The developers had to adapt to finish the East Anglia ONE project during the coronavirus lockdown. ScottishPower Renewables has started operating all 102 turbines at its East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. The wind farm can provide the UK grid with 714 MW of clean energy, equivalent to the needs of 630,000 homes. Based 43km […]
Audi announced that it is testing a new bi-directional charging system for its electric vehicles with the goal to use them to store solar energy. Bi-directional charging, also known as Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) or Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), has a great potential to create more value for electric vehicles through energy services. However, not many automakers are actively […]
Students in Shasta College’s logging operations program are helping defer their program’s costs while they train. They’re selling logs they harvest to North State sawmills. It’s an income stream made possible by the college’s recently-acquired commercial timber operator license. That license means students in the college’s Heavy Equipment Logging Operations (HELO) program can learn all the steps involved […]
Spanish renewables contractor Global Energy Services (GES) has announced it is currently building the 114-MW Alenza wind farm cluster in Zaragoza province. The company was contracted by funds managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to execute the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works for the 49.4-MW Las Majas 6B, the 49.4-MW Las Majas 6C and […]
A team of Brazilian researchers have created biodiesel using old cooking oil and waste from lithium batteries, in a breakthrough which could provide a global use for spent electric car batteries. The team used waste cooking oil collected from fast food restaurants and homes, combining it with metal hydroxides including lithium from old batteries, to […]
The global pipeline of offshore wind energy projects which are operational, under construction, consented, or being planned has grown by 37 GW in the last twelve months, new research published by RenewableUK shows. This is an annual increase of 30%, from 122 GW twelve months ago to 159 GW now, RenewableUK’s latest Offshore Wind Project […]
A solar farm to harvest the sun’s energy and produce electricity for 15,000 households is proposed for a farmer’s field off the A1 near Grantham. Hundreds of photovoltaic panels, known as solar panels, would be installed at the 232 acre site at Bypass Farm, Foston, to create 49.9 MW of clean energy for the local […]
Farmers in Scotland have been offered a share of £1m as an incentive to take up forestry. The Scottish Government funding will be used to help farmers and crofters establish new small-scale woodlands. Rural economy secretary Fergus Ewing believes increased levels of tree planting could help tackle climate change. He also said the funding could […]
Lightsource BP has got planning permission for a new 50MW solar farm near Castle Eden in Durham. The site, which is called the Hulam Solar Farm, will cover 180 acres and utilise bifacial solar panels to maximise efficiency. These were chosen after extensive field trials to discover the best way to gain higher returns from […]
A renewable energy giant has unveiled plans to build two more wind farms in Scotland. Swedish company Vattenfall says the proposed developments in Dumfries and Galloway could together produce enough electricity to annually power around 300,000 homes. If the developments go ahead, each will be built alongside an energy storage battery plant. Vattenfall, which was […]