Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped by one-tenth last year as renewable energy grew in importance, the use of coal and gas diminished and economic pressures weighed on businesses and…Continue readingGerman greenhouse gas emissions dropped sharply last year
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The Norwegian energy firm Equinor might be better known for its oil and gas holdings but, as of August, it now operates the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm,…Continue readingMoving away from fossil fuels is easier said than done
Vast swaths of the United States are at risk of running short of power as electricity-hungry data centers and clean-technology factories proliferate around the country, leaving utilities and regulators…Continue readingAmid explosive demand, America is running out of power
For the first time, clean energy in the United States is at the same price as energy from burning fossil fuels thanks to policy measures. The report found that…Continue readingWhat’s slowing down America’s clean energy transition? It’s not the cost
Wind project costs in Europe have risen by 30-35% since before the pandemic, according to one senior banker who works in renewables. The profitability of new projects in Spain,…Continue readingThe problem with Europe’s ageing wind farms
Denmark’s Ørsted has cancelled two big offshore windfarm projects in the US at a cost of more than £3bn amid surging costs facing the global wind industry. Shares in…Continue readingØrsted cancels two US offshore windfarm projects at £3.3bn cost
Siemens Energy is in talks with the German government to secure billions of euros of guarantees for long-term projects after warning that losses at its troubled wind turbine business…Continue readingSiemens Energy seeks government guarantees as wind crisis deepens
An Indigenous Sami activist has set up camp outside the Norwegian parliament to protest against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by Sami reindeer herders. In October 2021,…Continue readingSami activist protests in front of Norwegian parliament over wind turbines
No new offshore windfarms will go ahead in the UK after the latest government auction, in what critics have called the biggest clean energy policy failure in almost a…Continue reading‘Biggest clean energy disaster in years’: UK auction secures no offshore windfarms
Siemens Energy expects to rack up a €4.5bn loss this year as the German group struggles to fix its ailing wind turbine business. The Dax-listed group warned investors on…Continue readingSiemens Energy warns of €4.5bn loss from ailing wind turbine division
Shares in Siemens Energy, one of the world’s largest wind turbine makers, plunged 30 per cent on Friday after the company warned it may have to spend more than…Continue readingSiemens Energy shares plunge after wind turbine problems deepen
Ecowende is going to build a wind farm that will be in harmony with nature, with minimal impact on birds, bats and marine mammals, and with a thriving underwater…Continue readingWind farms currently degrading nature
It is the first time the previously unknown biodiversity of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a mineral-rich area of the ocean floor that spans 1.7m sq miles between Hawaii and…Continue readingMore than 5,000 new species discovered in Pacific deep-sea mining hotspot
Residents have watched ruefully for years as solar plants crept over the horizon, bringing noise and pollution that’s eroding a way of life in their desert refuge. Kevin Emmerich…Continue readingHow solar farms took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’
The proposed US goal to double electricity transmission lines and build a separate electric vehicle charging network while also expanding solar and wind production to move to 100% renewable…Continue readingThe squeeze on powering the open road
Businesses want to trawl for nickel, manganese and cobalt to build electric cars and windfarms.Continue readingDeep-sea mining for rare metals will destroy ecosystems, say scientists
Apocalypse investors are pushing fake climate solutions on us that are making climate change worse.Continue readingWe are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction
Dead whales and tough economics bedevil Biden’s massive wind energy push.Continue readingDead whales and tough economics bedevil Biden’s massive wind energy push
Unless Australia reduces its energy consumption, a recent study finds it’ll be almost impossible for renewable energy to replace fossil fuels by 2050. This is what’s required to reach our net-zero…Continue readingCutting energy consumption key to replacing fossil fuels with renewables
The team building Dogger Bank Wind Farm has officially marked the start of its offshore construction work with the installation of the first length of high voltage DC (HVDC) export cable…Continue readingConstruction begins on the world’s largest offshore wind farm
A scientific team recommends excluding and moving offshore wind farms from the protected areas in the Mediterranean due to the serious negative impacts these facilities can cause on the…Continue readingStudy recommends excluding and moving offshore wind farms away from the protected areas in the Mediterranean