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TransCanada Selling Ontario Solar Power Holdings in Move Against Renewable Energy Trend

TransCanada Corp. is offloading its only solar power holdings in a $540-million deal as it moves against the industry trend of investing more in renewables. The company said Wednesday it was selling the...

GE Renewable Energy Continues Strong 2017 Growth

GE Renewable Energy recorded yet another strong quarter with $3 billion in orders and double the growth in its international onshore wind orders, according to figures pulled out of GE’s larger third-quarter...

Quitting Coal: New Global Survey Names the Companies, Countries and Cities

More than a quarter of the 1,675 companies that owned or developed coal-fired power capacity since 2010 have entirely left the coal power business, according to new research from CoalSwarm and Greenpeace....

LG to Support the Production of 100,000 Electric Cars per Year with New Battery Factory

LG is trying to position itself as an important new auto supplier for the transition to electric vehicles. The Chevy Bolt EV helped them recently since they manufacture several of the most...

Reconditioning Wind Farms Can Extend Their Lives

Around 40% of Germany’s wind turbines will soon be 15-years old. The French, Italian, Spanish, and British fleets are also aging. More than 86 gigawatts of Europe’s wind capacity is scheduled to...

UK and Canada to Champion Global Coal Phase-Out Alliance

The UK and Canada have together challenged countries around the world to join them in bringing an end to coal-fired power, yesterday inviting other nations to join a new global alliance to...

Reports: All Dutch Coal Plants to Close by 2030 as Coalition Deal Finalised

The Netherlands has become the latest country to signal an end to coal-fired power, reportedly setting a date to close all its coal plants by 2030 as part of a deal between...

Plastic Bottle Deposit Return Scheme Could Save England’s Councils £35m a Year

Councils across England could save up to £35m every year if the government introduces a deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and other drinks containers, according to a new report. Earlier this...

Copenhagen Mayor Wants to Phase Out Diesel Cars: ‘It’s Not a Human Right to Pollute the Air for Others’

Copenhagen's mayor proposed a ban on new diesel cars entering the city's environmental zone, a low-emission area that basically covers the whole of the capital, as early as 2019. "It's not a human...

China Holds On to Renewables Market Top Spot

China remains the most attractive market for renewables ahead of both India and the US, while the Middle East and North Africa are becoming increasingly important regions for clean energy activity, according...

China Is Showing the World What Renewable Energy Dominance Looks Like

The growth of solar energy continues to outpace forecasts and this growth, according to a report published Wednesday by the International Energy Agency, (IEA) "is a China story." While China today is far...

Saudi Arabia Gets Cheapest Bids for Solar Power in Auction

Saudi Arabia received offers to supply solar electricity for the cheapest prices ever recorded, marking the start of a $50 billion program to diversify the oil producer’s domestic energy supplies away from...

Catholic Church to Make Record Divestment from Fossil Fuels

More than 40 Catholic institutions are to announce the largest ever faith-based divestment from fossil fuels, on the anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi. The sum involved has not been...

Europe Could Attract $417 Billion With Higher Wind-Power Target

Europe’s wind power industry may attract 351 billion euros ($417 billion) of investment by 2030 if countries adopt reforms and targets for their energy systems in the next year, trade association WindEurope...

‘Unacceptable’: European Fossil Fuel Subsidies top €112bn a Year

European governments are continuing to hand out more than €112bn a year in fossil fuel subsidies, despite having signed up to a commitment to phase out harmful subsidies by 2020. That is the...

Vietnam To Launch Solar Power Auctions

The World Bank and the Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) have joined hands to implement a pilot auction program for solar projects. According to a local media report, the program is...

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