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June 20, 2023
Shell-led Dutch offshore wind farm delivers first electricity
The large Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm has produced the first electricity, said the companies running the project on Monday.
June 13, 2023
Chinese energy storage, battery firms mull big investments in Vietnam
Two Chinese manufacturers of energy storage systems and batteries are considering investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Vietnam, according to industry and government sources.
May 04, 2023
Australia’s record renewables drive down energy prices, emissions
Australia’s renewable energy output hit record level, helping extend the slide in wholesale power prices in the first three months of 2023, displacing fossil fuels and sending carbon emissions from the sector to new lows for the first quarter.
April 24, 2023
Brazil surpasses China to become biggest I-REC issuer
Demand for Brazilian international renewable energy certificates (I-RECs) rose to 13.96 TWh in the first quarter from 8.5 TWh a year earlier, making Brazil the largest global market.
March 22, 2023
Netherlands plans to build 500 MW offshore green hydrogen project in North Sea
The Dutch government has unveiled its plans to construct a large-scale hydrogen production facility to covert wind power into hydrogen in the North Sea.
March 16, 2023
Grid shortage hinders South Africa's power generation plans
Shortages of grid connections is a significant obstacle that must be addressed as South Africa endeavors to increase its power generation capacity to put an end to its unprecedented blackouts, according to the head of an office that procures power from pr
March 15, 2023
China likely to triple its target for renewables, says Goldman Sachs
China is likely to install nearly three times more wind turbines and solar panels by 2030 than its current target, helping shift the world's largest fuel importer toward energy self-sufficiency, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
March 14, 2023
EU unveils measures to prevent industrial decline amid green transition
The European Union is a global leader in reducing carbon emissions, but it is also taking steps to ensure that the green transition does not turn it into an industrial desert, with a raft of measures set to be announced next week.
March 13, 2023
China’s rooftops could host solar capacity almost the size of global total
China’s buildings and rooftops have potential to host more than 1,000 GW of solar power capacity — almost the same size as the entire existing global industry, according to the sector’s largest manufacturer.
March 13, 2023
U.S. solar industry set to rebound in 2023: report
New solar installations in the U.S. dropped 16% to 20.2 GW in 2022 from the prior year, largely because a ban on some Chinese goods limited the availability of panels, according to a market report released on Thursday.