Amazon-backed wind farm in Scotland begins operations
Sean Hannon | iStock | Getty Images A 50-megawatt onshore wind farm in Scotland is now operational, and tech giant Amazon will purchase all of...
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Oil giant Shell strikes deal to buy power from ‘world’s largest offshore wind farm’
Offshore wind farm. davee hughes uk | Moment | Getty Images Shell said Wednesday it had signed a deal to purchase power from a development...
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Surging temperatures are good for solar panels, right? The answer is: It’s complicated
This image, from May 2022, shows solar panels in Worcestershire, England. The recent hot weather in the U.K. has led to a discussion about the...
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Auction for the right to build wind farms off New York and New Jersey raises a record $4.37 billion
Offshore wind farm. davee hughes uk | Moment | Getty Images The federal government on Friday announced a record $4.37 billion sale of six offshore...
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Danish energy fund to lead massive green hydrogen project in Spain, powered by wind and solar
Wind turbines photographed in Aragon, Spain. Pepe Romeo / 500px | 500px | Getty Images Plans for a huge project aiming to produce green hydrogen...
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Bill Gates doubts goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees is achievable
Bill Gates photographed at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 2, 2021. EVAN VUCCI | AFP | Getty Images LONDON —...
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Goldman Sachs doesn’t see nuclear as a transformational technology for the future
A nuclear power plant photographed in Germany, on August 4, 2022. Discussions about nuclear’s role in Europe’s biggest economy have been thrown into sharp relief...
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One of the world’s biggest offshore wind farms gears up for full operations
One of the turbines at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm, which is located in waters off England’s east coast. Ian Greenwood Turbine commissioning at...
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The energy transition will fail unless industry fixes wind power issues, Siemens Energy CEO says
Wind turbine blades photographed at a Siemens Gamesa facility in Hull, England, in January 2022. Paul Ellis | AFP | Getty Images The CEO of...
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UK targets more nuclear, wind power — and fossil fuels — in bid for energy security
Alongside a ramp up in nuclear power, the British Energy Security Strategy envisages up to 50 GW of offshore wind and 10 GW of hydrogen...
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IEA says clean energy progress remains ‘far too slow’
Lignite mining taking place in Germany with wind turbines in the background. delectus | iStock | Getty Images The International Energy Agency issued a sobering...
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Water is now seen as a precious, vital and scarce resource in the global energy sector
This image, from August 2022, shows a stretch of the Rhine in Germany, which plays a key role in the transportation of goods such as...