REM - Renewable Energy

30 June 2022

Wood Mackenzie – limited upside for US solar in 2022 but much higher for 2023

29 June 2022

Wood Mackenzie says there is limited upside for US solar in 2022 but much higher potential for 2023. This is following President Joe Biden’s executive orders on June 6 regarding imports of solar panels and US domestic solar manufacturing.

Siemens Gamesa cements front-runner status as leading Western offshore wind turbine supplier

29 June 2022

Siemens Gamesa (SG), the world leader in offshore wind turbine market share, has clinched a firm order for the delivery of 60 units of its SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine at the Moray West offshore wind power project in Scotland.

German wind association appeals to lawmakers to get onshore wind energy expansion on track

29 June 2022

In Germany, the Bundestag is discussing the recently submitted drafts of the new Wind-on-Land Act and the amendment to the Federal Nature Conservation Act in the first reading on June 24.

R Power Group plans to install more than 1 GWp of solar projects in Italy within one year

29 June 2022

Poland’s solar developer R Power Group says it will have installed more than 1 GW of solar projects in one year.

Norway to become green industrial giant with offshore wind, hydrogen and batteries

29 June 2022

Norway’s government has launched a plan for the country to become a green industrial giant using seven focus areas, including offshore wind, hydrogen and batteries.

REM: Norway to become green industrial giant with offshore wind, hydrogen and batteries

29 June 2022

Norway’s government has launched a plan for the country to become a green industrial giant using seven focus areas, including offshore wind, hydrogen and batteries.

Denmark´s Export Credit Agency grants record-breaking loan to Iberdrola for purchasing wind turbines

29 June 2022

EKF, Denmark´s Export Credit Agency, has approved a €1bn ($1.05 bn) credit facility to the Spanish energy company Iberdrola for the purchase of wind turbines from two Danish companies, Vestas and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.

DP Energy, Iberdrola advance 1-GW Shelmalere offshore wind project planned off Ireland

29 June 2022

Ireland-based DP Energy and Spain’s Iberdrola have published a scoping report on the environmental impact assessment report for the proposed 1-GW Shelmalere offshore wind farm off Wicklow and Wexford counties on the east coast of Ireland.

Biden launches federal-state partnership on offshore wind

29 June 2022

President Joe Biden has formed a federal-state offshore wind partnership to help roll out US offshore-wind installations and the nascent supply chain. The partnership, which is vital to the US energy transition, was launched at the White House.

OX2 submits permit application for 5.5-GW Aurora off Sweden

29 June 2022

OX2 has submitted a permit application to construct a 5.5-GW offshore wind farm in the Swedish Economic Zone between the islands of Gotland and Öland.

Ocean Winds to invest $3.15 bn in offshore wind by 2025 – EDP

29 June 2022

Ocean Winds plans to invest $3.15bn in offshore wind by 2025, says one of the joint venture partners, EDP, which is Portugal’s largest utility. This is according to EDP’s CEO, Miguel Stilwell d'Andrade, in an interview with Reuters.

Five countries seek delay for EU petrol and diesel ban

29 June 2022

Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania are seeking to push back by five years EU proposals to slap a ban on selling new petrol and diesel cars from 2035.

Arctic in meltdown

29 June 2022

The Arctic is now heating up seven times faster than the rest of the world, with the region’s ice in danger of melting completely by 2050.

UK pledges to guarantee $2bn of debt extended by African Development Bank (AfDB) to governments

28 June 2022

The United Kingdom will guarantee $2bn of the debt extended by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the continent’s governments, bank president Akinwumi Adesina has revealed.

Did Russia steal panels from Ukraine's largest solar farm?

25 June 2022

A debate has been sparked online after local media in Ukraine reported that Russian forces stole solar panels from the Tokmak Solar Energy farm in the partially occupied Zaporizhzhya region.

EIB to invest in green energy in Mauritania

24 June 2022

The Mauritanian and EIB Presidents have signed a declaration on green hydrogen cooperation

Reducing investment in fossil fuels can fund Europe’s energy transition

24 June 2022

Europe’s electricity system could become greener, more secure and more resilient while not requiring any funding if the right investments are made to replace increasingly expensive fossil fuels.

Coal investment remains major threat to green dream

24 June 2022

An 8% rise in global energy investment in 2022 to $2.4 trillion, driven by a 12% rise in clean energy spending, is still far from enough to tackle the energy crisis and to put the world on the path to a greener and more secure energy future.

World has moral responsibility to support vulnerable Africa’s green transition, says IEA

24 June 2022

The wider world has a moral responsibility drive forward the green transition in Africa, which has seen considerable slippage in growth rates since the COVID pandemic.

China faces floods as impact of climate change is felt

24 June 2022

Parts of China are seeing their worst flooding in decades as 500,000 homes are damaged, roads collapse and some houses are swept away.