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The Guardian: Great Britain’s electricity system recorded its greenest ever day over the Easter bank holiday as sunshine and windy weather led to a surge in renewable energy. The power plants generating electricity in England, Scotland and Wales produced only 39g of carbon dioxide for every kilowatt-hour of electricity on Monday, according to National Grid’s […]
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PV Tech: Solar investor NextEnergy Capital has energised two new subsidy-free solar farms in the UK, claiming one of these – a 75MWp asset in south Wales – to be the largest constructed PV plant in the country. Llanwern – which is located in Newport, Wales – takes up c.260 acres spread across three separate […]
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Coal, gas set to become biggest losers as renewable generation climbs quickly
March 31, 2021 (IEEFA) — The speed and scope of the energy transition to renewables will pick up pace over the next two to three years, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis’ U.S. Power Sector Outlook 2021. Solar and battery storage adoption is enjoying almost exponential growth, and wind and solar […]
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Power Technology: Luxembourg-based subsea engineering company Subsea 7 has entered a joint venture with Irish marine developer Simply Blue Energy to develop a floating wind farm. Located off the north-east coast of Scotland, the 200MW Salamander wind farm concept is a pre-commercial project. Simply Blue Energy will offer its experience in floating wind developments in […]
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ReNews.biz: UK government statistics show that renewable electricity generation outperformed fossil fuels for the first year ever in 2020, providing 43% of the country’s electricity. Fossil fuels generated 38.5%, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Energy Trends report. Onshore and offshore wind provided more than half of the UK’s renewable power […]
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OffshoreWind.biz: RWE has taken the financial investment decision on the 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm project in the UK. The 100 per cent RWE-owned project represents a total investment of approximately GBP 3 billion (EUR 3.48 billion). The company is now poised to forge ahead with the construction of Sofia, with onshore enabling works […]
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Euractiv: Half of Europe’s 324 coal-fueled power plants have either closed or announced a retirement date before 2030, it emerged on Monday (22 March) when French power utility EDF announced the 162nd plant will close in 2022. EDF’s planned closure of the West Burton coal-fueled power plant in the north of England – one of […]
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OffshoreWind.biz: Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, has reached the highest average capacity factor for any wind farm in the UK for its third consecutive year. With an average capacity factor of 57.1% in the twelve months to March 2021, Hywind Scotland set a new record in the UK. During its first […]
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Bloomberg: Electricite de France SA will shut its West Burton A coal plant at the end of September next year, the company’s last coal station in Britain. The swift reduction of power stations burning coal in Britain has helped the country cut its carbon emissions faster than any other rich nation since 1990. The U.K. […]
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Riviera Maritime Media: Hexicon, the Swedish floating wind company, and engineering, construction and project management company Bechtel have joined forces to deliver large-scale floating wind projects in the UK and elsewhere. The initial partnership between the companies will draw on Bechtel’s engineering, construction, and project financing expertise to develop the design and constructability of an […]
IEEFA U.S.: Energy transition to renewables likely to accelerate over next two to three years
Coal, gas set to become biggest losers as renewable generation climbs quicklyMarch 31, 2021 (IEEFA) — The speed and scope of the energy transition to renewables will pick up pace over the next two to three years, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis’ U.S. Power Sector Outlook 2021. Solar and battery storage adoption is enjoying almost exponential growth, and wind and solar […]