Renewable Energy

Manitoba Unveils Ambitious 10 GW Vertical Solar Panel Project in Collaboration with RCT Solutions

July 29, 2023 Anand Gupta

Canada’s Manitoba provincial government has revealed its ambitious plan to establish a state-of-the-art solar manufacturing hub with an impressive 10 GW annual capacity to meet the surging demand for solar energy in North America. Joining forces with Germany’s RCT Solutions GmbH, a renowned player in the solar industry, the $3 billion project aims to create […]

Renewable Energy

US to open Energy Department land to clean energy development

July 29, 2023 Anand Gupta

WASHINGTON : The US will announce on Friday a program to repurpose Department of Energy Department land, including part of a site contaminated during the production of atomic bombs about 80 years ago, for generation of clean energy including wind, solar and nuclear power. The DOE said it has identified about 70,000 acres (283.28 square […]

Renewable Energy

COP28 host UAE pledges to triple renewables – EQ Mag

July 4, 2023 Anand Gupta

The oil-rich United Arab Emirates said it would triple renewable energy production as part of a raft of environmental initiatives announced on Monday, months before it hosts UN climate talks. The UAE, one of the world’s biggest exporters of emissions-producing crude oil, also unveiled national strategies on hydrogen and electric cars. Few details were revealed […]

Renewable Energy

Power ministry to benchmark biomass pellet prices

June 28, 2023 Anand Gupta

New Delhi : Ministry of Power (MoP) has decided to benchmark the prices of biomass pellets used for co-firing in Thermal Power Plants (TPPs). The decision comes in view of evolving market conditions for biomass pellets and requests received from stakeholders including thermal power plants, pellet manufacturers, farmers, bankers etc. The benchmarked price shall take […]

Renewable Energy

AP bets on renewable energy to meet goals

May 30, 2023 Anand Gupta

VISAKHAPATNAM : Anticipating a further increase in the electricity demand, the state energy department has focused on transformation of the sector. The annual energy consumption in the state has increased by over 31% in the last six years – from 50,077 million units in 2017-18 to 65,830 MU in 2022-23. The power utilities met the […]

Renewable Energy

Bhutan, Bitdeer plan $500 million green crypto fund

May 5, 2023 Anand Gupta

Bhutan and Singapore-based Bitdeer Technologies Group (比特小鹿) have announced plans to raise US$500 million to establish cryptocurrency mining operations that use the Himalayan kingdom’s plentiful hydropower. Huge amounts of electricity are needed to power the vast computer farms that mine for cryptocurrency, leading to heavy criticism of its effect on the climate and efforts to […]

Renewable Energy

G7 vows to step up moves to renewable energy, zero carbon

April 18, 2023 Anand Gupta

SAPPORO, Japan : Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations vowed Sunday to work to hasten the shift toward cleaner, renewable energy, but set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants as they wrapped up two days of talks in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo. The officials issued a […]

Renewable Energy

Britain looks to widen renewables support scheme

April 18, 2023 Anand Gupta

April 17 : Britain plans to widen its flagship renewable energy support scheme to encourage investment in the sector, the government said on Monday as it opened a consultation on the proposed changes. The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is the government’s mechanism for supporting new British low-carbon electricity generation projects, such as offshore wind […]

Renewable Energy

G7 ministers agree on ‘drastic’ increase in renewable energy – source

April 17, 2023 Anand Gupta

SAPPORO, Japan : The Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for “drastically” increasing electricity from renewable sources and are considering targets for solar and wind power, a person familiar with the talks said. But G7 environment and energy ministers, meeting in Sapporo in northern Japan for climate and energy talks on Saturday […]

Renewable Energy

Ukraine targets 50% of power from renewables to boost energy security – EQ Mag

March 31, 2023 Anand Gupta

Shifting to green energy will allow decentralising electricity generation, reducing the vulnerability of the power system, and increasing the security of energy supplies, Galushchenko said Ukraine aims to increase the share of renewable energy in its power generation to 50 per cent to boost energy security, the country’s Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko has said. “We […]

Share this video