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North Carolina has Become a Top Solar Energy State Over Past Decade, Report Shows
North Carolina has seen the third-greatest increase in the nation in solar energy production since 2007, according to a recent report by a local environmental watchdog group. The Environment North Carolina Research and Policy Center noted advancements in the use…
Renewable Energy Push Takes a Hit on Random Back-Down Instructions by Discoms
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s aggressive renewable energy push that aims to ramp up the share of green power in the country’s electricity supply mix from the current seven per cent to nearly 20 per cent by 2022, is…
Lightsource and BlackRock Announce £1bn Solar Acquisition Spree
Solar developer Lightsource has teamed up with asset manager BlackRock in a strategic partnership aimed at consolidating the secondary UK solar market through around £1bn of acquisitions over the next three years. The two companies yesterday revealed plans to acquire…
Vattenfall & Stadtwerke München Inaugurate 288 MW Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm
Swedish power company Vattenfall and German communal company Stadtwerke München have successfully completed the construction and officially inaugurated the 288 MW Sandbank offshore wind farm this week, making way for enough clean electricity for 400,000 German households. This past Sunday,…
UK’s First Geothermal Power Plant Launches Crowdfunding Drive
A project to build the UK’s first geothermal electricity site in Cornwall is now open for investment on crowdfunding site Abundance, with a target of raising £5m to kickstart construction. The United Downs Deep Geothermal Power project near Redruth in…
Growth in Green Jobs Slows as Industry Waits for Government Action
The growth in the number of green jobs being created across the country has slowed over the last year thanks to the “bonfire” of clean energy policies under the current government, according to new research published today by the Renewable…
Drop in Wind Energy Costs Adds Pressure for Government Rethink
Onshore windfarms could be built in the UK for the same cost as new gas power stations and would be nearly half as expensive as the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, according to a leading engineering consultant. Arup found that…