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Australia Will Meet 2020 Renewable Energy Target Following Record Investments
Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator announced Tuesday that Australia will meet its 2020 Renewable Energy Target following 2017’s record level of clean energy investment. Earlier this month, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) published its latest annual clean energy investment figures. Within…
PwC Pledges to Use 100 Per Cent Renewable Electricity by 2022
PwC has today pledged to switch to 100 per cent renewable power and step up efforts to further reduce its carbon footprint, after confirming it has surpassed all its current climate-related targets. The consultancy giant used an appearance at the…
Sustainable Scholars: Cambridge University Installs New Solar Array
Cambridge University is burnishing its sustainability credentials with the installation of a new solar array to provide clean power for a development of homes and academic buildings on the campus, it said this week. The University of Cambridge’s 150-hectare North…
Solar Tariff To Reduce US PV Installations By 11% Over Next 5 Years, Claims GTM
New analysis by GTM Research published a day after Donald Trump applied a 30% tariff on imported solar cells and modules shows that the US solar industry will see a 11% decrease in installations over the next 5 years, a…
Budweiser Now Brews US Beer with 100 Per Cent Renewable Electricity
All Budweiser beers made in the US are now brewed with 100 per cent renewable electricity, the beer brand said today – its first market to complete the shift to green power. From Spring 2018 all US bottles and cans…
IEA Highlights Chile’s Potential As Renewable Energy Behemoth
The International Energy Agency has this week published a new report highlighting the emergence of Chile as one of the world’s growing renewable energy destinations, thanks to second-to-none resources and increasingly forward-looking policies. In its second in-depth review of Chile’s…
UK Offshore Wind Could Hit 30 Gigawatts By 2030s
A new analysis from Aurora Energy Research which highlights “the new economics of offshore wind” has shown that offshore wind in the United Kingdom could reach up to 30 gigawatts by the 2030s. European energy analysis firm Aurora Energy Research…