Special reports

The company will supply Telefônica’s facilities with green electricity, produced by 16 new solar plants, with a total capacity of 60 MW.

At a recent virtual event, IRENA presented 14 concrete actions that could accelerate the country’s uptake of renewable energy.

The company has signed an agreement to sell Algonquin a 51% stake in four of its offshore wind facilities in Texas, US.

The company recently helped infrastructure fund managers to achieve a validated performance uptick of more than 25 GWh/y across 1260 MW of wind farms in the US.

The 15-year Contract-for-Difference was awarded at a Polish renewable energy auction, and will see EDPR selling electricity that has been produced by wind and solar energy.

This new project is a combined solar power and battery storage facility, with a total generating capacity of over 1 MW. Installation has begun in Perth, Scotland.

The company’s report states that a strategy combining both renewables and gas power will need to be implemented in order to achieve climate goals.

ENGIE announces 650 MW energy offtake contracts with Amazon, spanning across France, Italy and the US.

Four wind farms and one solar plant are under construction in northeastern Brazil. The projects will have a total capacity of 1.3 GW.

The three have teamed up to study the use of hydrogen for energy storage and as a low or no-carbon fuel source to produce energy.

Haldor Topsoe’s H2bridge™ and HydroFlex™ technologies will be used to produce renewable bio-hydrogen in Grön Fuels LLC’s renewable diesel and jet fuel facility in Louisiana, US.

DNV GL has provided wind power forecasting services to SSE Renewables for 16 onshore and offshore wind farms in the UK over the last 10 years.

EBRD has confirmed a US$4.2 million loan to TAQA PV for Solar Energy – an Egyptian renewable energy company – to finance the construction and operation of a new solar project in Egypt.

Proserv and Intelligent Plant have signed a strategic agreement to work together on disruptive digital technology solutions, with the aim of re-defining business models around analysis and interpretation.

Through joint investment in low-carbon projects across Africa, IRENA and AfDB are aiming to aid the continent’s transition to renewable energy.