Renewable energy

More offshore renewable energy is needed to meet Europe’s climate goals, but permits for new sites need to be approved quicker, according to the European Parliament.

The mooring design is based on the traditional technologies from the mooring of oil & gas floating structures. Once a turbine is installed on a floater ...

The exponential increase in renewable energy sources is vital, and it is important to enable the vast circularity potential of these technologies.

Solar power is now the cheapest source of electricity in history. To continue its expansion many have looked to the benefits of floating solar farms.

The installation of solar PV systems on homes, commercial buildings and industrial facilities is set to take off over the next five years ...

The largest-ever wind turbines will be used at the Dogger Bank offshore windfarm in the North Sea over the next few years ...

Check the national regulation regarding extreme power shortage situations, and educate either the regulator or the balance responsible power companies. Do not accept capacity arguments for subsidies to fossil fuels.

Ambitious countries and companies are showing the way with a strategy that could help eliminate the risk of unmanageable climate change.

Climate Action Network evaluates the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C for the Talanoa Dialogue.

Prices of green electricity and batteries have fallen so sharply that projections for 85–90% renewables by 2035 look “ludicrously conservative”, according to the energy coalition ETC.

While Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has strongly promoted new coal power plants, only 5.2 per cent of 2595 residents surveyed preferred coal power, compared to 70 per cent support for solar and 52.8 per cent support ...

Wind farms are far less harmful to birds than first thought, according to the biggest ever study on the subject published in April, because seabirds actively change their flight paths to avoid them.

There are strategies to manage variablity in electricity generation. A succesful example is Denmark, which somtimes produces more than half of its electricity from wind and solar.

The economics of generating electricity from fossil fuels are deteriorating rapidly as renewable energy technology plunges in costs according to a new Bloomberg New Energy Finance report.

On 17 March this year wind power generated 14 gigawatts for the first time – nearly 37 per cent of the country’s electricity. The National Grid control room confirmed that 13.9 gigawatts  ...

The Netherlands has mapped a 7 GW expansion of its offshore wind sector. Total sector capacity will rise from the currently planned 4.5 GW by 2023 to 11.5 GW.