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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...
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...
GM To Buy 200 Megawatts Of Wind Energy For Ohio & Indiana Facilities
US automotive behemoth GM has announced it will purchase 200 megawatts worth of wind energy to meet 100% of the electricity needs of its Ohio and Indiana manufacturing facilities.
GM announced this week...
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 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...
Policy Shift Puts 3 Gigawatts of Wind Energy Capacity in India for Sale
As India moves towards competitive auctions and away from incentives, companies that do not engage in renewable energy generation as their core business are now looking to offload these assets.
According to recent...
Renewable Energy To Exceed Thermal Power Capacity In India By 2027, Says Government Study
The rapid growth in renewable energy sector in India will easily overtake that in the thermal power sector and would result in more renewable energy capacity being operational than thermal power capacity...
AEMO Will Trial Ability Of Wind Farms To Stabilize South Australia’s Grid
An Australia-first trial to demonstrate the ability of wind farms to provide crucial grid stabilising services traditionally supplied by “baseload” coal and gas plants, is now set to begin in October.
The South...
Wind and Solar Power Helped Prevent Up To 12,700 Deaths
The massive increase in wind and solar energy helped prevent the premature deaths of up to 12,700 people over a nine-year period in the US, according to new research which illustrates the...
It’s Official: Nuclear Power Can’t Compete With Renewables
The nuclear revival the global industry has been hoping for took another hammer blow this week when two reactors under construction in South Carolina were abandoned, only 40 percent complete.
The plan had...
IRAN: The Largest Solar Power Plant Opened
The newly opened Mokran Solar Power Plants Complex is the latest proof of Iran’s ambitions in renewable energy.
The country’s biggest solar plant was constructed in the eastern province of Kerman in six...
What Is The Future For Nuclear Power Plants?
With an ever-growing need for power, countries across the globe are constantly looking for the most economical, logical and sustainable solutions to meet demand. At the same time specialist recruiters such as...
Major solar power project to provide electricity at night
A major solar power project in the Middle East will provide electricity during the night, the developers have said.
The $1bn (£770m) scheme will provide up to 200 megawatts to the grid in...
The Largest Wind Farm In The US Is Being Built In Wyoming, And Lawmakers Want To Raise Wind Tax
There’s the Wyoming you see on postcards — the snow-dusted mountains and caramel-colored prairies where movie stars build their second homes. But there’s another Wyoming — the one that powers America’s homes and businesses. The Cowboy...
DONG Energy Signs 752 MW Wind Turbine Supply Agreement With Siemens Gamesa For Borssele 1 & 2
Danish wind energy giant DONG Energy has announced that it has signed a contract with wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa for the supply of 752 megawatts worth of wind turbines for the...
Greenpeace: Renewables to Undercut All Other Forms of Power Across the G20 by 2030
Renewables have been cheaper or equal in price to power from new coal or nuclear plants in around half of G20 countries since 2015, according to a new Greenpeace commissioned report, which...
