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SSE renewables has just completed the Viking Wind Farm on Shetland – wit high wind levels on the island meaning it is expected to be the most productive onshore wind farm in the UK (SSE/PA)
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Completion of Shetland green energy projects hailed as ‘major milestone’

In the islands around Scotland, newly completed Shetland wind farm can power half a million homes annually from the windiest place in the...

FILE PHOTO: Equinor's logo is seen at the company's headquarters in Stavanger, Norway December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
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Equinor scraps Spain, Portugal offshore wind plans as costs rise

State-controlled Equinor needs to prioritise capital more than in the past given rising costs in the offshore wind sector, due to inflation, high...

FILE PHOTO: Solar installers from Baker Electric place solar panels on the roof of a residential home in Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California, U.S. October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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US clean energy jobs growth rate double that of overall jobs, report says

Employment in clean energy businesses rose by 4.2% in the US last year, compared with an overall job growth rate of 2%.

China is building almost twice as much wind and solar capacity as every other country combined (AFP)
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China’s solar sector blazes trail in commitment to renewables

China is building almost twice as much wind and solar capacity as every other country combined, with targets six years ahead of schedule

Two workers install a bifacial 540 W solar panel at a solar panels park by energy supplier Enel Green Power, in Trino Italy, March 5, 2024.
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Sunly raises €300 million for renewable projects in Baltics and Poland

Construction of 1.3GW of Sunly solar farms, wind projects and energy storage schemes will help boost eastern Europe as it decouples from Russian...

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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund commits $1 billion to renewable energy fund

Norway's sovereign wealth fund has said it will commit $1bn to the latest renewable energy fund of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Desert oases, protected by the community for centuries, collect water critical for herders' livestock-based economy of camels, cattle and goats (AFP)
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India’s green energy wind drive hits desert herders hard

Wind turbines in India's Thar desert supply critical green energy, but those living in their shadows say it comes at their expense

Map showing SunCable's Australia-Asia PowerLink renewable energy project from Australia's Northern Territory to Darwin and Singapore via a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system. (AFP)
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Energy-hungry Singapore eyes deserts, forest for renewables

Singapore looks to Australia's deserts and Malaysia's rainforests for clean energy as data centers drive rising power demand.

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China issues guidelines on green power trading

State planner lays out price mechanisms behind market-based scheme to promote renewable electricity consumption in China.

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Incident at Dogger Bank Wind Farm

22 August 2024 We are aware of a blade failure which occurred this morning on an installed turbine at Dogger Bank A offshore...

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