Newsletter Subscribe
Enter your email address below and subscribe to our newsletter
Search Results for Europe
Huge Tunisian Solar Park Hopes to Provide Saharan Power to Europe
An enormous solar park in the Sahara could soon be exporting electricity to Europe if Tunisia’s government approves an energy company’s request to build it. The 4.5GW mega-project planned by TuNur would pipe electricity to Malta, Italy and France using…
Plans for Sahara to Export Solar Power to Europe Revive
TuNur Ltd filed a request in the Tunisian Ministry of Energy, Mines and Renewable Energy for the authorisation of a 4.5GW solar energy export project destined to fuel Europe. The mega-solar project is envisioned to be located in a newly…
Climate Change To Dramatically Shift European Electricity Consumption
A team of scientists from Germany and the United States has determined that rising temperatures due to climate change will have a dramatic impact on Europe’s electricity consumption patterns, culminating in putting extra strain on European power grids. Led by…
European Union To Link Emissions Trading System With Switzerland
The European Union has announced that it will link its emissions trading system with Switzerland’s own system, following a decision made by the European Commission. With all attention focused on the environmental impact the United Kingdom’s exit from the European…
Europe Must Triple Offshore Wind Growth Rate To Bring Paris Goals Within Reach
If Europe is to fall in line with the Paris Climate Agreement intention of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the region must significantly increase its rate of growth for offshore wind development, tripling it at the very…
Europe Adds 6.1GW of Wind Energy Capacity in First Half of 2017
Europe added 6.1GW of new wind power capacity during the first half of the year, prompting optimism that 2017 will prove to be a “bumper year” for the sector, according to WindEurope. The European trade body’s figures, released yesterday, show…
European Union To Meet To Discuss Implementing Paris Climate Agreement
Environment ministers from across the European Union will meet this week in Estonia to discuss recent global developments on climate change and the European Union’s implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement. To say that the first half of the year…