REM - Renewable Energy

Swedish company mulls large offshore wind farm northwest of Estonia’s Saaremaa island

Zambia's president commissions $150mn Chinese-funded water supply project

Babcock & Wilcox environmental unit signs $18mn Africa deal

Babcock & Wilcox’s environmental business segment has been awarded an $18mn contract to provide advanced environmental equipment to reduce emissions for a power plant in Africa, it has revealed.

BP, Eni complete formation of Azule Energy JV in Angola

BP (UK) and Eni (Italy) have completed the process of establishing Azule Energy, a new joint venture that will combine both companies’ upstream, LNG and solar energy assets in Angola.

First Siemens Gamesa recyclable blade at offshore wind project

Green energy has been delivered from the world’s first turbine equipped with Siemens Gamesa’s recyclable blades. The technology's first commercial installation recently took place at RWE Renewables’ Kaskasi offshore wind power off Germany.

US Bechtel interested in construction of hydropower plant Djerdap 3 in Serbia

Zero-carbon housing a key battleground for climate change

Zero-carbon housing is a key battleground in combating climate change and global warming, as the residential building sector across Europe has the potential to cut fossil fuel dependency and reduce emissions.

New York solicits 2 GW of offshore wind

New York State has issued a request for 2 GW of offshore wind projects. The solicitation is the state’s third for offshore wind.

Spain’s Iberdrola acquires close to 98 MW of wind and solar power projects in Poland

MasTec to acquire renewable energy developer IEA

US engineering and construction company MasTec has agreed to acquire renewable-focused infrastructure developer Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives (IEA) in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $1.1bn.

Australia's Orion Metals reports busy Q2 at South Africa projects, bullish on copper, zinc future

Iberdrola, BP to collaborate on EV charging and green hydrogen

Iberdrola and BP have announced plans to form a strategic collaboration to accelerate the energy transition and to significantly expand fast EV public charging infrastructure to support the adoption of electric vehicles.

Enefit Green to establish Estonia’s largest wind project

Estonia’s Enefit Green, part of Eesti Energia’s group of companies, has signed an agreement to acquire the Tootsi wind farm project from Eesti Energia and plans to build the wind farms in Tootsi and Sopi simultaneously

Approval for Norsk Solar’s 18-MW solar PV project in Brazil

Norsk Solar has announced that the board of directors of Nordic Impact Co-operation (NIC) has approved the construction of six solar PV plants with a capacity of 18 MW in Brazil.

Raisi calls for ‘serious’ pursuit of Iran’s Helmland River water rights from Afghanistan

At least 53 confirmed dead in Iran flash floods

Nordex Group wins contract for Finnish wind farm

A consortium comprising Finnish energy utility Helen and Ålandsbanken Wind Power Fund has commissioned the Nordex Group to supply and install 25 N163/5.X turbines for the 147.5-MW Karahka wind farm.

Rosatom, Vietnam’s An Xuan Energy sign wind power agreement

Russia’s NovaWind and An Xuan Energy have signed a co-operation agreement for construction of a wind farm in Vietnam.

Japan and South Korea hit solar power records in May

South Korea and Japan have both achieved new solar records in May in the midst of a coal and gas crisis, energy think-tank Ember said.

Europe must double wind and solar deployment

EU countries need to double the rate of annual wind and solar capacity additions to reach the volumes required to meet the 1.5C aligned 2030 green capacities, think-tank Ember said in a recent report.

India’s ReNew Power signs MoU to build $8bn green hydrogen plant in Suez Canal Economic Zone

EVs in Uzbekistan bring problems and prospects

Number of imports up dramatically, but most market players doing little by way of providing electric vehicle servicing and infrastructure. That needs to change.

Turkey’s claimed discovery of huge rare earths deposit encounters more scepticism

Turkey’s new $2.2bn Hunutlu coal-fired power plant said to make mockery of promises to tackle climate change

World Bank Group member MIGA backs construction of 20MW solar photovoltaic plant in Malawi