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Renewco to buy 2 GW of US solar and storage projects

13 July 2022

Scottish start-up Renewco Power is expanding into the US with the purchase of a 1.5-GW pipeline of early stage utility-scale solar projects and 500 MW of battery storage projects from Virginia-based Beaufort Rosemary.

UK’s National Grid has unveiled GBP54bn plan for transmission of offshore wind

13 July 2022

National Grid is planning the biggest grid upgrade in 60 years, a £54 bn ($65 bn) plan for upgrading the grid mostly to accommodate offshore wind projects.

IEA: the world needs diverse solar panel supply chains

13 July 2022

Global supply chains, currently heavily concentrated in China, should be diversified, says the IEA in a new special report. This would help ensure a secure transition to net-zero emissions.

US solar and wind plants generate more than nuclear power stations

13 July 2022

For the first time ever in the US, wind and solar produced 18.0% more electricity in the month of April than nuclear. Renewables accounted for a record 29.3% of US electricity generated in April, said the EIA.

NorthAmOil: Suncor CEO steps down following new fatality

13 July 2022

Suncor Energy’s president and CEO, Mark Little, has stepped down from his role following another worker fatality at a site operated by the company.

Canadian sanctions exemption allows for the return of up to six Nord Stream 1 gas turbines

13 July 2022

A sanctions exemption issued by the Canadian government to enable the return of a Siemens turbine to Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline will last for up to two years from now, making possible the import and re-export of a further five turbines.

Algeria's 1-GW solar ambitions to bear first fruit by 2023

13 July 2022

Algeria's Solar 1,000 scheme is expected to begin generating electricity at the end of 2021, when the 30-MW Beni Ounif solar park comes online.

ACEP urges Ghana’s government to invest in associated gas utilisation

13 July 2022

The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), a Ghanaian think-tank, said on July 12 that Accra should consider investing in associated gas utilisation as well as LNG imports.