Statkraft in Irish wind projects talks
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Statkraft, a Norwegian state-owned renewable energy firm, says it is looking to buy a large slice of the wind farm
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Statkraft unveils billion-dollar renewables investment
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Norway’s state-owned electricity provider, Statkraft, says it will invest US$1.23 billion by 2025 to globally generate 6 gigawatts of onshore
Climate change and wildfires – how do we know if there is a link?
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A firefighter runs after trying to save a home in Lakeport, California, suffering its biggest fires ever. AP Photo/Noah Berger
State-backed fund buys Irish wind farm
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An Irish renewable energy fund, Greencoat Renewables, has bought a wind farm in County Wexford in southeast Ireland as part
Cost of nuclear for dummies, and future generations
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Everyone “knows” that nuclear is expensive. We also know that existing reactors produce clean electricity very cheaply. So which is
Protesters join fight to save Hambach
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Around 4,000 protesters have marched on western Germany’s Hambach forest as police arrested activists trying to prevent RWE extending its
Lignite activists forced from Hambach
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The authorities in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have ordered environmental protesters’ treehouses in Hambach forest (pictured) to
Investors claim billions in VW case
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Germany’s court case which could shake up car manufacturing against Volkswagen over the “dieselgate” scandal that opened this week, as
Chinese panels to boost Irish solar sector
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The decision by the European Union to scrap restrictions on Chinese solar imports will stimulate Ireland’s renewable sector, according to
World’s largest offshore wind farm off UK
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The world’s largest operational offshore wind farm has opened on the west coast of England in Cumbria, 20km from the
Lithuania struggles with carbon output
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Lithuania and the European Union are in disagreement over the 2.6GW Ignalina nuclear plant (pictured), which was due to be
Pilot solar project uses printable panels
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An inexpensive solar power design has been launched in Australia by a physicist who says it could provide a low-cost
Brussels ends Chinese solar tariffs
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The European Union will end its five-year-old restrictions on Chinese solar panel imports, where importers were subjected to duties of
Cañete faces opposition to higher target
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The European Commission is facing opposition to setting more ambitious European emissions reduction targets for 2030, amid arguments that member
Halogen bulbs to be banned in EU
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Halogen bulbs are set to be banned in the European Union on September 1 to encourage consumers to switch over