The International Energy Agency (IEA) has raised its global forecast for the growth of renewables in what it describes as its: “largest ever upward revision” for the sector.
OX2, the Swedish renewable project developer, has sold its Niinimäki wind farm in Finland to Helen and Bank of Åland’s Wind Power Fund.
The World Bank has approved a $497 million loan facility to Eskom for the repurposing of Komati Power Station.
The UK set a new national record for wind generation, with windfarms generating nearly 20 GW during a 30-minute period on 26 October.
Enel Green Power Brasil, a subsidiary of Italy’s Enel, has started construction on the 399 MW Lagoa dos Ventos V wind farm in Brazil’s north-east state of Piauí.
Octopus Energy Group has partnered with Nexta Capital Partners to create a joint venture to install 1.1 GW of new onshore wind and solar energy capacity in the south of Italy by 2025.
Stanwell Corporation, the coal giant in Queensland, Australia, has announced plans to build a 500 MW wind farm.
Siemens has announced that a green hydrogen generation plant, described as one of the largest in Germany, has been commissioned.
A spokesman for President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt said that the country was considering cooperation with Norway’s Scatec for construction of a 3 GW wind power generation project and other renewable energy projects.
ACWA Power has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy to develop a 1.5 GW wind project in the Karakalpakstan region.