Wind, solar farms could bring rains to Sahara Desert
A massive wind and solar installation in the Sahara Desert would increase precipitation and vegetation in the world’s largest hot desert. The study, published in …
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World’s largest offshore wind farm opens off northwest England
The world’s largest offshore wind farm opens on Thursday off the northwest coast of England when Danish energy group Orsted unveiled the Walney Extension project. …
Leap Green Energy to expand renewable power capacity to 2 GW by 2020
Clean energy generation firm Leap Green Energy on Thursday said it looks to increase its power capacity to 2 GW from existing operational 751 MW …
2nd Taiwan Offshore Wind Energy Summit 2018 from 6th November
The offshore wind resource around Taiwanese coast is considered excellent. More than 6,000MW potential capacity at water depths of less than 50m and with 16 …
Vestas enters new market with 159 MW EPC order for the first large utility-scale wind project in Senegal
Vestas is providing a customised solution for the 159 MW Parc Eolien Taiba N’Diaye, Senegal’s first large utility-scale wind energy project and the largest wind …
Maersk Tankers tests wind power to fuel ships
Maersk Tankers is testing the use of wind power to fuel its ships, a new technology it says can cut fuel consumption by up to …
Renewable energy certificates sales on IEX, PXIL down 49.34 pc at 8.19 lakh in August
Sales of renewable energy certificates (RECs) declined by 49.34 per cent to 8.19 lakh units on the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and Power Exchange of …
Iran inaugurates its largest wind farm to increase production of electricity
Iran on Tuesday inaugurated its largest wind farm as part of its efforts to increase production of electricity from renewable sources. The 18-turbine wind farm, …
Kari Kautinen, Head of Solar & Wind Development and M&A to leave Fortum
Kari Kautinen, Senior Vice President, Solar & Wind Development and M&A has decided to leave Fortum. It has been mutually agreed that Kautinen will continue …
Facebook says its global operations will be powered by 100% renewable energy by end of 2020
Facebook today in a statement said that “we are committing to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 75% and powering our global operations with 100% renewable energy by …