Category:Renewable Energy

Tripling Renewables by 2030 Requires a Minimum of 16.4 Per Cent Annual Growth Rate

The Renewable Energy Statistics 2024 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today shows that despite renewables becoming the fastest-growing source of power, the world risks missing the tripling renewables target...

New UK Government plans big push on wind

The UK’s new Labour Government has great ambitions for accelerating the deployment of wind energy, both onshore and offshore. To deliver on their new goals they will need a massive overhaul of...

Immediate Actions Needed to Unblock Grid Capacity for More Wind Energy

The EU wants to increase its wind energy capacity from 220 GW today to 425 GW by 2030 and 1,300 GW by 2050. Wind is key to energy security, affordable electricity and...

First-Ever Global Renewables Summit Announced to Drive Action to Triple Renewable Power by 2030

The Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) and Bloomberg Philanthropies, in partnership with the governments of Barbados and Kenya, the European Commission, the COP28 and COP29 Presidencies, the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International...

Negative Bidding Continues to Burden Offshore Wind Development

Germany and the Netherlands have recently issued the results of their latest offshore wind auction. They awarded a total capacity of 6.5 GW. That’s good for Europe’s energy transition. But the auction...

First Net-Zero Academy to Train 100,000 Workers in the EU Solar Photovoltaic Value Chain

The Commission has launched the European Solar Academy, the first in a series of EU Academies to be set up under the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) to have in place the necessary...

Renewables and Grid Flexibility Would Slash Electricity Prices by a Quarter by 2030, by a Third by 2040

Boosting renewables, electrification and flexibility would structurally ease electricity costs for consumers, increase European competitiveness, and reinforce the business case for solar. New modelling shows that electrification and flexibility can slash average day-ahead...

Global Solar Installations Almost Double in 2023 But Leaves Emerging Economies in the Dark

2023’s new solar installations would cover more than half of India’s annual electricity needs or more than Brazil’s entire consumption. Compared to Europe, the annual installations would exceed the total yearly electricity...

French Auction Results are not the new Benchmark for Floating Wind in Europe

Last month France published the results of its 250 MW floating offshore wind auction off South Brittany (AO5). The winning bid was awarded at 86 euros /MWh – a record-low for floating...

Algae Offer Great Potential for Energy Production

The idea that algae can be used for the production of green energy is not new, and numerous universities have presented their concepts of facilities that generate electricity using these organisms. Among them...

Can Floating Solar Power Plants Cover the Entire Energy Consumption of a Country?

Certain countries have huge potential when it comes to floating solar power plants, and new research shows that some of them could be entirely dependent on this energy source. Researchers from Bangor and...

New Analysis Reveals European Solar Battery Storage Market Increased by 94 per cent in 2023

Latest analysis from SolarPower Europe reveals that, in 2023, Europe installed 17.2 GWh of new battery energy storage systems (BESS); a 94 per cent increase compared to 2022. This marks the third...

Investment in Clean Energy This Year is Set to be Twice the Amount Going to Fossil Fuels

Despite pressures on financing, global investment in clean energy is set to reach almost double the amount going to fossil fuels in 2024, helped by improving supply chains and lower costs for...

STOP SHOP in Zaječar to Have a New Solar Power Plant

The CPI Property Group announced that the implementation of the new solar power plant project in Zaječar is underway. Many years of experience and numerous successful projects implemented by MT-KOMEX's team of...

Rapid rollout of clean technologies makes energy cheaper, not more costly

Speeding up the move to clean energy technologies improves the affordability of energy and can relieve pressures on the cost of living more broadly, according to a new IEA special report released...

French Municipality Plans to Build a Solar Power Plant in a Cemetery

An unusual solar venture will soon be realized in the French municipality of Saint-Joachim, more precisely in the municipal cemetery. As reported by the French media, the municipality intends to install 5,000 solar...
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