Renewables
World’s top wind turbine maker ups the stakes in offshore race
Friday, October 30, 2020, 6:49 AM MDT
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturer, will buy out its offshore joint venture partner in an…
Alaska village turns to biomass heating for cheaper energy
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 6:13 AM MDT
An Alaska island village plans to use an advanced version of an ancient renewable energy system to lower its high…
Hydrogen mega-project in Australia on approval fast-track
Friday, October 23, 2020, 6:34 AM MDT
An ambitious hydrogen project in western Australia that seeks to become the world’s largest renewable energy export facility got a…
Wind, solar are cheapest power source in most places, BNEF says
Monday, October 19, 2020, 6:37 AM MDT
Wind and solar power are the cheapest form of new electricity in most of the world today. That’s the analysis…
Feds fund small nuclear reactor ahead of national strategy to adopt more of them
Friday, October 16, 2020, 6:21 AM MDT
An Ontario nuclear power company is getting $20 million from Ottawa to try to get its new small modular reactor…
Wind turbines the size of skyscrapers coming from MHI Vestas
Thursday, October 15, 2020, 6:35 AM MDT
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S is set to join the giants of the offshore-wind world by building a skyscraper-sized turbine…
Israel’s OPC to invest $200 million in U.S. solar projects
Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 6:31 AM MDT
Israel’s OPC Energy Ltd. will invest nearly $200 million in the “rapid growth” of a recently-acquired renewable energy business in…
Trump pushes to cut solar-tariff loophole for two-sided panels
Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 7:12 AM MDT
Solar manufacturers and installers fell sharply Monday after President Donald Trump moved to eliminate a loophole his administration granted in…
Solar pushes aside coal as the cheapest fuel for power, IEA says
Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 6:22 AM MDT
Solar is set to overtake coal this decade as the world’s favorite fuel to generate electricity, the International Energy Agency…
Caisse buying portfolio of solar power assets in Spain from Q Energy
Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 6:12 AM MDT
The Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec has signed a deal to buy a portfolio of solar power assets…
Boris Johnson’s wind energy plan needs $58 billion from industry
Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 6:33 AM MDT
Boris Johnson’s plan to quadruple the size of the U.K. offshore wind industry will require $58 billion of investment and…
Total adds new floating wind project to growing green portfolio
Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 6:26 AM MDT
Total SE took a stake in a French floating wind farm project, its third investment in the nascent industry this…
