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Dubai Awards 700 Megawatt Solar CSP Contract For Mammoth Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park
The Gulf emirate of Dubai announced on Saturday the contract for the mammoth Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, a 700 megawatt solar CSP extension awarded to a consortium made up...
More Than 300 Companies Have Set Ambitious Science-Based Climate Targets
More than 300 companies worldwide have now committed to setting ambitious Science Based Targets to reduce emissions, with more than 90 new companies joining this year alone, which also now includes 50...
Total steps up green push with EREN RE and Greenflex deals
Oil giant Total has today further strengthened its expanding portfolio of clean tech interests through major investments in two of Europe's leading green businesses.
The company announced it is to acquire energy efficiency...
Report: Closing Coal Plants Would Save US $10bn a Year
Energy consumers in the US could be paying an extra $10bn a year by 2021 to prop up ageing coal power plants, according to a new study which argues cheap gas and...
DONG Energy Partners With NaiKun Wind Energy Group To Develop 2 Gigawatt British Columbia Offshore Wind Site
Danish offshore wind energy giant DONG Energy has signed a Letter of Intent with the Canadian NaiKun Wind Energy Group for exclusive rights to the Haida Energy Field Offshore Wind Project in...
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...
Veolia Unveils ‘Cupcycling’ Scheme to Turn Coffee Cups into Shopping Bags
From today shoppers in Selfridges will be able to give their green credentials a polish thanks to a new partnership between the department store, waste giant Veolia and papermaker James Cropper, which...
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...
China Plans To Ban Fossil Fuel Vehicles
China’s vice minister of industry and information technology, Xin Guobin, has announced that the Chinese government is currently working on a timeline to end both the production and sales of fossil fuel...
Scottish Government to Ban Fossil Fuel Cars by 2032 Under Green Policy Programme
The Scottish government has today unveiled its legislative plans for the next year, featuring a major low carbon economy focus on electric vehicles, renewable energy, recycling schemes and green investment.
Among 16 proposed...
Sweden Sets Out £485m Green Investment in 2018 Budget
Sweden's government has announced plans to invest SEK5bn (£485m) towards boosting the green economy and tackling climate change in 2018, in what it says is the country's "greatest commitment to climate and...
Veolia Plans to Turn Old Rubbish Dumps into Solar Farms
Waste and resources specialist Veolia has set out plans to install solar across its portfolio of former UK landfills, in order to "better utilise" the sites to generate income from renewable electricity.
As...
Neart Na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm To Have £827 Million Impact On Scottish GDP
A new analysis has found that the 450 megawatt Neart Na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm will contribute an estimated £827 million to Scotland’s national GDP.
The Neart Na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm has...
VOJISLAV MILIJIC: There Is an Easy – Solution Replacing Fossil Fuels with Biomass
In March 2015, UNDP presented the project ‘Reducing barriers for rapid biomass market development in Serbia.’ It’s just one of many projects that encourage the increase of biomass participation in energy production...
Climate Change To Dramatically Shift European Electricity Consumption
A team of scientists from Germany and the United States has determined that rising temperatures due to climate change will have a dramatic impact on Europe’s electricity consumption patterns, culminating in putting...
Alternative Energy: Residential Solar Power Systems Rising in Oklahoma
Residential solar panels are the Oklahoma energy sector’s version of Bigfoot: slowly gaining a larger following among urban dwellers but still elusive.
According to data from the Solar Energy Industries Association, a national...