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India Had Coal-Free Power Capacity Addition During 8 Months In 2017
India probably witnessed the greenest stretch of its power sector last year in terms of new capacity added. No thermal power capacity was added in 8 of the 12 months last year in India. India managed to add coal-based power…
US Wind Energy Now Supplies More Than 30% In Four States
Wind energy is one of the fastest growing forms of electricity generation in the United States, with the largest share renewable electricity generating capacity in the country, and according to new information from the American Wind Energy Association, wind energy…
SunPower To Acquire SolarWorld Americas
In a move being billed as a “new chapter in American solar panel manufacturing” SunPower, one of the world’s leading solar manufacturers, has announced that it will acquire 100% of SolarWorld Americas, one of the two companies who filed a…
Siemens Gamesa Awarded Turbine Supply For Four Spanish Wind Farms
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced on Monday that it had been awarded the contract to supply wind turbines for four separate wind farms in Spain by developer Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables, for a total of 166 megawatts (MW). The four…
Activists Call on Red Sox to Go 100 Percent Renewable
On April 10, Massachusetts environmental groups launched a campaign asking the state’s beloved Red Sox baseball team to “go green,” an Environment Massachusetts press release reported. In their joint “Sox Go Green” campaign, Environment Massachusetts and MASSPIRG Students are specifically…
India Added More Solar & Wind In 2017 Than Coal-Based Capacity
Perhaps for the first time ever, India added more renewable energy capacity in a calendar year than coal-based capacity. One of the fastest growing renewable energy markets achieved this feat last year. According to government data, India added 12.8 gigawatts…
Finland’s Fortum Wins Tender To Increase Country’s Solar Energy Capacity By 30%
The Finland-based firm Fortum has won a tender to build out the country’s total solar energy capacity by around 30%, it has revealed. Given that Fortum is majority-owned by Finland itself, the fact that it won the tender isn’t too…