Tag: renewables

A Third Of Power Capacity Added In India This Year Is Solar

2017 has been a good year for Indian solar power market, if one compares it with the developments in the coal-based power market. Record solar power capacity has been added in India...

Global Wind Turbine Orders Reach 11.6 Gigawatts In 1H’17, Vestas Still Leads

A total of 11,570.9 megawatts worth of wind turbine orders were announced through the first half of 2017, a nearly 2 gigawatt decline on the same time a year ago and over...

German Auction Sees Wind Energy Costs Drop Another 10 Per Cent

Germany's green business community may have endured a volatile few weeks, after disagreements over the future of coal power derailed Angela Merkel's attempts to form a coalition government. But there was some...

Steep Cost Reductions Confirmed as Ribbon Cut on Giant Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm

The giant 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm off the coast of Norfolk was officially opened yesterday, providing further evidence costs are falling sharply across the industry. Operator Statoil and its partners Masdar and...

Tesla Set to Beat 100 Day Deadline for Giant Australian Battery Project

Tesla is set to deliver on its promise to complete the world's largest lithium-ion battery project within 100 days, after the South Australian government today confirmed testing of the high profile installation...

India Installs 2.2 Gigawatts Of Solar In Third Quarter

India installed a total of 2.2 gigawatts worth of solar in the third quarter, up 300 megawatts from the previous quarter, and left another 1 gigawatt unconnected due to grid issues caused...

200 Megawatts To Be Re-Tendered At India’s Largest Solar Power Park

India’s largest solar power park, in Karnataka, will witness a re-tendering of 200 megawatts of capacity shortly. The tender was first issued in July 2017 but was withdrawn the following month. The tender...

China Aims To Plug Renewable Energy Losses By 2020

China may be the largest renewable energy generator in the world, but it still has to sort issues related to integration of wind and solar power in the existing transmission grid. According to...

California To Meet 2030 Renewable Energy Targets By 2020

A new report from the California Public Utilities Commission has concluded that the state’s major utilities have already met or will all soon exceed the state’s 2020 renewable energy target of 33%,...

India’s Wind Energy Generation Up 35% In Q3 2017

Good monsoon winds and a sharp jump in installed capacity helped India generate record wind energy in the July-September 2017 quarter. According to data released by the Indian government, wind energy generation in...

World’s Cheapest Solar Power to be Generated in Mexico

Mexico is on track to generate the world’s cheapest solar power — with prices as low as 1.77¢/kWh, according to Mexico’s Centro Nacional de Control de Energía (Cenace). Mexico’s Department of Energy...

Yingli Solar Begins Construction Of 100 Megawatt Top Runner Project In Inner Mongolia

Chinese solar manufacturer Yingli Solar has announced it has begun construction on its second Chinese Top Runner solar project, a 100 megawatt solar project in Wuhai City, in Inner Mongolia. The Yingli Green...

China on Pace for Record Solar-Power Installations

China, the world’s biggest carbon emitter, is poised to install a record amount of solar-power capacity this year, prompting researchers to boost forecasts as much as 80 percent. About 54 gigawatts will be...

Missouri City Opens Largest Solar Farm in the State

A city in southwest Missouri has opened the largest solar farm in the state. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the new Nixa Solar Energy Farm started providing power this month. City officials predict...

Legal & General Complete First UK Offshore Wind Investment

Legal & General has made its first UK offshore wind investment, today announcing plans to channel £300m into what promises to be the world's largest offshore wind project. The project in question, the...

Statoil Launches “World’s First” Floating Wind Energy Project, Hywind Scotland — Where Will It Lead?

The Norwegian oil firm Statoil confirmed years ago its final investment decision to develop what is now the “world’s first” floating wind energy project — the Hywind wind farm pilot park offshore...

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