renewables
Heineken Sets New Renewables Goal, as Carlsberg Downs its CO2 Levels
The global brewing industry is racing to up its climate ambition, with rivals Heineken and Carlsberg both separately announcing progress towards emissions and renewable energy goals. Heineken yesterday unveiled its ‘Drop the C’ programme – with the ‘C’ referring to…
Raise a Glass: US Whiskey Giant Brown-Forman Toasts 30MW Wind Power Deal
US spirits and wine producer Brown-Forman has inked a 15-year deal with energy developer Infinity Renewables to purchase 30MW of power each year from an onshore wind project currently under construction in Kansas. The drinks giant – which produces global…
Stanford Engineers: Here’s How 139 Countries Can Avoid Blackouts With 100% Clean Energy
Renewable energy solutions are often hindered by the inconsistencies of power produced by wind, water and sunlight and the continuously fluctuating demand for energy. New research by Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University,…
Solar Energy Corp. Of India Announces 2 Gigawatt Tender
On the heels of the wind energy auctions held by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) last year, the agency has launched a solar power tender as well. The SECI has floated a tender for the allocation of 2…
Solar Panels Do Work On Cloudy Days
Some critics of solar power say that solar panels don’t produce electricity on cloudy days. This claim is false. Solar panels can still can produce 10–25% of their typical output on a cloudy day. Obviously, this amount is much less…
Renewables Push Low Carbon Sources to Almost 55 Per Cent of UK Power Mix
The UK’s renewables sector continued to perform strongly during the third quarter of last year, according to new official data that shows how increased capacity and availability helped push its share of the electricity mix to 30 per cent. The…
New Global Offshore Wind Capacity In 2017 Hits 3.3 Gigawatts
Navigant Research has published new figures which show a total of 3.3 gigawatts (GW) of new offshore wind energy capacity was installed in 2017, bringing the cumulative capacity up to almost 17 GW, with another 7.9 GW in the pipeline.…