Scottish onshore wind farms produced enough electricity in the first six months of the year to power almost double the homes in the country, according to new figures. Output between January and June was 9.8 terawatt-hours, data from Weather Energy showed. The electricity was enough to power 4.5 million homes, nearly twice the number in … Read more
The most established methods of energy storage (pumped hydro, batteries, and green hydrogen) all have their drawbacks, being expensive or geographically constrained. But a breakthrough low-cost, build-anywhere solution may have been found, thanks to a privately-funded UK-based company that has been quietly developing its unique technology for the past 14 years. Highview Power’s liquid-air energy … Read more
France has selected the consortium of EDF Renouvelables, innogy and Enbridge to construct and develop the Dunkirk offshore wind project. The tariff proposed by the consortium ”was significantly lower than EUR 50/MWh”, said François de Rugy, during the launch of the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in Saint-Nazaire. The strike price for this tender was initially expected to be … Read more
Wind power had a 22.6% share in Spain’s generation mix by producing 4,655 GWh in May, according to estimates provided by Spanish grid operator Red Electrica de Espana. Compared to the data from May 2018, wind power production increased by 40.2% year-on-year. All renewables together accounted for 41.6% of the power mix during the month. … Read more
In a series of blogs, Eddie O’Connor will examine how Europe will meet it’s Paris decarbonisation goals. In this blog post, Eddie discusses how the renewable resources discussed in Blog Post 2 can be harnessed and used to power our society. I recognised in 2001 that there was one problem with wind … Read more
Low-carbon energy investment must increase 250% by 2030 if countries are to meet their targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the International Energy Agency warned this week. “The bottom line is that the world is not investing enough in traditional elements of supply to maintain today’s consumption patterns, nor is it investing enough in cleaner … Read more
In a series of blogs, Eddie O’Connor will examine how Europe will meet it’s Paris decarbonisation goals. The first question with respect to renewable resource availability has to be; Do sufficient renewable resources exist or do we have to invent new generation of technologies that are not there now? Consider the … Read more
This week President Trump made a series of comments about wind energy that were not grounded in fact and ignore the many benefits wind power brings to communities filled with his supporters. First let’s tackle the most erroneous claim: Wind turbines do not cause cancer. The American Cancer Society issued this statement in response to the President: … Read more
Wind industry installed 51.3 GW of new capacity in 2018, a decrease of 3.6% compared to 2017 (53.2 GW) Total installed wind capacity reached 591 GW at the end of 2018, an increase of 9.6% compared to the end of 2017 Offshore wind capacity grew by a staggering 20 percent in 2018, to reach 23 … Read more
With the mayor’s signing of the Clean Energy D.C. Omnibus Act of 2018, Washington, D.C., has officially committed to transition to 100% renewable electricity by 2032. In addition to the requirement for electric utilities to source their supply from 100% renewable sources, the bill also does as follows: Increases fees on energy from sources including … Read more