IFandP provides the highlights from the second plenary session of Power-Gen Europe, hosted by the presenter of HARDtalk, Stephen Sackur, on the theme of the uncertainty surrounding the power industry and the climate change agenda.
BP’s Annual Statistical Review of World Energy notes coal’s upmarch while natural gas in key markets falls sharply.
For the first time, Ernst & Young’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices have put China and the US in equal first place position. China’s rise from second place has been driven by the US$34.6bn it spent on clean energy over the course of 2009 and its growing commitments to wind power. Ernst & Young’s report …
The 576MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farmin north Wales has received planning permission with construction work expected to start at the end of 2011.
The American Wind Power Association has released data indicating that the level of US wind turbine installation dropped in 1Q10 to 539MW.
According to data released from the Wood Resource Quarterly, biomass has now surpassed oil to become the number one source for energy generation in Sweden. As result of the increased competition for logs and wood chips, wood fibre prices have reached new highs. The Swedish government approved a plan in 2009 to boost the proportion …
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the US Department of Energy’s research arm, has published a study that shows that the electricity grid in the western US could support up to 35 per cent of wind and solar power by 2017 without extensive additional infrastructure. However, it would require key changes in how the electricity network …
The UK will miss a European renewable energy target and its goal of a 34 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 under it current plans, according to a report by Cambridge Econometrics.
The UK is expected to reach its first two carbon budgets up to 2017 as the economic downturn has pushed industrial …
India’s power regulator has laid out rules for the trading of certificates, designed to incentivise renewable energy generation. The regulations on renewable energy certificates (RECs), stipulate that clean energy producers can either sell their electricity at preferential tariff set by provincial power regulators or sell their electricity and certificates separately. A central agency will administer …
The Scottish government has approved a plan drawn up by the Crown Estate, the institution in charge of the UK’s marine resources, to build 6.4GW of offshore wind farms. It has also identified a further 25 sites for potential development by 2030. The Draft Plan for Offshore Wind Energy in Scottish Territorial Waters, released …
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