Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised on an industry-first approach to streamline development and finance processes for solar PV projects. ‘Open Solar Contracts’, a collaboration between the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and The Terrawatt Initiative (TWI), provides freely available ‘open source’ standardised contract documentation, designed to simplify…

There is much interest, and more than a little turmoil within the automotive industry, as the UK and Europe shift gears towards fully embracing a zero-carbon emissions future. The UK government has set a deadline for ending the sale of new internal combustion engine cars by 2040. And although hybrid…

Trevor Fitzgerald has been director of estates for the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust for more than five years. Under his watch they are running two busy general hospitals and serving over 490,000 people in south-west London and north-east Surrey. As you would expect, it all results…

Following last year’s geotechnical contract for the Hollandse Kust (west) Offshore Wind Farm Zone, Fugro has been awarded a geotechnical site investigation contract for the Ten noorden van de Waddeneilanden Wind Farm Zone (TNWWFZ). The final deliverable for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs…

Munich, 16 January 2020: Global renewable energy developer, service provider and distributor, BayWa r.e. has been working with Lidl to design and deliver the solar based energy system for its first energy neutral store. The first official ‘Lidl Zero’ store in Woerden, Netherlands, has been opened and running smoothly for some…

Washington DC – According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data released  today by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the first eleven months of 2019, the mix of renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) is now in first place in the race…

Jan. 14, 2020 – Boulder, Colo. – A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the impact that purchase incentives, battery pack prices, vehicle availability, and zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) policies have on the North American plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) population diffusion. Despite slowed market growth, PEV sales are on track for…...

Munich/Kilb, 14 January 2020: BayWa r.e. is announcing the successful completion of a new wind farm in the Austrian Alps built by its wholly owned subsidiary ECOwind. The Fürstkogel wind farm was constructed in the communities of Fischbach and Stanz in Steiermark at 1,400 metres above sea level, equipped with five…

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, January 08, 2020 – Jumada Al-Awwal 13, 1441: The Renewable Energy Project Development Office of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy has issued the request for qualifications (RFQ) for Round Three of the Kingdom’s National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) which is comprised of four Solar PV…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been named as the preferred turbine supplier for the massive 2,640-MW Dominion Energy Virginia Offshore Wind project in the USA. This is the largest offshore wind power project in the rapidly increasing U.S. market to date. A long-term service and maintenance agreement is included…