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Enel to sell US wind power to Bloomberg and General Motors
Enel, through its US renewable company Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), has started construction of the 185 MW HillTopper,…
Transelectrica: 100MW storage is needed for each additional 300MW installed in WPP
Romania is almost reaching its target for the share of renewable energy in total national energy consumption for 2020 –…
China invested three times more into renewables than the US
China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is determined to rebalance its energy mix, and incorporate more clean energy.…
Google says it’s the biggest corporate buyer of renewable energy on the planet
Google’s total purchase of energy from renewable sources in 2017 was greater than the electricity used by its global operations,…
Robert Brückmann (eclareon): Cost of capital hinders Romania’s renewable energy development
Cost competitive renewable energies can help Romania to benefit from the European Cooperation mechanism and generate additional revenues. In this…
EUFORES (Bucharest): Renewables are the future, and the pathway is being drawn today
The support scheme for renewable has produced its effects, agreed the participants in the dedicated workshop organized by the EUFORES,…
BHP CEO: Green energy to lift demand for mined commodities
The transition to a lower-carbon economy will not dent demand for commodities, according to the head of the world’s biggest…
Iancu, Energy Day: In three months we could have the strategy, in two weeks GEO 24 for renewables
In three months, we could finalize the draft National Energy Strategy (SNE), and within a maximum of two weeks it…
Chernobyl is now the world’s unlikeliest green energy experiment
A hundred yards from the rusting ruins at the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, a gossamer array of…
Rain or shine: New solar cell captures energy from raindrops
A solar panel that can generate electricity from falling raindrops has been invented, enabling power to flow even when skies…
GC quota for Q1 2017, reduced by 30%; small players close to bankruptcy
The PATRES Association of Renewable Energy Producers argues that the support scheme is collapsing. The mandatory quota of green certificates…
Microsoft signs another renewable energy deal in Asia
Microsoft has entered into an agreement to purchase three megawatts (MW) of solar-powered electricity in India. The tech giant will…
Australia seeks hydrogen to soak up excess renewable energy production
Australia’s top gas distribution network operator, Australian Gas Infrastructure Group, plans to mix hydrogen into its supplies to take advantage…
MOL group, first steps towards renewables with 18 MW of solar
MOL announced plans to build solar power plants in three of its industrial sites located in Hungary. The project supports…
Fresh EU analysis makes case for higher renewables, energy saving goals
A new analysis by the European Commission’s energy directorate, seen by EURACTIV, updates existing scenarios for renewables and energy efficiency,…
Microsoft signs its first renewable energy deal in Asia
As part of its goal to use more renewable energy in its datacenters, Microsoft said it has entered an agreement…
Green energy tariffs could be exempt from Ofgem price cap
Green energy tariffs, where consumers opt to get their energy from renewable sources, could be exempt from the government’s cap…
Japan gets its first office building fully powered with solar energy
The country’s first office building fully powered by off-the-grid solar energy opened Monday in the city of Saga. Daiwa House…
On stock exchanges, green businesses double performance of fossil fuel peers
Clean energy investments have almost doubled the performance of fossil fuel energy stocks over the past year and a half,…
EU approves Belgian renewable energy certificate schemes
The European Commission on Friday said it had approved a Belgian scheme of certificates for renewable energy and high-efficiency cogeneration…
Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon letting the side down for green energy
Data centre operators are going green because renewable energy costs less, receives tax subsidies and customers like the idea, according…
