Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to help Scottish oil and gas companies secure contracts in the offshore renewables industry if her party is re-elected on May 5.
For decades, alternative energy was the province of activists. It was far more expensive than fossil fuels, and many remained unconvinced of humanity’s role in the globe’s rising temperature.
Solar energy company SunEdison said it hopes to secure financing by pledging assets ahead of expected bankruptcy proceedings.
The owners of Dong Energy, who include the Danish government and Goldman Sachs, may hold an initial public offering almost one year before a previously announced deadline, according to reports.
Wind turbines have contributed to an 80% drop in the number of a protected bird species, a charity has warned.
BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley today rejected claims the oil giant had gone backwards on renewables.
The massive 400 MW Cimarron Bend wind project in Clark County, Kansas will be Enel Green Power's largest wind farm built so far..
Renewable energy generation capacity expanded last year by 8.3% to 1,985gigawatts globally.
Good Energy, the Wiltshire-based, renewable electricity and gas supplier is to challenge the advertising watchdog's ruling on the claims by Ecotricity that is supply’s “Britain’s greenest energy”.
Mytrah Energy has secured a new $175million loan facility that will help push its generation capacity to more than 1,000MW within 12 months.
A fresh report has claimed building new nuclear power stations will create “significant and hidden costs” in comparison to renewable options which offer a better “intergenerational contract”.
NextEnergy Solar Fund has bought five solar plants for £98million.
Doubling the share of renewables in the global energy mix by 2030 is feasible, but only with concerted action to jump-start their use in transport, building and industry. Bioenergy is seen as being a critical component to achieving this objective. And if it is, then the sector could “sustain 24.4million jobs worldwide” just 15 years from now.
Green campaigners have welcomed plans for a £500 million boost to Scotland’s tidal power industry.
Scotland has met a key target for renewable energy consumption, according to official figures.
Renewable energy developers won contracts to produce 1,720 megawatts of power in Mexico during the country’s first-ever private auction, after the government ended a decades-long state electricity monopoly in 2013.
US solar company SunEdison, whose aggressive acquisition strategy has saddled it with more than $11billion of debt, is at "substantial risk" of bankruptcy, one of its two publicly listed units warned on Tuesday.
The UK’s renewable energy industry could be harmed by Brexit with the loss of incentives to develop a low-carbon economy, legal experts have warned.
Statoil's head of asset management for Renewables said the lower oil price is both a "challenge and opportunity" for the industry to move into other growth areas.
An energy company is seeking permission for a smaller windfarm above an Argyll village after locals raised concerns about the impact on their views.
Eurosceptic Conservative MPs are backing Labour moves to block an increase to taxes on solar panels and other energy saving measures.
Renewable electricity supplier Good Energy Group increased revenue in 2015 as it attracted new customers.
Renewables firm Albion Community Power (ACP) said yesterday it had committed nearly £5million to the development of two new hydropower schemes in the Highlands.
Doubling the share of renewables in the global energy mix to 36% by 2030 could save the world economy up to $4.2trillion a year, according to new research by the international Renewable Energy agency (IRENA).
The UK Government has revealed there will be £730million in new auctions for subsidies for up to 4GW (gigawatts) of offshore wind and other less established renewables.