Total and Google create tool to ‘map’ solar potential of European homes
Total has teamed up with Google Cloud on a new tool that will ‘map’ the potential to use solar power on household roofs.
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North Sea net zero transition will cost £430billion, says OGTC – Wood Mackenzie report
Positioning the UK North Sea for a net zero future will cost more than £430billion, according to a new report from the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) and consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
Latin America’s renewable energy capacity set to skyrocket to 123 GW by 2025
Latin America is emerging as a green powerhouse, with some of the strongest renewable capacity growth expected globally in the coming years.
Buhari goes to bat for fuel, power pricing
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has defended the government’s decision to halt support for fuel products and increase electricity prices.
World added more solar, wind than anything else last year
For the first time ever, solar and wind made up the majority of the world’s new power generation -- marking a seismic shift in how nations get their electricity.
FMO backs Lumos expansion in Cote d’Ivoire
The Netherlands’ FMO development bank has set out new funding for solar power company Lumos for expansion in Cote d’Ivoire.
Chevron is installing solar panels — To produce oil more cheaply
In California’s sun-drenched Kern Valley, Chevron Corp. has found a way to use one of the state’s clean-energy programs to cut the cost of pumping oil, to the chagrin of some environmentalists.
Polysilicon makers’ shares soar after blast at rival’s Chinese plant
One of the world’s biggest producers of polysilicon -- a key ingredient for solar power systems -- shut a major plant in China after it suffered a series of explosions, according to a person familiar with the incident.
Westminster to relax planning rules for the construction of ‘bigger’ renewable energy batteries
The UK Government has said it will relax planning legislation to make it easier for companies to construct "bigger" batteries for the storage of renewable energy from solar and wind farms across the UK.
Huge £27bn offshore wind spending surge in 2020 despite Covid-19 pandemic
The global offshore wind sector saw a huge financing surge of around £27 billion in the first half of 2020, despite the threat posed to the energy sector by the coronavirus pandemic.
Power in a time of pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on the world, with lives lost and economies shrinking.
UK Government can create 12,000 renewables jobs by ‘lifting capacity caps’, trade body claims
A clean energy trade body has urged the UK Government to “lift capacity caps” to entice £20 billion of investment and create 12,000 renewables jobs.
Climate scientist clashes with OGTC boss on ‘no scope’ for oil and gas
A leading climate scientist has clashed with the head of the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) on his view there is “no scope” for fossil fuels if the world is to meet climate goals.
Thousands to ‘virtually’ lobby UK Government over green-focused recovery to pandemic
More than 11,000 people have signed up to take part in a virtual lobbying of MPs to call for a green-focused recovery to the coronavirus pandemic that tackles the climate and nature crises.
China increases renewable subsidies 7.5% to $13 Billion
China boosted its budget for renewable power subsidies to 92.36 billion yuan ($13 billion), 7.5% more than it spent last year.
Wood announces brace of US solar deals worth almost £160m
An Aberdeen-headquartered global engineering firm has announced two multi-million pound solar energy deals in the US.
Nigeria plans solar household boost
The Nigerian government has set out plans for a major expansion for domestic solar power capacity.
Gaming industry provides Covid-19 solution for wind farm operations firm
A firm responsible for the site operations of several Highland and Grampian wind farms has revealed it used technology from the gaming industry to keep turbines spinning during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Total scoops 20% share of awards in French solar tender process
French oil and gas giant Total has scooped 20% of solar power awards during the most recent tender process.
Renewable power expansion continues to outpace fossil fuel growth, new data shows
Renewable energy accounted for the lion's share of global power expansion last year, outstripping oil and gas growth by more more than double.
Solar well yields discovery, Finzean delayed, Westwood Global says
Westwood Global Energy reports that as of 2 April there was one exploration well that was in the process of completing, with no active E&A drilling.
Lightsource BP boss ‘pinching’ himself at thought of supermajor partnership
Lightsource BP’s boss “periodically pinches” himself at the thought of the solar developer’s partnership with an oil supermajor – and the opportunities created by that link up.
Carlyle to invest $100m in US solar projects
Global investment firm The Carlyle Group will invest $100 million in solar power projects in the US.
The story of Trump solar tariffs: layoffs and liquidations
Today marks the second anniversary of Donald Trump’s first deployment of tariffs as U.S. president, and one of the main intended beneficiaries of his protection back on Jan. 22, 2018, was the American solar panel industry.
Labour’s Gardiner suggests cable to Morocco to supply UK
As the cost of solar power decreases, the UK should consider a cable connection with Morocco in order to supply cheap electricity to consumers, Labour's Barry Gardiner has suggested.