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Wales Sets Renewables Target to Make Country World-Leader in Clean Energy

The Welsh government this week announced ambitious new clean energy targets that would make the country one of the world's leading renewables hubs. Cabinet Secretary Lesley Griffiths announced Wales should aim to source...

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...

Renewable Energy Sources To Account For 85% Of Global Electricity Production By 2050

Renewable energy sources will provide 85% of global electricity production in 2050, led by solar PV and onshore wind, according to a new report published this month. Electricity consumption will be the largest...

Siemens Gamesa Awarded Mammoth 300 Megawatt Wind Turbine Order In China

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced this week that it had received one of its largest ever Chinese wind turbine order, for 300 megawatts set to be delivered to Inner Mongolia. Siemens Gamesa Renewable...

New York Skyline Targeted with Energy Efficiency Upgrade Rules

Measures that would force owners of New York City's 14,500 least efficient large buildings to install upgrades to boilers, water heaters, roofs, and windows in order to cut emissions have been outlined...

Montana Quadruples Solar Energy Capacity in One Year

The state quadrupled its solar energy production over the past year, according to an announcement by Lt. Gov Mike Cooney on Friday. Montana was producing 6.6 megawatts of installed capacity a year ago....

Scotland Breaks Another Wind Power Record

Scotland is celebrating yet another record-breaking month for wind power, new figures show. Scottish wind turbines provided 846,942 megawatt hours of electricity to the National Grid, enough to supply the power needs of...

Walney Extension World’s First To Use 8.25 Megawatt Wind Turbines

The 330 megawatt Walney Extension West offshore wind farm has begun wind turbine installation and will go down as the world’s first offshore wind project to use wind turbines rated at 8.25...

UK Renewable Energy Competitive Auction Yields Record Lows & In Excess Of 3 Gigawatts

A total of eleven new electricity projects totaling more than 3 gigawatts were awarded contracts by the UK Government today in the country’s latest competitive auction for Contracts for Difference, including three...

Finland Completes Its First Ever Offshore Wind Farm

Finland may not be a world-renowned leader in renewable energy, but this month the northern European country announced the completion of its first ever offshore wind farm, the 42 megawatt Tahkoluoto wind...

Wind Power Saves Over $100 Billion In Health Care Costs In US, Study Finds

A study done by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and published by Nature Energy in August finds that wind power in the United States is responsible for saving thousands of lives and over...

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...

Offshore Wind Power Cheaper than New Nuclear

Energy from offshore wind in the UK will be cheaper than electricity from new nuclear power for the first time. The development, revealed in figures from the government, has been seen as a...

Enel Starts Construction of Largest Wind Farm in Peru

Multinational energy business Enel has announced that construction has begun on Wayra I, its first wind farm in Peru. In a statement on Monday, Enel said that construction would be via its...

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....

Amsterdam Energy Consumption Falling Significantly, Renewables Production Lagging Behind

The Dutch city of Amsterdam is making substantial progress towards a wide range of sustainability goals, most notably regarding overall energy consumption. According to the latest of the city’s annual sustainability report, overall...

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