Renewables
Equinor’s new CEO pledges to speed shift to renewables from oil
Monday, August 10, 2020, 6:31 AM MDT
Equinor ASA’s new boss plans to boost renewable-energy spending targets with the aim of making the Norwegian state-controlled oil giant…
BP cuts dividend as virus hastens moves to curb oil output
Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 7:11 AM MDT
BP Plc slashed its dividend for the first time in a decade and set out new targets to accelerate its…
China weighs bond issue to help pay clean energy subsidies
Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 6:56 AM MDT
Chinese officials are considering a proposal to sell bonds to pay renewable energy subsidies owed to developers, according to people…
BC Hydro says pandemic hits Site C project, expect delays, cost increases
Monday, August 3, 2020, 8:57 PM MDT
Construction delays and rising costs on British Columbia's Site C dam project are being blamed on the impact of the…
German green power hits record despite muted onshore wind growth
Thursday, July 30, 2020, 6:33 PM MDT
Green power generation in Germany surged to a record in the first half of the year, crowding out coal generation…
Australia sees $10 billion opportunity to harness solar and wind
Thursday, July 30, 2020, 6:29 PM MDT
Australia will need to invest A$14 billion (US$10 billion) in grid infrastructure to integrate a surge of wind and solar…
RBC signs solar-power agreement in a first for a Canadian bank
Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 6:33 AM MDT
Royal Bank of Canada will buy solar power from BluEarth Renewables Inc. under a renewable-energy contract that’s a first of…
PetroChina eyes wind and solar after $38 billion pipe bounty
Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 6:21 AM MDT
China’s biggest oil company plans to use some of the $38 billion it will receive for selling its pipelines to…
Environmental law group seeks to stop inquiry into who funds oil critics
Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 6:13 AM MDT
An environmental law group wants a court to suspend the Alberta government's inquiry into oil and gas industry critics until…
In the future, solar and wind will be everywhere you look
Monday, July 27, 2020, 6:10 AM MDT
To my four-year-old son, electricity must seem magic—this invisible stuff that comes out of the wall sockets to power the…
Cheap wind power could boost green hydrogen, Morgan Stanley says
Friday, July 24, 2020, 6:09 AM MDT
The falling cost of wind power is shaping up to be a boon for another clean energy source: green hydrogen.Hydrogen…
Oil major Repsol expands renewables outside Spain with Chile JV
Friday, July 24, 2020, 6:03 AM MDT
Spanish oil producer Repsol SA will enter the renewable market in Chile through a joint venture to develop solar and…