Ørsted Confirms Final Investment In Taiwan’s 120 Megawatt Formosa 1 Offshore Wind Farm
Danish wind energy giant Ørsted has confirmed its final investment decision for the second phase of Taiwan’s Formosa 1 offshore wind farm which will add 120 megawatts (MW) to the existing 8 MW demonstration capacity of the country’s first offshore…
Food and Drink Giants Unite in Promise to Wage War on Plastic Waste
The government may have promised to wipe out avoidable plastic waste in the UK by 2042, but today large swathes of the UK’s food and drink sector went a leap further, in a bid to convince the British public they…
Over 95% Of World’s Population Live In Areas With Dangerous Air Pollution
More than 95% of the world’s population in 2016 (+7 billion) lived in areas with dangerously high levels of air pollution — that is, in areas where WHO organization guidelines for air quality (themselves likely an underestimate) were exceeded. This…
GE Renewable Energy 12 Megawatt Haliade Wind Turbine Heading To UK Offshore Catapult
GE Renewable Energy and the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult announced have signed a five-year research and development agreement which will see GE’s mammoth 12 megawatt (MW) Haliade-X wind turbine head to UK shores for the first time for extensive…
Bids Called To Replace 2 Gigawatt Coal With Solar & Wind In India
With the sharp decline in tariff bids of solar and wind energy projects in India, the country’s largest power generation company is now looking to replace some coal-based power supply with potentially cheaper renewable energy. According to media reports, NTPC…
Siemens Gamesa Awarded 225 Megawatt US Wind Supply Contract
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced on Tuesday that it had been selected to supply 225 megawatts (MW) worth of wind turbines for a new but undisclosed project being built in Kansas, United States. Siemens Gamesa will provide 98 of its…
Northern Ireland: Renewables Industry Calls for Long Term Decarbonisation Strategy
Northern Ireland’s renewables industry has today published a new low carbon Energy Strategy and called on the government to adopt a number of new targets to ensure recent progress in deploying renewables across the province is maintained. The report from…