonably mild winter in Europe have combined to help Germany reach its 2020 climate target, Agora Energiewende said. Mild temperatures accompanied by strong winter storms have led to rising production levels from wind power farms amid a lower energy consumption for heating, the Berlin-based think-tank …

The Coronavirus economic stimulus packages being drawn up by governments around the world should build-in “large scale” spending on clean energy technologies including wind, solar, green hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS), says Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Investment in renewables, said Birol, in …

The first commercial-scale use of high-temperature solid-oxide electrolysers (SOE) is set for a biofuel refinery in the Netherlands. SOE technology offers highly efficient green-hydrogen production — when using waste heat from nearby sources, it can produce four to six times as much H2 output per kWh as other types of …

Vestas dominated global onshore sales with a total of almost 18GW of orders in 2019.