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Coal based power generation has fallen by over a quarter (25.5%) across the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) in the first three months of 2020, compared to 2019, as a result of the response to Covid-19, with renewable energy reaching a 43% share, according to new analysis by…

An extension to the Climate Change Agreement scheme will prevent an estimated 700,000 tonnes of CO2 from being emitted each year. Businesses across the UK are set to save up to £300 million a year, as the government today (16 April 2020) launched a consultation on the terms of an…

HOUSTON – April 14, 2020— Wood, the global engineering and consulting company, has secured a number of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) onshore wind contracts in the United States worth a combined $100m. The largest of the recently awarded contracts is the next phase in American Electric Power (AEP) Renewables’…

To protect the health of our former employees, deliveries will involve no physical contact. Instead, our En+ volunteers, equipped with face masks and sanitizer, will drop off the basket and then make a phone call to the retired employees to let them know they have visited. These regular deliveries will…

The plunging demand for oil wrought by the coronavirus pandemic combined with a savage price war has left the fossil fuel industry broken and in survival mode, according to analysts. It faces the gravest challenge in its 100-year history, they say, one that will permanently alter the industry. With some calling the…

Electricity demand in Britain dropped by a tenth last week after the UK government imposed a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. As businesses closed, the decline in average daytime demand also led to a fall in wholesale electricity prices as renewables such as wind and solar — which…

Thousands of British homes will be paid to use electricity during the day for the first time, as wind and solar projects produce a surge in clean energy during the coronavirus lockdown. On Sunday morning, windfarms contributed almost 40% of the UK’s electricity, while solar power made up almost a fifth…

More electricity companies went bust in 2019 than during any other year on record, according to new figures. Across the year, 24 companies involved in the supply of electricity went bust, the highest on record. The data, which comes from a freedom of information request from accountants Price Bailey, shows…

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, April 6, 2020: In response to the preventive measures taken by Saudi leadership and official local authorities to contain the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and to secure the health and safety of the citizens and residents of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ACWA…

The solar and wind power funds of Commerz Real generated 2,512 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity in 2019. This is about 3.5 times as much as in the previous year (704 GWh) and corresponds to the average annual consumption of some 807,000 private German households, based on the figures from…