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ScottishPower also builds and operates wind farms in the UK (Tom Leese/PA)
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ScottishPower earnings hit after energy crisis allowance payment drops off

ScottishPower said its earnings fell 11% in the first half of the year to just over £1 billion, after an energy crisis allowance...

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Equinor second quarter 2024 results

Equinor (OSE: EQNR, NYSE: EQNR) delivered adjusted operating income* of USD 7.48 billion and USD 2.15 billion after tax in the second quarter...

The Crown Estate owns Britain’s seabed up to 12 nautical miles from the mainland (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
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Wind farms more than double UK Crown Estate profit to £1.1bn

The Crown Estate owns the vast majority of Britain’s seabed, and leases part of it to wind farm operators.

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Inter-array cable works completed on Dogger Bank A

Over 200 miles/328km of 66KV cables manufactured by Hellenic Cables under a contract with DEME Offshore 23rd July 2024 More than 200 miles...

Wind turbine technician Terrill Stowe stands on the nacelle, which houses the gearbox and generator, atop the tower of a wind turbine on the campus of Mesalands Community College in the former Route 66 town of Tucumcari, New Mexico (AFP)
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Don’t look down: Fearless trainees propel US wind turbine boom

High above the New Mexico plains, technicians train on a towering wind turbine, tackling the booming wind industry and its challenges.

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Portugal plans to raise share of renewables in electricity consumption to 93% by 2030

Portugal plans to raise the contribution of renewables in electricity consumption to 93% by 2030, as part of its decarbonisation push, according to...

Electrician A. Prakash checks the parameter of the output breaker of a 500-kilowatt battery energy storage system inside the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages factory in Thiruvallur district, on the outskirts of Chennai, India, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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India has ramped up its wind and solar energy. It now needs to expand places to store it

India's battery storage industry, vital for transitioning from dirty fuels, is growing rapidly despite high costs and supply chain issues, with ke investments...

Solar power alone is set to supply half the electricity demand growth worldwide in 2025, the IEA says (AFP)
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Renewable electricity to outstrip coal next year: IEA

Electricity produced from renewable sources is set to surpass output from coal-fired plants for the first time in 2025, the IEA said Friday

FILE PHOTO: Wind turbines stand on a power station near Yumen, Gansu province, China September 25, 2020. Picture taken September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
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Chinese wind turbine-makers move into Europe as trade tensions flare

Chinese wind turbine makers this month clinched their first order in Germany, as they build momentum in the European market

SSE said its first quarter financials were in line with expectations (PA)
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British electricity giant SSE sees 60% jump in renewable energy generation in early summer

Electricity giant SSE said it generated nearly two-thirds more renewable energy in the early summer months than in the same period last year

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