A new €100 million (£88m) clean energy investment fund has been launched by a fund led by Bill Gates, the European Commission and European Investment Bank (EIB).
Initially announced in October last year,...
India invested more money in solar energy than coal-fired generation for the first time ever last year.
That’s according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which also highlights how...
Microsoft has signed a new deal to buy electricity from a 713.5MW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
It is purchasing 90MW of power from the Borssele III/IV wind farm under a power...
The US is projected to take over South Korea as the world’s largest market for grid-connected energy storage this year.
That’s according to new research, which suggests solar combined with battery storage as...
The “collapse” in the growth of onshore wind energy in Germany is jeopardising both the nation’s and the EU’s renewable energy targets.
The warning comes from trade body WindEurope, which says Germany installed...
Sydney, Darwin, Brisbane and Melbourne are all facing the prospect of dams below 50% capacity after low rainfall and high temperatures across the country.
In Sydney, inflows are at their lowest since 1940....
Could a new solar technology prove as groovy as it sounds?
A team of researchers from the University of Sheffield have worked with energy technology firm Power Roll to create an innovative new...
The European Commission has approved a €385 million (£333m) scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources in Lithuania.
The government intends to introduce the new aid scheme in May for the...
Rising demand for solar panels is pushing up the price of silver around the world.
That’s the verdict from a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Kent, which warns this...
SOLARWATT has equipped a tram railyard in Dresden, Germany, with 1,000 solar panels.
The clean energy infrastructure is being installed on the roof of public transport operator Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe’s (DVB) new Trachenberge railyard...
Microsoft has signed a new five-year agreement to buy hydropower for its campuses in Washington.
The deal has been inked with the Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) for its Puget Sound campuses...
Chickens at a farm in Scotland are now generating their own heat and power.
More than 128,000 hens at the Glenhead of Aldouran Farm in Stranraer are not only producing thousands of eggs...
The City of Sydney, on Australia’s east coast, announced last week that it intends to further cut its greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning to 100% renewable energy to meet all its electricity...
The City of Copenhagen has set itself ambitious goals for the city’s social, economic and environmental development.
Copenhagen is to be carbon neutral by 2025 as the first capital in the world. The...
Saudi Arabia has signed a deal for a 2.6GW solar farm to be built in the Makkah Region.
The facility, which will be located near the holy city of Mecca, will supply electricity...
A new €400 million (£347m) investment programme for district heating networks aimed at providing “fossil free” heating and hot water in Amsterdam has been announced.
It is a provisional joint investment between Swedish...
