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Can renewable energy solve Iran’s power crisis?

07/02/2025 - Leave a Comment

Iran, a country with the world’s second-largest proven natural gas reserves, is facing a growing energy crisis. Despite its immense resources, the country is grappling with frequent power outages and a …

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This isolated town in Maine could be a model for the clean energy future

30/11/2024 - Leave a Comment

If you trace the path of one electrical transmission line up the coast of Maine, through and around the state’s rocky outcroppings and over a long causeway, you’ll finally reach …

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Analysis: UK’s record-breaking renewable auction ‘will cut consumer bills’

07/09/202407/09/2024 - Leave a Comment

More than 130 wind, solar and tidal energy projects secured funding in the latest round of the “contracts for difference” (CfD) scheme, amounting to 9.6 gigawatts (GW) of capacity. This …

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SunPower, a solar icon once valued in the billions, files for bankruptcy

10/08/2024 - Leave a Comment

SunPower, a Silicon Valley solar pioneer, filed for bankruptcy in Delaware yesterday, marking the collapse of a onetime icon of American solar. The company will sell some of its assets to the recently formed residential installer Complete Solaria, …

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Power planting

28/06/202402/01/2025 - Leave a Comment

Rohini Kamal outlines the promises and problems for Bangladesh in building solar arrays on its farmland. More than 100 countries met in Dubai during November last year where they pledged …

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Chart: Global clean energy manufacturing, by the numbers

17/05/2024 - Leave a Comment

The overwhelming majority of the world’s clean energy technologies — from solar panels to heat pumps — are manufactured in China. The Biden administration, as well as several European countries, are …

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UK solar power target for 2035 obliterated by inflated costs, government chaos, and gridlock

11/01/2024 - Leave a Comment

A perfect storm of inflation, supply chain disruption, spiralling interest rates, and delays in connection to the National Grid means that the swathe of solar power farms approved and going …

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Solar, batteries and heat pumps led the green charge in 2023

22/12/2023 - Leave a Comment

Fossil fuels still supply around 80% of the world’s energy needs, but 2023 saw significant advancements in renewable power.   The intergovernmental International Energy Agency (IAE) said that global renewable energy capacity experienced its largest-ever growth …

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Renewables are exacerbating modern slavery — how businesses can act

18/08/202318/08/2023 - Leave a Comment

When Mahendra Pandey was a teenager, he traveled from his home country of Nepal to Saudi Arabia for work. He said his passport was confiscated upon arrival, and he was …

Renewables are exacerbating modern slavery — how businesses can act Read More

Europe’s latest energy security tactic: hoarding Chinese solar panels

21/07/202321/07/2023 - Leave a Comment

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February, and Moscow’s subsequent throttling of natural gas supplies to Europe, threw global energy markets into disarray. Europe panicked as it confronted the ugly reality of its fragile …

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