Special reports

Taylor Mattie, Director of Geothermal Technologies and Innovations, Baker Hughes, USA, explores geothermal power in the context of offtakers.

James Gregg, Chief Operating Officer, Motive Offshore Group, explores how climate change and the energy security crisis will require a new offshore energy skills base.

PLT has a 1.6 GW renewable capacity portfolio in Italy and Spain.

Benjamin Lakatos elected as the new Chairman of MET Group’s Board of Directors.

SSE Renewables has appointed Dan Pearson as Director of Business Development, reporting directly to Managing Director Stephen Wheeler as part of the Renewables Executive Committee.

Renewable development could be an ideal import exit strategy for Croatia’s power industry ahead of anticipated rising electricity demand, says GlobalData.

Australia has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 43% and increase the share of renewable power generation in the country’s National Electricity Market to 82% by 2030.

The Board of Directors appoints Christian Bruch as new Chairman of Siemens Gamesa.

The UK Prime Minister will urge countries to deliver on the Glasgow Climate Pact and set out his intention to make the UK a clean energy superpower when he travels to COP27 in Egypt.

In the Autumn issue of Energy Global, Naomi Potter, Cornwall Insight, UK, outlines how green hydrogen is playing a key role in the renewable transition across Europe, especially for hard-to-abate sectors. This special report lists all the references contained within the article.

Jeff Damron, Wärtsilä’s Energy Storage and Optimisation Business, USA, details how renewable energy sources work more effectively when in tandem with energy storage systems.

A fundamental misunderstanding between buyers of renewable energy, new projects, and their investors is blocking new plants from unleashing terawatts of clean, green energy into grids worldwide, says David Rose, Chairman of Project Finance Exchange (PFX).

This includes appointing a Chief Commercial Officer, a Chief Technology Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, and a Chief Executive Officer.

US electricity generation from renewable sources accounted for 20% of electricity generation both in 2020 and in 2021. EIA expects that share to increase to 22% in 2022 and to 24% in 2023.

According to Rystad Energy, the Act, which was recently signed into law by President Joe Biden, will attract an extra US$270 million for both wind and solar in the US.