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U.S. Solar Industry Sees Phenomenal Growth
The U.S. solar market continued its years-long expansion in the second quarter of 2017 as the industry installed 2,387 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaics (PV), the largest total in a second quarter...
Scotland Breaks Another Wind Power Record
Scotland is celebrating yet another record-breaking month for wind power, new figures show.
Scottish wind turbines provided 846,942 megawatt hours of electricity to the National Grid, enough to supply the power needs of...
Massachusetts Solar Marketplace Changing
Solar power continues to grow in Massachusetts and around the country, but new data shows the source of new installations is changing.
Nationally, the industry installed 2,387 megawatts of solar capacity in the...
Co-ops In Florida Make Rooftop Solar Possible For More People
How does a co-op make rooftop solar systems more affordable? Ten people who band together to buy something usually get a better price than ten people acting individually. That’s the idea behind...
Walney Extension World’s First To Use 8.25 Megawatt Wind Turbines
The 330 megawatt Walney Extension West offshore wind farm has begun wind turbine installation and will go down as the world’s first offshore wind project to use wind turbines rated at 8.25...
UK Renewable Energy Competitive Auction Yields Record Lows & In Excess Of 3 Gigawatts
A total of eleven new electricity projects totaling more than 3 gigawatts were awarded contracts by the UK Government today in the country’s latest competitive auction for Contracts for Difference, including three...
GE Renewable Energy Completes 5,000 Megawatts Worth Of Wind Capacity In Brazil
GE Renewable Energy announced last month that it had successfully installed 5,000 megawatts worth of wind energy capacity in Brazil, making it the first company to accomplish the milestone.
Announced in Rio de...
Finland Completes Its First Ever Offshore Wind Farm
Finland may not be a world-renowned leader in renewable energy, but this month the northern European country announced the completion of its first ever offshore wind farm, the 42 megawatt Tahkoluoto wind...
Wind Power Saves Over $100 Billion In Health Care Costs In US, Study Finds
A study done by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and published by Nature Energy in August finds that wind power in the United States is responsible for saving thousands of lives and over...
Offshore Wind Costs Have Dropped by More Than 50% in Under 5 Years
Government figures, to be published by National Grid this week, are expected to show that the price paid for electricity from offshore wind farms has dropped by more than 50% in under...
Government To Push Four Stalled Hydro Power Projects For Completion This Year
The government is planning to commission at least four hydro-power projects fully or partially this year, especially in the northeast region, which has over 40 percent of India’s stalled projects, a senior...
Offshore Wind Power Cheaper than New Nuclear
Energy from offshore wind in the UK will be cheaper than electricity from new nuclear power for the first time.
The development, revealed in figures from the government, has been seen as a...
Madison West High School Students Seeking to Install 100 Solar Panels Atop School
A student group at West High School has set an ambitious goal of raising $50,000 to install 100 solar panels on the roof of the school.
If the West Green Club can meet...
Japan’s Biomass Power Capacity Seen rowing 50% by Early 2020s
Biomass power plants in Japan will be able to meet the electricity needs of at least 9 million households by the early 2020s, up 50% from the current level, a sign that...
Enel Starts Construction of Largest Wind Farm in Peru
Multinational energy business Enel has announced that construction has begun on Wayra I, its first wind farm in Peru. In a statement on Monday, Enel said that construction would be via its...
Commercial Operations Begin at Vietnam’s 260-MW Trung Son Hydropower Plant
The first hydropower project in Vietnam financed by the World Bank, the US$412 million 260-MW Trung Son hydropower project, began commercial operation on Sept. 6.
The facility is located in Trung Son commune,...