New Spain govt backs EU green goals
Policy
Spain’s new Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, is reportedly changing the nation’s renewable-energy and climate-change policy and will now push
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Microsoft launches eco-data centre
Industry
Microsoft has dropped a data centre into the sea off the UK island of Orkney in an attempt to boost
Carbon ‘bubble’ set to pop: study
Production
Falling prices for renewable energy and rising investment in low-carbon technology could bust oil and gas giants and spark a
Scotland eyes more wind farms
Environment
Scotland continues to lead European wind power and hopes to develop its investment in the sector with plans to lease
Commission issues green guidance
Transmission
The European Commission has issued new guidance to help member states during the planning phases of renewable energy projects. The
Uzbekistan signs $1.3bn solar deal
Environment
A Canadian business says it has agreed to invest US$1.3 billion developing solar power throughout Uzbekistan, to invigorate the renewable
Balearics struggle towards green targets
Production
Spain’s Balearic Islands hope to be running on 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050, but the regional government faces
EDF diversifies from nuclear
Transmission
The French state-run utility EDF (Electricité de France) is adapting to a market where wind and solar costs have fallen
Shell targets 100% electric cars by 2040
Consumption
Royal Dutch Shell has estimated that 100 per cent of new car sales in the US, EU and China could
Activists demand ministers relax renewable policy
Transmission
Environmental activists have demonstrated outside a meeting of EU energy ministers in Sofia to call on governments to stop restricting
Tidal power project hails progress
Environment
The construction element of the first phase of the world’s largest tidal stream array has been completed off the coast
EU falls behind global renewable shift
Environment
Global investment in renewable energy boomed in 2017, far outstripping investment in fossil fuels, the UN reported, although Europe lagged
Belgium hails nuclear-free future
Policy
Belgium has approved an energy pact to phase out nuclear power between 2022 and 2025. The federal government signed off
Portugal renewables raise 103% of demand
Production
Renewable energy sources made up 103.6 per cent of mainland Portugal’s electricity supplies last month, according to the energy sector.
Dutch electric barges set for 2018 launch
Storage
The Dutch firm Port Liner is due to launch the world’s first 100-per-cent electric barges between busy Benelux ports by