Covering just 1% of the utilised agricultural area (UAA) with agrivoltaic systems could result in 944 GW direct current of installed capacity. Combining farming and solar photovoltaic electricity production – known as agrivoltaics – on a mere 1% of EU utilised agricultural area (UAA) could help to surpass the EU’s…...
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Italian researchers have assessed the global PV supply chain and say that the EU climate strategy should foster European production of renewable energy technologies. Researchers at Italy’s Roma Tre University have looked at global PV supply chain dependencies, with a focus on China, the European Union, Japan, South Korea, and…...
Op-ed from Dr Sam Gardner, Head of Climate Change and Sustainability at ScottishPower. Sam was named on the ENDS Report Power List earlier this year as one of the 100 UK environmental professionals who have made the greatest impact in the past two years. No COP out on climate action…
29 November 2023: Dubai has announced a major new initiative charting an industry-friendly energy policy for the manufacturing sector that will serve to support and accelerate the emirate’s sustainability ambitions. The initiative also fits in with the emirate’s wider plans to develop a green economy in keeping with the Dubai…
The offshore wind industry has had a turbulent year. Amidst rising costs, project cancellations, and shaken investor confidence, the need for innovation has never been more integral. Fortunately, innovation is emerging across the value chain, with every stakeholder poised to revive projects in 2024. Reuters Events are excited to release…...
Germany plans to punish companies and households in regions that have been slow to expand renewables with higher grid fees, a move that aims to relieve the cost burden for those living near large wind and solar facilities. “We want to achieve a fairer distribution of costs,” said Klaus Müller, president…
A new “agrivoltaics” initiative looking to prove the commercial viability of integrating solar power plants with agriculture has won the favour of Brussels. The EU is backing German renewable energy company BayWa, in a first-of-its-kind scheme that could be a win-win for farmers and the climate. In order to develop the project,…
London, United Kingdom: To accelerate the transition to net zero health systems, global healthcare leaders from the Sustainable Markets Initiative Health Systems Task Force are in advanced discussions with energy providers in China and India to scale renewable power across their supply chains. This is the first time that companies…
Bioenergy produced from agricultural, forestry and organic waste feedstock continues to be the main source of renewable energy in the EU, accounting for about 59% of renewable energy consumption in 2021, according to a new Commission report on bioenergy sustainability. Published this week as part of the 2023 State of…...
On board China’s high-speed rail network, travelling at more than 200 kilometres per hour, David Fishman knew that he had arrived in Shandong province when he saw a field of dark, glimmering rooftops from the train window. Fishman, an energy analyst at the Lantau Group, an economic consultancy firm in…












