REM - Renewable Energy

AMEA Power gets development bank funding to build 120-MW solar plant in Tunisia

PANNIER: Climate change brings neverending energy crisis to Kyrgyzstan

Drought and melted glaciers mean a lack of water for hydro-electricity generation and the last-resort use of more dirty coal to provide power.

Solar energy production surged 300% in Latvia over past year

Greek PPC seeks to buy Lukoil’s wind farms in Romania

UK’s Rishi Sunak delays climate targets as election looms

The beleaguered conservative prime minister also told reporters that he will delay a ban on selling new petrol and diesel cars to 2035 from 2030 to 2035, slow down plans dramatically to phase out gas boilers and turn down calls to regulate efficiency

Mey Energy completes construction of 55 MW Novaci solar power plant in North Macedonia

Slovenia’s SIJ mulls sustainable bonds issue

EBRD provides €70m in modernisation and green investment financing to TurkTraktor

Chinese companies mining for lithium in Zimbabwe form association

UNECE explores car sharing and carpooling potential in Bishkek

Norway’s Scatec inaugurates solar farms in Cameroon

Ghana nuclear power agency poised to select strategic partner by end-2023 to build first NPP

Iran’s largest biorefinery to go public

Iran’s leading biorefinery company Zagros Green Fuel Development Company is set to debut its shares on the Tehran Stock Exchange in October as the first project-based company in the Iranian capital market.

Siemens Energy may face lawsuits over turbine failures

Several US law firms are said to be investigating the possibility of initiating class action lawsuits against Siemens Energy after turbine failures led to a collapse of its stock. Its share price fell by some 36% in June.

KoBold, backed by billionaires Gates, Bezos and Bloomberg, targets 2033 Zambia copper mine launch

Ghana launches $550bn energy transition plan for achieving net-zero emissions by 2060

EBRD extends $37mn loan to Moroccan pharmaceutical firm Dislog

China's CGN to establish renewable energy base in Laos

In mid-September, the Chinese state-owned energy corporation, China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN), cemented an agreement with the Lao Government to construct a renewable energy base in Laos, as reported by Reuters.

Blackrock-owned Akaysha and Itochu form alliance for battery storage projects in Japan

Developer Akaysha, owned by global asset management giant Blackrock, and Japanese conglomerate Itochu have joined forces to embark on an alliance aimed at spearheading the development of battery storage projects in Japan.

Structural defects postpone Japan’s first floating offshore wind farm

Commissioning of Japan’s Goto City Offshore Wind Power Generation Project has been postponed by two years following the discovery of defects in the floating structures used for the project.

Japanese offshore wind a victim of renewed interest in nuclear power

As Japan works to bring online an increasing number of its long-mothballed nuclear power plants, one unintended victim of the need for large quantities of power looks like its offshore wind (OSW) sector.

Mitsui, Northland to partner on 1-GW offshore wind project off Taiwan

Canadian developer Northland Power and Japanese trading conglomerate Mitsui & Co. have financed the 1-GW Hai Long wind project off Taiwan.

Indonesia's electricity provider invests in biomass ecosystem

PT PLN (Persero) of Indonesia is developing a biomass ecosystem as an alternative raw material to replace coal, with a focus on community engagement from end to end.

Earth’s energy imbalance – world is starting to cook

The earth’s energy is out of balance and the world is starting to cook, says a new report. The authors include James Hansen, who testified to the US Congress on global heating as long ago as 1988.

Greek agriculture devastated for five or more years

Storm Daniel wiped out a quarter of Greece’s annual farming production, as a result of deadly flash flooding that submerged fields and drowned livestock.