Canaries look to renewable solutions
Storage
El Hierro (pictured) is one of the smallest islands in Spain’s Canaries and the furthest from mainland Spain, covering just
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Italy to auction wind projects
Environment
New auctions for wind and solar projects exceeding 1 MW in size will be part of a new incentive scheme
French wind power costs fall
Environment
Costs have fallen in the latest French onshore wind tender, according to government results, with 22 projects, totalling 508 megawatts
Funding ‘threatens’ wind triumphs
Industry
As the overwhelming success of the ambitious Norwegian-backed 30-megawatt (MW) Hywind project (pictured) off the Scottish coast is being
Dutch grid operator plans €28bn overhaul
Environment
Dutch grid operator Tennet says it wants to invest €28 billion over the next decade developing renewable sources and other
Hywind exceeds expectations: Statoil
Consumption
The world’s first floating wind farm has survived winter storms and generated more electricity than expected, its investors say, adding
Dunkirk wind firm to be named in March
Environment
Sébastien Lecornu, the French ecological and solidarity transition secretary, says the results of the wind project off the coast at
NGOs back 35% renewable target
Environment
Renewable energy groups are hoping that a 35-per-cent renewable energy target proposed by MEPs will prevail over a less ambitious
EDF: reactors complement renewables
Environment
France’s nuclear utility EDF says it is addressing the rise of renewable energy by ensuring its 58 reactors are flexible
Bosnia looks to boost wind power
Industry
Bosnia’s second-largest power utility, ERS, issued a tender this week seeking consultants to advise it on developing a 48-megawatt (MW)
EU power demand rises: study
Consumption
Electricity consumption increased or was stable last year in every EU country, apart from the UK, where declining industrial activity
Statoil to replicate Hywind triumph
Environment
The Norwegian company behind the world’s first floating wind farm, Hywind (pictured) off Peterhead in Scotland, has revealed it is
Wind island eyes 30-gigawatt output
Production
The Netherlands hopes to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm by 2027 on a 6-square-km artificial island in the
Statoil unveils battery strategy
Storage
Norway’s state-run Statoil is using its position as the majority partner in the Scottish Hywind offshore floating wind farm, a
Statoil bids for Dutch wind project
Environment
Statoil has submitted a bid for the offshore wind-power contract for Hollandse Kust Zuid: a 760-megawatt project in the Dutch