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Ekathimerini.com: Four of the country’s most polluting power production plants are being formally shut down as Greece phases out the use of brown coal, or lignite, in line with European Union environmental protection rules and government pledges for a transition to sustainable energy sources. According to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA), energy regulator RAE published […]
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PV Magazine: Rosendin’s Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Tokyo Gas America have begun building a 500 MWac/631 MWdc solar power project in Texas. The Aktina Renewable Power Project will be brought online in blocks starting in mid-2021 with energy sold to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) wholesale market. The facility will include around […]
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ReNews.biz: A record of over 260GW of new renewable energy capacity was installed in 2020, despite the impact of Covid-19, according to new data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). IRENA said in its ‘Renewable Capacity Statistics 2021’ report that new capacity in 2020 exceeded expansion in 2019 by close to 50%. More than […]
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Bloomberg: China’s Longi Green Energy Technology Co., the world’s biggest solar company, is entering the hydrogen market, industry publication Solarzoom reported. Xi’an Longi Hydrogen Technology Co. was registered March 31 in China, according to Solarzoom. Longi’s billionaire founder and president Li Zhenguo is serving as the company’s chairman, and the shareholders are Xi’an Longi Green […]
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REVE: Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, has signed an Implementation Agreement with the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan to extend the capacity of its utility-scale wind farm project – the first such project in Uzbekistan – to up to 1.5 gigawatts (GW). H.E. Sardor Umurzakov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Tokyo-headquartered Electric Power Development Co. Ltd., through its J-POWER USA Development Co. Ltd. unit, and funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC jointly agreed to convert the 242-MW, coal-fired Birchwood Power Facility in King George County, Va., into a solar generation and energy storage facility, J-Power said in […]
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PV Tech: Solar investor NextEnergy Capital has energised two new subsidy-free solar farms in the UK, claiming one of these – a 75MWp asset in south Wales – to be the largest constructed PV plant in the country. Llanwern – which is located in Newport, Wales – takes up c.260 acres spread across three separate […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Aiming to slash carbon-dioxide emissions 85% by 2030 from 2005 levels, Xcel Energy Inc. on March 31 pitched Colorado energy regulators a sweeping clean energy transition that would accelerate subsidiary Public Service Co. of Colorado’s move away from coal-fired generation by leaning more heavily on new wind, solar and energy […]
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Reuters: More than 1,500 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired generation will be shut from Dec. 8 this year, Germany’s energy regulator said on Thursday, announcing the results of a second round of auctions designed to cushion the cost of closing polluting plants. Germany has promised to abandon coal by 2038 and achieve a mostly carbon-free energy […]
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Bloomberg: With summer’s heat approaching, California’s plan for avoiding a repeat of last year’s blackouts hinges on a humble savior – the battery. Giant versions of the same technology that powers smart phones and cars are being plugged into the state’s electrical grid at breakneck speed, with California set to add more battery capacity this […]
IEEFA: Backlog of unsigned power sale agreements risks slowing India’s renewable energy growth
Freeing up India’s ‘on-hold’ renewable energy capacity7 April 2021 (IEEFA India): Delays in signing power sale agreements (PSAs) are a bottleneck in the growth of renewable energy capacity in India, jeopardising the government’s renewable energy target of 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022, dampening investor confidence and threatening the viability of projects, finds a new briefing note from the Institute for Energy […]