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Siemens Gamesa Awarded First Hybrid Wind-Solar Project In India

Siemens Gamesa has been awarded the contract to build its first hybrid wind-solar project, a 28 megawatt solar facility connected to an existing 50 megawatt wind farm in India. Siemens Gamesa, the resulting...

National Grid Declares 2017 ‘Greenest Summer Ever’

August and September may have seemed like a bit of a washout for those hoping to enjoy a scorching end to the summer, but green energy enthusiasts will be toasting a successful...

British Airways Tries Again on Waste Based Biofuels

UK carrier British Airways (BA) has partnered with renewable fuels company Velocys, after an earlier waste-to-fuel initiative named GreenSky with Washington-based Solena Fuels fell through. This latest venture uses fuel derived from waste...

Massachusetts Solar Marketplace Changing

Solar power continues to grow in Massachusetts and around the country, but new data shows the source of new installations is changing. Nationally, the industry installed 2,387 megawatts of solar capacity in the...

Offshore Wind Costs Have Dropped by More Than 50% in Under 5 Years

Government figures, to be published by National Grid this week, are expected to show that the price paid for electricity from offshore wind farms has dropped by more than 50% in under...

China Plans To Ban Fossil Fuel Vehicles

China’s vice minister of industry and information technology, Xin Guobin, has announced that the Chinese government is currently working on a timeline to end both the production and sales of fossil fuel...

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...

There are Over 341,000 Wind Turbines on the Planet: Here’s How Much of a Difference they’re Actually Making

From the intense heat of the Californian desert to the green hills of Scotland, wind turbines are popping up all over the world. Humans have been using wind energy for thousands of years....

DS Smith Shrink-Wraps CO2 Emissions, Boosts Sourcing Standards

Packaging giant DS Smith has managed to cut its carbon emissions per tonne of product by 6.7 per cent between 2015/6 and 2016/7 thanks to more efficient lighting, new combined heat and...

Veolia Plans to Turn Old Rubbish Dumps into Solar Farms

Waste and resources specialist Veolia has set out plans to install solar across its portfolio of former UK landfills, in order to "better utilise" the sites to generate income from renewable electricity. As...

Moscow Installs First Traffic Light Using Solar Power

Moscow’s red lights are now solar-powered. The announcement came from Russia’s Center for Traffic Organization. The Russian news agency, TASS, quoted Vadim Yuryev, the head of the Russian Center for Traffic Organization, saying,...

High-tech Electronics Made from Autumn Leaves

Northern China's roadsides are peppered with deciduous phoenix trees, producing an abundance of fallen leaves in autumn. These leaves are generally burned in the colder season, exacerbating the country's air pollution problem....

Neart Na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm To Have £827 Million Impact On Scottish GDP

A new analysis has found that the 450 megawatt Neart Na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm will contribute an estimated £827 million to Scotland’s national GDP. The Neart Na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm has...

Faraday Grid Launches New ‘Backbone’ Platform to Usher in Smart Grids

Smart grid start-up Faraday Grid and its investor, Canada-based renewables developer Amp, have unveiled a new platform they claim will "revolutionise" how electricity is produced, distributed, bought and consumed around the world. Unveiled...

World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant Approved for Australia

The South Australian state government has approved the construction of a 150-megawatt solar thermal power plant. The AU $650 million (US $510 million) structure will be built in Port Augusta and is slated...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan Announces World’s First National Park City

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched plans to turn his city into the world’s first National Park City and one of the greenest cities on Earth, including the creation of a £9...

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