Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it’s working with global investment firm Brookfield Asset Management to provide cloud infrastructure services and automate the firm’s renewable energy generation operations. The cloud provider is also receiving 601.6 megawatts (MW) of wind and solar energy from its investment partner to power AWS operations in Europe, North America, and India […]
Wind and Solar Energy Are The Fastest-Growing Sources of Electricity: Report – EQ Mag Pro
A report published on Wednesday reveals that wind and solar, the fastest-growing sources of electricity, reached a record 10 per cent of global electricity in 2021. Fifty countries around the world have now reached the milestone. Overall, clean sources generated 38 per cent of the world’s electricity in 2021, more than coal (36 per cent). […]
Great news for wind and solar energy in South Africa
Wind energy will play a major role in the future of the South African energy grid. This is according to Ntombifuthi Ntuli, who is the CEO of the South Africa Wind Energy Association (SAWEA). Ntuli noted that the allocated annual capacity of 1,600MW to windpower will make up a total of 14.4GW of power supply […]
Wind and solar energy doubled their share since the Paris Agreement
Wind and solar have doubled their share of global electricity generation since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015, reaching almost 10% in the first half of the year, according to a new report. Nevertheless, it’s still not yet enough to meet the climate targets and sustained action is needed furthe The energy consultancy […]
Western Rajasthan produces surplus power, thanks to wind and solar energy
Jaisalmer: Winds of change in alternative power generation are sweeping across western Rajasthan with wind and solar energy producing surplus electricity for the tenth successive year considerably reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In Jaisalmer region, the total installed wind power capacity is 3933.52 MW and solar energy production is 113 MW, a senior official said. ‘On […]
