Wind and solar accounted for 10% of total US electricity generation in March
Wind and solar accounted for 10% of US electricity generation for the first time in March according to figures released by the US Energy Information Administration.
Wind and solar accounted for 10% of US electricity generation for the first time in March according to figures released by the US Energy Information Administration.
Apple Inc., which issued the biggest green bond ever sold by a U.S. corporation last year to finance projects fighting global warming, is doing it again.
Oil majors will switch more capex from upstream projects to renewables over the next 20 years as green power starts yielding greater returns, a new report said.
Conservationists have launched a new campaign calling for statutory protection for wilderness areas in Scotland.
The oil and gas supply chain has a golden opportunity to capitalise on the growing marine power sector, which is forecast to be worth up to £76billion globally by 2050.
Beatrice Offshore Wind Limited is has made its first round of awards to support transformational projects in Caithness, Sutherland and Moray from its new £6million Beatrice Community Fund.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) said yesterday that investments during 2016-17 helped create or retain 1,688 full-time equivalent jobs.
More than 120,000 tonnes of steelwork are currently in fabrication across the UK, Europe and Asia for the Beatrice offshore wind farm, its developer SSE has said.
Jobs in renewable energy could cancel out fossil fuel-job losses and become an economic driver by 2030, according to the director of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
French supermajor Total has launched construction of its second solar power plant in Japan.
Scotland’s wave and tidal-energy industry is in a battle for cash from the EU.
Malin Marine Consultants (MMC) in Aberdeen will build an offshore buoy for a groundbreaking renewable energy project off Holyhead.
Engineering consultancy Xodus Group has formed a partnership with Orkney based Green Marine to launch a new combined service for the maintenance of offshore renewable assets.
The five finalists in the All-Energy Marine Renewable Energy Investment Challenge have been announced.
Aberdeenshire slipped one place to seventh in the UK regional rankings for green energy capacity in 2016 despite adding dozens of new projects, a new study said.
As the wind energy sector matures, and turbine and substation assets reach the end of their warranty periods, operators need to have the assurance that their asset maintenance regimes are cost effective. The delivery of safe maintenance operations and reduced OPEX is vital to ensuring the long term success of the sector.
An Argyll renewables company is embarking on a project to boost its international trade, increase turnover and create jobs.
Ten years ago, the landscape was very different. Driverless cars were just something you saw in sci-fi films. We didn’t have film streaming services (can you even imagine a life without them now?), and smart phones just made their debut in the market.
A Turriff councillor implicated in a “cronyism” row over plans to build a 150ft wind turbine will face a standards commission hearing.
A key component of meeting global carbon reduction targets will be the strong development of the renewables sector. But with it comes huge capital requirements. As financiers seek alternative financing models that ease issuers’ access to capital, Trevor D’Olier-Lees, senior director, global infrastructure ratings, S&P Global Ratings, believes the growing use of “bundling” will be part of the solution particularly with respect to distributed generation
A new housing estate would damage the serenity of a tranquil mountain pass far more than the Beauly-Denny powerline and a windfarm, according to an academic speaking yesterday on behalf of a developer.
Saudi Arabia will offer as much as 1 gigawatt of contracts to buy renewable electricity by the fourth quarter of this year, a government official said, putting more detail on a program designed to stimulate the kingdom’s wind and solar industry.
Investment firm Aquila Capital has bought six hydro power plants in Norway for an undisclosed sum.
The UK could see its first full day without generating any electricity from coal on Friday, National Grid has said.
An abandoned airfield in Moray could soon be generating enough electricity to power the region’s biggest town.