REM - Renewable Energy
Hitachi Energy to help supply 1mn homes in New York with Canadian hydro power
Hitachi Energy has been selected by Transmission Developers to supply a high-voltage direct current converter station that is a key part of the 1,250-MW transmission line for hydro power Québec, Canada and Queens, New York City.
Voters in Swedish coastal town reject 1 GW offshore wind project in advisory vote
Voters in the Swedish coastal town of Söderhamn have voted to ban development of offshore wind energy. The vote is advisory, and not legally binding, but shows the strength of some of the opposition renewable energy plants face.
Global offshore wind goals are sky-rocketing
A global goal of 380 GW of offshore wind in 2030 has been set by stakeholders just days after the Dutch government set a goal of 70 GW by 2050 and ‘North Sea’ countries agreed to collaborate to install at least 260 GW of offshore wind by 2050.
REM: Matrix secures 4.6-GW US solar deal
Matrix secures 4.6-GW US solar deal
Matrix Renewables, the TPG Rise-backed global renewable energy platform has secured a 4.6 GW portfolio of utility-scale solar energy projects across the central US.
US utility-scale solar costs decrease again
According to a new Berkeley Lab report, in the US installed costs of utility-scale solar fell in 2021. Median installed costs declined to $1.35/WAC (or $1.0/WDC) based on a 5.4-GWAC sample of 62 plants completed in 2021.
Children as young as nine working in hazardous Turkish waste recycling centres, HRW report finds
New solar venture to develop 10 GW in North America by 2025
US solar developer Prospect14 and its new partners will develop more than 10 GW in North America by 2025. The new group is named Ampliform.
Swiss Life to purchase 20% stake in Netherlands’ Borssele offshore wind farms
Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, has agreed to sell a 20% stake in a 731.5-MW Dutch offshore wind farm Borssele III / IV to Swiss Life Asset Managers on behalf of its investors.
Biden sets goal of 15 GW of floating offshore wind
The Biden administration has set a goal of 15 GW of floating offshore wind by 2035, in addition to the previous goal of 30 GW of fixed-bottom offshore wind farms by 2030.
Pine Gate contracts 1 GW of late-stage solar projects
Pine Gate Renewables, a renewable energy developer for utility-scale solar and storage, has announced that it has successfully contracted nearly 1 GW of late-stage solar development projects.
Latvia’s state-owned energy group to develop offshore wind farms with Germany's RWE
Lithuania's Ignitis Renewable and Sweden's Sodra Group ink deal for Latvia wind farm
Serbia to modernise heating utilities with EBRD loan
South Africa: city of Durban municipality plans $18bn power plant investments by 2035
Istanbul-listed Karsan gives ‘world launch’ to hydrogen bus at Hannover trade fair
Share of energy from renewable sources in Slovenia up 6.6 pp between 2004 and 2020
Enemalta refuses access to report on Mozura wind farm scandal
PowerChina interested in renewable energy projects in Serbia
EU plans to import renewable hydrogen from North Africa unrealistic from cost perspective
Romanian company plans country's largest wind farm
Uzbekistan’s EV imports up threefold in eight months
China’s Goldwind wins 500-MW order for Uzbekistan wind project
Chinese firms Eagle Canyon and Pacific Goal to build $13bn battery metals industrial park in Zimbabwe
Slovenia’s Sigma Energy deploys device to convert sea waves into electricity
Sigma Energy's full-scale Sigma WEC prototype deployed off Montenegro's Bar in the Adriatic Sea.
Turkish lender Is Bankasi launches renewables energy investment company
ASX-listed Magnis Energy Technologies releases update on Nachu Graphite Project in Tanzania
EBRD and Kazakhstan sign MoU on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
Renault to manufacture first electric vehicles in Morocco by 2023
Nuclear power's share dropped to record low in OECD, but solar jumped to record highs thanks to hot summer
Germany’s decision to take its nuclear power plants offline, coupled with production problems with France’s NPPs, saw the share of nuclear power in the OECD countries year to date fall to its lowest level ever, but solar boomed.
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