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Power generation

Wind turbines and solar panels alongside tulip fields in the Netherlands

7/2/2024 News

Record fall in EU power sector emissions as wind and solar grow

An unprecedented collapse in European Union (EU) coal and gas electricity generation in 2023 led to a record drop in power sector emissions, according to a new report from Ember.

Renewables

Lit up skyline of Jakarta, Indonesia, with busy road in foreground

21/2/2024 News

Dark cloud over Indonesia’s pledge to achieve net zero emissions by 2060 – says IEEFA think tank

Indonesia is proposing to reduce its renewable energy target from 23% to 17–19% in 2025, and 19–21% in 2030. It is a move that the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) think tank says could ‘signal the government’s low commitment to the energy transition and prolong Indonesia’s high dependence on fossil fuels’.

Energy policy

Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, United Kingdom

16/2/2022 News

UK government accelerates the adoption of renewable energy

Contracts for Difference (CfDs), in which companies bid for government support for new renewable electricity generation, will be held annually instead of every two years, potentially increasing the number of projects entering the electricity system.

Renewables

Aerial view of solar farm and surrounding fields

25/9/2024 News

New data suggests Irish renewables auction ‘fell short of critical 2030 targets’

The provisional results of Ireland’s fourth Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS 4) auction showed ‘good progress’, reports Cornwall Insight. However, it suggests that the level of procurement falls short of what is needed for the government to meet its target of 80% renewable electricity by 2030.

Storage

New energy storage system

2/3/2022 News

UK government grants for long-term energy storage projects

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded almost £7mn to 24 UK projects developing innovative new energy storage technologies that can help maximise the use of renewables.

Batteries

View of Kapolei Energy Storage facility on Oahu, Hawaii

24/1/2024 News

Aloha to ‘world’s most advanced’ battery energy storage system

The Kapolei Energy Storage (KES) facility on Oahu, Hawaii – which claims to be the most advanced grid-scale battery energy storage system in the world – has begun operations.

Solar

Engineer wearing hard hat, standing by solar panels in solar farm

8/2/2023 News

Largest solar plant in Europe to be built in Portugal

Environmental approvals have been secured for what is claimed will be Europe’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, to be built in Portugal by Iberdola. The company has also won the bidding for four agrovoltaic projects to be built in France.

Electrification

Close up of solar panels with an electricity pylon (side on) and transmission lines behind and sun in the sky

26/5/2026 News

Electrification programmes could solve nations’ over-reliance on fossil fuel imports, but will be limited by grid investments, according to reports

BloombergNEF (BNEF) recommends that countries reduce their dependence on fossil fuel imports to solve their electricity demand needs, while the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) warns grid investment must accelerate to keep pace.

Wind

Floating offshore wind design

26/1/2022 News

New government support for UK floating offshore wind projects

Companies and consortia from across the UK are to receive funding to develop new technologies to enable floating offshore wind turbines to be deployed in the windiest parts of Britain’s seas.

Finance and investment

Graphic of dollar signs

2/11/2022 News

Energy investment is going to the wrong places, argues new report

Projected investments in new oil and gas fields by 2030, incompatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, could fully finance the wind and solar energy ramp-up required to stay within this target, according to a new report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

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