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World’s largest offshore wind farm opens in Irish Sea
The world’s largest offshore wind farm opened in the Irish Sea, covering an area of 145 square kilometers (55 square miles). The 659-megawatt Walney Extension, located approximately 19 kilometers (12 miles) off the coast of Cumbria, England, consists of 87
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International investors provide $34 million for solar plant in Zambia
Apart from being financed by Enel with as much as $40 million, the 28 MWac/34 MWdc solar PV plant in the south of Zambia will be supported by loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the International Finance Corporation
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Clean energy investment reaches $138 billion in 2018
Investment in clean technologies is closely tracking last year and has already hit $138.2 billion, according to new analysis. This is just 1 percent lower than the same six months period in 2017, but the direction of investment is changing.
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City Corporation goes 100% renewable
The City of London Corporation, governing body of the Square Mile, has agreed plans to source 100% renewable electricity from October 2018 onwards. Members of its Policy and Resources Committee backed proposals to generate electricity on sites it owns across
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Almost half of Australian big business moving to renewables
Almost half of Australia’s large businesses are actively transitioning to cheaper renewable energy, including many going off the grid by building their own generators and battery storage, as power bills threaten their bottom line. A new report by the Climate
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Oil Change Int’l responds to Canada’s deal to purchase Kinder Morgan assets
Canada’s government announced that it will pay $4.5 billion to Kinder Morgan to buy both the 65-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline and the controversial Trans Mountain Expansion Project. The government also announced that it will assume liability for construction costs of
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Interview with Solar Ventures’ Michele Appendino
In light of our upcoming ‘Solar Market Parity Europe’ conference, Solarplaza interviewed Michele Appendino, the Chairman and CEO of Solar Ventures, an Italy-based, but internationally operating, independent power producer. They developed, built and operated a large portfolio of solar assets
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New York will invest $1.5 billion in renewable energy projects
New York will be investing nearly $1.5 billion into a variety of renewable energy projects over the next five years. State governor Andrew Cuomo made the announcement alongside former vice president Al Gore. 26 large-scale projects will help get New
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Central banks emerge as threat to debt-funded green energy boom
Central banks are emerging as a bigger threat to the green-energy revolution than Donald Trump. While the U.S. president is tinkering with rules to give coal a leg up over wind and solar, it’s higher interest rates that threaten to
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Ireland votes in favour of law to become world’s first country to fully divest from fossil fuels
Ireland has voted to be the world’s first country to fully divest public money from fossil fuels. The Irish Parliament passed the historic legislation in a 90 to 53 vote in favour of dropping coal, oil and gas investments from
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