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Investment slump: Renewables spending drops 20 per cent in 2017

Independent renewables projects attracted £227m of investment in UK last year, compared to £280m in 2016

  • Energy
  • 02 May 2018
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Winds of change: The shifting face of Brazilian energy

Intense controversy over the use of major dams in the Brazilian Amazon is forcing the government to look to alternative renewables to meet growing demand for power

  • Energy
  • 02 May 2018
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GFG powers up hydro business with Green Highland Renewables buyout

Billionaire Gupta family will invest £60m over the next two years in Scottish hydropower projects

  • Marine
  • 04 April 2018
Record-breaking Portugal generates more clean energy than it can use

Renewables delivered more than 100 per cent of Portugal's electricity needs in March, according to official data

  • Wind
  • 04 April 2018
Sunshine rollercoaster? Brazil tipped for solar boom

Solar capacity is set to double in Brazil in the course of this year, but for a country just emerging from a brutal recession, challenges remain

  • Solar
  • 20 March 2018
The very hungry energy industry

Michael Liebreich presents an energy-themed take on classic children's book 'The very hungry caterpillar'

  • Energy
  • 03 January 2018
Green Steel: SIMEC Energy seals hydro deal and targets 1GW of renewable power capacity

Gupta family's SIMEC Energy to buy Green Highland Renewables and reveals plans to build 1GW of renewables capacity in the UK by 2021

  • Marine
  • 05 December 2017
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Report: Almost 140 countries can switch to 100 per cent clean energy

Wind, water and sunlight can power all energy sectors in 139 countries, claim Stanford researchers

  • Energy
  • 24 August 2017
Cheshire hydro project hits crowdfunding target in just two days

New hydro project proposed for the River Weaver in Cheshire raises £635,000 in 51 hours, putting the scheme on track to start construction

  • Marine
  • 11 July 2017
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Squeaky Clean Energy: The P2P platform cutting utilities out of the loop

Squeaky CEO Chris Bowden's P2P clean power purchasing platform is looking to disrupt the energy market by cutting out the middle man

  • Energy
  • 02 May 2017
UK's first new hydro energy storage plant in 30 years given green light

Snowdonia Pumped Hydro given go-ahead to turn two abandoned quarries in Wales into 700MWh capacity energy storage water reservoirs

  • Infrastructure
  • 09 March 2017
Hydropower remains crucial to America's energy strategy

America's hydropower fleet is sparking a wave of refinancing - S&P's Michael Ferguson explains what is driving the deals

  • Energy
  • 07 March 2017
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New York announces $360m for clean energy projects

New York State Governor reveals funding for 11 renewables projects, including solar parks, wind farms and hydroelectric dam upgrades

  • Energy
  • 13 January 2017
Will China's green energy investment surge leave US lagging in the global clean tech race?

IEEFA highlights how China's dominance of clean energy sectors is set to be bolstered by billions of dollars of new investment in coming years

  • Investment
  • 06 January 2017
Liberty House and SIMEC buy UK's last aluminium smelter under green metals plan

Deal includes purchase of two hydro plants, which will power the smelting operations and production of aluminium wheels for the car industry

  • Energy
  • 19 December 2016
Reports: China to spend $174bn on wind and hydro by 2020

Government unveils five-year plan to boost clean energy development

  • Wind
  • 30 November 2016
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Should businesses use power purchase agreements to source renewable energy?

Growing numbers of firms are contracting renewable energy directly from suppliers via PPAs

  • Energy
  • 27 October 2016
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Reports: Sweden on track for 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2040

Renewables are already producing more than half of Sweden's power

  • Wind
  • 25 October 2016
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Reports: India mulls hydropower rethink

Minister argues that plan to reclassify large hydro projects as renewable would boost clean energy efforts

  • Energy
  • 24 October 2016
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Reports: China cancels coal plants larger than UK's whole fleet

New policy cancels construction work on 30 large-scale coal plants, although others warn China continues to expand coal power abroad

  • Infrastructure
  • 24 October 2016
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Restaurant chain LEON dishes up 100 per cent renewable energy

LEON opts for 100 per cent renewable electricity tariff with Opus Energy

  • Supply chain
  • 25 August 2016
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RWE Innogy's £12m Cia Aig hydro scheme unveiled by Scottish minister

Official opening follows warnings from MSP Paul Whitehouse that hydro power sector is currently "at a crossroads" due to subsidy cuts

  • Infrastructure
  • 24 August 2016
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Aberdeen urban hydro project launches share offer

Aberdeen Community Energy seeks minimum investments of £100 as it bids to raise £500,000 for Donside Hydro project

  • Investment
  • 12 August 2016
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US plans surge in hydropower generation

Energy department says US hydropower capacity could reach 150GW by 2050, as government announces $9.8m in funding for new projects

  • Energy
  • 28 July 2016
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