One of the UK’s largest energy suppliers has responded to rising public concern over the climate crisis by switching its 3.3 million customers to 100% renewable electricity – at no extra cost. E.ON said that around half of its output would come from its own renewable...
European energy supplier E.ON has announced it will retire a ‘pioneering’ offshore wind farm in the UK, which began generating renewable energy almost two decades ago off the coast of Northumberland. The 4MW Blyth Offshore Wind Farm was built by a consortium led by E.ON in...
Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) has been ranked number one in the 2017 S&P Global Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings, beating ExxonMobil to claim the title of the world’s largest energy firm. The Russia-based company, which is the world’s largest producer of gas, topped the list which...
Germany energy firm E.ON (ETR:EOAN) has confirmed it has made an investment with Ampyx Power to test airborne wind energy, a new technology based around offshore tethered drones. Ampyx, a Dutch wind energy technology firm, has developed a 2MW Airborne Wind Energy System (AWES), which will...
Statoil (STO:STLO) will partner with Germany’s E.ON Energy (ETR:EOAN) on a US$1.35 billion Arkona offshore wind farm project in the German Baltic Sea. The Norwegian firm will take a 50 per cent stake in the 385MW wind project. E.ON plans to construct the wind park 35km...