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Vestas To Test Solar & Wind Hybrid System In Spain
In a press release today the renewable energy companies Vestas and Energias de Portugal Renováveis (EDPR) describe a hybrid demonstration setup based on wind and solar photovoltaics to be installed at an...
‘Repowering’ Older Onshore Wind Turbines Could Save Billpayers Millions, Analysis Finds
Upgrading the UK's existing onshore wind farms as they reach the end of their operational lives would provide a highly cost-effective way to boost cheap, low carbon electricity generation for years to...
Highest Ever Quarterly Solar Manufacturing Capacity Expansion Announcements In Q4’17
Mark Osborne, the Senior News Editor for PV Tech, revealed last week that the fourth quarter of 2017 saw the highest ever recorded levels of new solar PV manufacturing expansion announcements for...
Global Wind Power Capacity To Double By 2027, Claims MAKE Consulting
MAKE Consulting has predicted that annual wind power capacity additions will average out at more than 65 gigawatts (GW) between 2018 and 2027, thanks in part to the increasing demand in offshore...
‘Energy Transition City’: China Targets Lowest-Carbon Winter Olympics Yet
China's plans to deliver a green winter Olympics in 2022 stepped up a gear on Saturday with news of a deal to brand co-host Zhangjiakou as China's first 'energy transition city'.
Under a...
Research Finds Extreme Temperature Fluctuations Linked To Increased Rates Of Heart Attacks
Temperatures along the East Coast began fluctuating wildly last month, from winter-like cold one day — which is normal for February — to summer-like hot the next day — which is anything but. This is a portentous harbinger...
New Jersey’s Offshore Wind Industry Might Not Be Dead After All
If you can’t make the connection between New Jersey and offshore wind farms, there’s a good reason for that. A few years ago, New Jersey was on track to lead the nation’s...
Government Launches £260m Clean Air Fund
The government official launched its £220m Clean Air Fund to help local authorities cut air pollution across the UK late last week.
But it disappointed campaigners by failing to move forward with plans...
Sunnova Introduces Solar-Plus-Storage Offering “SunSafe”
Houston-based solar power company Sunnova has this week expanded its offerings to bring it into the solar-plus-storage market alongside its bigger-name competition Tesla and Sunrun with the introduction of its Sunnova SunSafe...
New Data Confirms Increasingly Frequent Extreme Weather Events
New data published this week shows that man-made climate change has resulted in increasingly frequent extreme weather events such as excess rainfall leading to flooding, coastal flooding, heatwaves, and increased risks of...
Norway Aims for Electric Planes to Help Slow Climate Change
Norway—home to the world's highest per capita number of all-electric cars—is also planning to go emission-free in the friendly skies.
The Scandinavian country aims to be the first in the world to switch...
Tech Giant Microsoft Signs Largest Corporate Solar Agreement in the U.S.
Microsoft has announced the single largest corporate purchase of solar power ever seen in the U.S., signing an agreement with sPower to add 315 MW of electricity via two solar projects in...
Global Carbon Emissions Rise for First Time Since 2014
Global carbon dioxide emissions from energy increased for the first time in 2017 after three years of remaining flat, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Thursday, meaning the world remains far off...
‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ Sprawling with More Debris than Thought
An enormous area of rubbish floating in the Pacific Ocean is teeming with far more debris than previously thought, heightening alarm that the world’s oceans are being increasingly choked by trillions of...
Stop Whining that Your Plastic Straws Are Disappearing
The war on plastic waste is in full swing, and plastic straws appear to be the fiFplasricrst to fall. You’d think these ubiquitous tubes of plastic would be easily vanquished: they’re one...
Plastic Free and Carbon neutral: Manchester Maps Out Bold Green Vision
Mayor Andy Burnham used the city's first Green Manchester Summit yesterday to unveil a raft of new environmental goals, which could cement the region's position as one of the world's leading green...
