Surging wind power propelled renewable energy to provide almost half of the UK’s electricity in the first three months of the year, smashing the previous quarterly clean energy generation record set last year, Official government data has shown that renewable energy accounted for 47% of the...
Australia’s peak mining lobby group – The Minerals Council of Australia – has released a road map to cut carbon emissions at mine sites, in the face of growing criticism from climate action groups. The three-page climate change policy details a ‘collective commitment’ to the goals...
Energy storage company Highview Power has started construction of its first grid-scale liquid air battery in the UK, which will store renewable electricity and reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants. The project, located near Manchester, is the largest of its kind and will use...
Spain’s Iberdrola has had an US$569 million bid for Australian wind and solar firm Infigen Energy accepted, as it looks to further grow its market share in Australia’s renewable energy sector. The Bilbao-based utility is already building a 320MW renewable energy project in South Australia, and...
The offshore wind industry could provide up to 1.4TW of renewable energy capacity by 2050, according to the Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition (OREAC). OREAC, which includes major players in the offshore wind sector such as Ørsted and Equinor, said the figure is possible given the...
SSE Renewables has reached financial close on the 1075MW Seagreen offshore wind project off the coast of Scotland after reaching a deal with Total for a 51% stake in the venture. The clean energy developer will sell the shareholding to French energy major Total for an...
More renewable energy was consumed in the US last year than coal-fired energy for the first time since the 19th century, in a landmark moment for the green energy transition in the global superpower. Renewable energy consumption increased by 1% on 2018 to reach a record...
Renewable energy accounted for 21% of Australia’s electricity generation in 2019, according to latest figures released by Australian Energy Statistics today. Australian renewable energy use grew from 19% in 2018 to 21% last year, largely thanks to surging growth in the large scale solar power sector,...
The UK has become more attractive to renewable energy investors – according to global auditing giant EY - after lifting its block on financial support for onshore wind and solar projects. In its latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), EY ranked the UK as the...
Chemicals and fuels group Sasol has issued a request for information (RFI) on the prospect of potential bidders supplying its heavily polluting South African operations with 600MW of renewable energy. The news comes just a day after the JSE-listed company was excluded from the portfolio of...