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Neuzeug, Austria, 06.04.2020. The engineers at the Princess Elisabeth research station in Antarctica installed five power controllers from my-PV at the end of March. With the Austrian company’s power managers, the research team will be able to use its surplus solar power in future to heat water, rooms and large…

In the first week of the lockdown, CfR’s ‘collective’ of local energy enterprises have between them mobilised £100,000 of Corona Crisis Funds to support those facing hardship in their communities. As community-owned enterprises, they were able to mobilise funds ahead of Government, and where it was urgently needed, to support…

Siemens Gamesa continues to push the boundaries of onshore wind power following the first order for industry leading 170-meter rotor wind turbine. The company will deliver eight units of the SG 5.8-170 to Danish developer and wind turbine operator Eurowind Energy A/S for the Knöstad project (46 MW) located near…

Slower growth likely as attention shifts and pandemic adds uncertainty. On Wednesday, the Global Wind Energy Council, an industry trade organization, released its review of the market in 2019. During the past year, wind power saw its second-largest amount of new installed capacity ever, with over 60GW going in. But the news…...

23rd March 2020: Aquila European Renewables Income Fund (“AERIF” or “the Company”), the London-listed investment company advised by Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft mbh, has today announced that it intends to increase its existing investment in Svindbaek Vindkraft HoldCo ApS (“Svindbaek”) by acquiring three additional wind turbines (“Svindbaek II”) for a total consideration…

Dublin, London, 23 March 2020: Greencoat Renewables PLC, (“Greencoat Renewables” or the “Company”), the renewable infrastructure company invested in euro-dominated assets, is pleased to announce an agreement to acquire a portfolio of operating wind assets in France from John Laing Group for a total consideration of €30.3 million. The portfolio…

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced today that it received £2 billion funding towards its lending facility for clean energy projects. The new funding amount has been allocated to support clean growth projects as global economies shift away from fossil fuels to renewable and low carbon solutions. UKEF recently provided…

The number of new renewable energy projects in the UK that have asked for planning permission reached a four-year high with 2269 applications last year. The increase was due to energy companies racing to meet the rising demand for clean electricity. According to consultancy PX Group, the number of applications rose…

A North East based renewable energy developer has secured additional funding to construct biogas generation facilities in Staffordshire, with help from UK Top 100 northern law firm Ward Hadaway. The proposed facility converts agricultural feedstock and waste material into green gas for injection into the gas mains. When operational the…

With Net Zero in the news more and more recently, what exactly is the commitment the UK has made and how can you, as a business, help contribute to reaching this challenging target? With global focus on Net Zero initiaives as part of the Paris Agreement, the UK should set…