The consumption of energy from renewable sources has increased by nearly ten percent in Bulgaria during the first seven months of 2017, according to data from the Electricity System Operator, announced on...
Twenty years ago, microbiologist Barry Goodell, now a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and colleagues discovered a unique system that some microorganisms use to digest and recycle wood. Three orders...
The Korea Development Bank has issued its first green bond aimed at funding implementation and expansion of renewable energy projects.
The Bank raised $300 million from investors in Asia, Europe, and the United...
Renewable energy sources are now providing more electricity than nuclear power for the first time ever in the United States, according to figures issued by the US Energy Information Administration and highlighted...
A new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reveals that solar jobs in the U.S. (and other nations) are expanding quickly. As of November 2016, the American solar industry...
In Germany, something of an energy transition is taking place. In 2016, renewables made up 29 percent of gross electricity generation, with wind power, biomass and solar photovoltaics leading the way.
Now, a...
More gigawatts of renewable energy were installed worldwide in 2016 than in any previous year, according to a new report.
The Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2017 report shows the costs of...
Ken Bossong of the SUN DAY Campaign sent out an email this week highlighting the latest figures from the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Electric Power Monthly. The new report publishes...
Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power announced the commercial operation of the 102-megawatt (MW) Lamesa Solar Facility in Dawson County, Texas. With three large-scale solar power projects operating in the state, Southern Power...
Fund management specialist Octopus Investments Limited has successfully closed a new £300m fund dedicated to investing in operational renewable power projects in the UK.
The company announced last week that backing from an...
Just days before he secured his overwhelming victory in France's presidential election, President-Elect Emmanuel Macron's plans to double France's wind and solar capacity by 2022 received a major boost.
Late last week the...
New evidence of the growing role of renewables in Britain's electricity sector emerged yesterday with the release of data highlighting record breaking performances from the wind, solar, biomass, and hydropower sectors in...
Breaking news has surfaced in the world of renewable energy sources. In the U.S. alone, a new wind turbine is completed every 2.4 hours, and, in 2016, 5.6 percent of all electricity...
Germany's "Energiewende"—the country's low-carbon energy revolution—turned another successful corner last weekend when renewable energy sources nearly stamped out coal and nuclear.
Thanks to a particularly breezy and sunny Sunday, renewables such as wind...
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has this week launched a new project to investigate how removing impurities from sustainable biomass feedstocks can improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of biomass energy.
The £2.2m...
Costa has opened a giant £38m energy and resource-efficient coffee roastery in Essex, which it claims will be one of the most sustainable industrial buildings in the world.
The BREEAM 'Outstanding' accredited factory's...
