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Renewable Energy To Exceed Thermal Power Capacity In India By 2027, Says Government Study
The rapid growth in renewable energy sector in India will easily overtake that in the thermal power sector and would result in more renewable energy capacity being operational than thermal power capacity...
Victoria Sets Australia’s Most Ambitious Renewable Energy Targets
The southern Australian state of Victoria has this week set the country’s most ambitious renewable energy targets of 25% by 2020 and 40% by 2025, at the same time as the government...
China Brings 13.5 Gigawatts of Solar PV Online in a Single Month
China has installed 24.4 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV in the first six months of 2017, including an extraordinary 13.5GW in the month of June alone, as developers rushed to complete installations...
Wind and Solar Power Costs Offset Through Health and Environmental Benefits
The rollout of renewable energy across the US has earnt its costs back through savings on public health thanks to the cleaner air it enabled, according to a study published last week...
Solar Plants Are Cropping Up On Farms
If the United States wants to kick its coal habit, it will need to install a lot more solar power. That raises an important question: Where should all those panels reside?
They could...
Australian Wind Energy Continues To Deliver Record Low Prices
Just three months after Origin Energy stunned the renewables industry with a record low power off-take deal for the 530MW Stockyard Hill Wind Farm in Victoria, AGL Energy has delivered more of...
South Miami = 1st City Outside California To Enact Rooftop Solar Mandate
Yes, South Miami, Florida, supports the Paris Climate Agreement. The city has reason to do so, as concerns are large that Miami and surrounding areas will sink into the wild blue ocean...
Wind and Solar Power Helped Prevent Up To 12,700 Deaths
The massive increase in wind and solar energy helped prevent the premature deaths of up to 12,700 people over a nine-year period in the US, according to new research which illustrates the...
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...
WPPI Energy to Buy Electricity from Illinois Wind Farm
Sun Prairie-based power company WPPI Energy says it will purchase all the electricity generated from a proposed Illinois wind farm for the next 22 years.
Chicago-based renewable energy developer Invenergy plans to build...
Ratings Agency Says India Needs To Do More To Achieve 175 Gigawatts Renewables Target
Delay in payments from utilities, non-compliance with renewable energy procurement targets, and non-availability of transmission infrastructure for power injection are some of the major issues Indian renewable energy developers are facing. These...
Increased Hydro & Solar Generation Brings Down Electric Prices In El Salvador
Increased hydro power generation and a newly commissioned solar power project have reduced the overall cost of electricity in El Salvador, the power regulator of the country, Siget, recently stated.
Siget recently announced...
Tata Steel Commissions First Solar Project At Indian Iron Ore Mine
India’s second largest steel maker, Tata Steel, recently commissioned the country’s first solar power project located at an iron ore mine.
Tata Steel has commissioned a 3 megawatt solar power project at an...
Orlando Becomes 40th City to Commit to 100% Renewable Energy
The Orlando City Commission unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday establishing a goal to move Orlando to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050. Orlando is now the largest city in Florida...
Massachusetts Considering Plan To Classify Wood Pellets As Renewable Energy
In order to more easily “achieve” its renewable energy goals (formally, at least), the state of Massachusetts may implement a plan that would see the burning of wood pellets classified as renewable...
Financing & Turbines Secured For 424 Megawatt Mexican Reynosa III Wind Park, The Largest In Latin America
Two parallel announcements have given shape to the planned 424 MW Reynosa III Wind Park set to be developed in Mexico, with wind turbines supplied by Vestas and financing from Mexico’s state-owned...
