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Renewables Roadshow: How Daylesford’s Windfarm Took Back the Power

From the fertile spud-growing country of Hepburn Shire, 90km northwest of Melbourne, has sprung what many hope will become a revolution in renewable energy in Australia. On Leonards Hill, just outside the town...

Poultry Industry in a Flap Over Potential Impact of Renewable Heat Reforms

Proposed changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme that would adjust the way subsidy support is calculated are continuing to face opposition from small-scale biomass combined heat and power (CHP) generators...

Jaguar Land Rover Revs Up 100 Per Cent Renewables Deal with EDF

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has become the latest high profile firm to confirm it will source all its power from renewable sources, having last week inked a major long term purchase agreement...

UK’s First New Hydro Energy Storage Plant in 30 Years Given Green Light

Plans for what would be the UK's first new grid-scale electricity storage facility in more than 30 years have been given the go-ahead by the government, with construction now likely to begin...

California Generates Enough Solar Power to Meet Half Its Energy Needs

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) took a shot at Sec. of Energy Rick Perry, former Republican governor of Texas. Remarking on Perry's view of Texas as an energy powerhouse, Brown said, "We've...

Zero-Carbon Home Generates Income by Making More Energy than it Needs

The home of the future could slash your utility bills and generate enough money to help pay the mortgage. UK firm Koru Architects designed and built one such house, named the Lloyd...

Active Competition Policy Key to Mexico’s Successful Energy Reform

Mexico embarked on an ambitious and comprehensive energy sector reform in recent years to harness market forces and attract new investments, moving away from its monopoly-driven system, and leading to increasing market...

Energy Positive: How Denmark’s Samsø Island Switched to Zero Carbon

Anyone doubting the potential of renewable energy need look no further than the Danish island of Samsø. The 4,000-inhabitant island nestled in the Kattegat Sea has been energy-positive for the past decade,...

Low-Carbon Policy ‘Less Vital than Low Energy Bills and Security’

Ministers should establish a new energy commission to spur on construction of power stations because successive governments have failed to encourage enough fresh power capacity in the UK, according to a House...

Building Energy Acquires 4energia

Building Energy, an Italian multinational that operates as a Global Integrated IPP in the renewable energy industry, has signed a purchase agreement to acquire 4energia, an independent energy trader founded to buy...

World Bank Scores Sustainable Energy Policies in 111 Countries

An increasing number of developing countries – Mexico, China, Turkey, India, Vietnam, Brazil, and South Africa – are emerging as leaders in sustainable energy, with robust policies to support energy access, renewables...

Arena to Give EnergyAustralia Grant to Investigate Pumped Hydro Storage Project

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) has approved a $450,000 grant to EnergyAustralia to investigate a pumped hydro energy storage project off South Australia as the state’s energy mix continues to cause...

EBRD, EU and Partners Support Energy Efficiency Investments in Western Balkans

European Commission provides €30 million grant to regional programme. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Commission (EC) are stepping up their joint efforts to promote energy efficiency across...

Rosatom Has Approved Aartnership with the Dutch Lagerwey for Perspective Wind Energy Projects

Rosatom has approved partnership of its daughter company Otek with the Dutch Lagerwey in wind energy projects. On studying the feasibility of partnership with a number of wind turbines manufacturers Jsc Otek...

IEA Executive Director Meets with Greek Minister for Environment and Energy

IEA Executive Director Dr Fatih Birol met today in Athens with the Greek Minister for Environment and Energy, George Stathakis, to discuss the energy sector transition and the outlook of global energy...

UK Offshore Wind ‘Will Lower Energy Bills’ More than Nuclear

Offshore windfarms could provide cheaper power than Britain's new wave of nuclear power stations, a leading figure in the wind industry has claimed. Speaking to the the Guardian, Hugh McNeal, the chief executive...

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