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Macquarie Plans Entry Into India Solar Power Market
After investments in India’s thermal power market, Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund (MAIF) is now planning entry into India’s rapidly growing solar power market. According to media reports, Hindustan Powerprojects Limited is planning to sell off some of its solar power…
Global Solar Market Demand Expected To Reach 100 Gigawatts In 2017, Says SolarPower Europe
European solar industry association SolarPower Europe has published a new analysis predicting that global solar market demand will reach 100 gigawatts for the first time ever this year, a 30% growth from 2016 levels. SolarPower Europe, the region’s member-led solar…
Carbon Intensity of Global Economy Falls, but not Fast Enough
The carbon intensity of the global economy is falling faster than ever before, but the pace of change is still not enough to hit global climate targets, new research published by PwC warns today. In 2016 the carbon intensity of…
Vestas Joins RE100 in Bid to Help More Firms go 100 Per Cent Renewable
Vestas has become the latest high profile name to officially join the RE100 initiative, after reiterating its commitment to sourcing 100 per cent renewable power as its turbine manufacturing operations expand. The wind turbine giant already sources all its power…
Solar Power Forecast: Record-Low Costs Expected to Keep Plummeting as Technology Improves
The already-plummeting costs of installing solar power could fall an additional 60 percent over the next decade, the head of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said Monday. IRENA director general Adnan Amin told Reuters that the organization expects an…
Michael Gove Launches New UK Centre for Sustainable Oceans
A new research centre to tackle challenges facing the UK’s seafood industry, marine wildlife and under-sea environment was officially launched yesterday by Environment Secretary Michael Gove. Based at the University of Exeter, the new Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Futures…
Report: EVs Greener than Diesel Even when Refuelled with Electricity from Coal-Fired Power Stations
Electric vehicles are far greener than their diesel and petrol alternatives over their entire lifetime, even when powered using electricity generated with the dirtiest fossil fuels, according to a new report released today by VUB University in Brussels. The report,…