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Wind

Turbine blade being transported by truck

24/4/2024 News

Lithuania’s latest wind auction fails to find enough bidders

The Lithuanian Energy Ministry recently cancelled the country’s second offshore wind auction after only one bid was tendered. Now, the government plans to carry out a market consultation and subsequent update of auction conditions, after which the auction will be relaunched. On a more positive note, the first turbine at the 63 MW first phase of the Jurbarkas wind farm onshore Lithuania has been successfully installed.

Renewables

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

25/1/2023 News

Wind and solar development time could be halved

A new report has highlighted how governments, civil society and wind and solar developers can take action to reduce unnecessary delays caused by common planning and permitting barriers in renewables deployment.

Wind

Aerial view of turbine installation at Bash wind farm in Uzbekistan

16/8/2023 News

Largest wind turbine in Central Asia installed

The largest wind turbine in Central Asia has been installed in Uzbekistan, plus Lithuania’s first offshore wind auction results and Romania’s first renewable auctions under a CfD scheme have been announced, and the first offshore wind substation has been installed in the US.

Wind

Wind turbines on a mountain near sea at sunset

8/2/2023 News

Investments in new wind turbines down by 47% in Europe

Inflation caused investments in wind energy in Europe to fall in 2022, with costs rising at a higher rate than prospective revenues and investors being turned away by ‘unhelpful national interventions’ in electricity markets, reports WindEurope.

Solar

Aerial view of True North solar farm

24/7/2024 News

Solar capacity additions are reshaping Texas’s energy landscape

Iberdrola’s True North solar farm in Falls County, Texas, US, has produced its first power. The project underscores the broader shift occurring in Texas’s energy landscape. Traditionally known for its oil and gas production, the state is rapidly becoming a model for green energy in the US, with an increasing focus on solar.

Skills, education and training

Close up of male maintenance technician inspecting top of wind turbine

5/6/2024 News

Roadmap for energy skills transition secures support from UK wind, oil and gas sectors

Energy industry leaders from across the UK wind, oil and gas industries are backing a roadmap for a prototype ‘energy skills passport’ to enable cross-sector recognition of energy industry expertise and training.

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.

Renewables

Graphic of dollar signs

10/8/2022 News

Global renewable energy sector defies supply chain challenges to invest record sum in 1H2022

Global investment in renewable energy totalled $226bn in 1H2022, an 11% year-on-year rise, setting a new record for the first six months of a year, according to the latest analysis from BloombergNEF (BNEF).

Wind

Burnfoot East wind farm turbines on hillside set against blue sky

23/3/2022 News

EDF plans new wind and storage projects across the UK and Ireland

Branches of EDF in Ireland, Scotland and England have released plans to build wind farms with a total generating capacity up to 150 MW, and two battery storage facilities of 50 MW/100 MWh each.

Renewables

Aerial view of solar farm

10/5/2023 News

Solar and wind can meet world energy demand ‘100 times over’

Huge falls in the cost of solar and wind power in the last few years have unlocked an energy reserve that can meet world demand 100 times over – and most is already economic compared with fossil fuels – according to a new report from Carbon Tracker.

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