The Massachusetts State Senate has unanimously passed an omnibus energy bill which requires electric distribution companies to solicit long-term contracts for at least 2,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind by 2027. The Senate bill was offered as an amendment to the energy bill passed by the House of
UK renewables associations have welcomed the announcement that the UK government has set the fifth carbon budget covering the period from 2028 to 2032 at 1,725 MtCO2e.
During the North American Leaders’ Summit, the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States committed to advance clean energy and integration of energy resources, including renewables, by setting a goal of 50% clean power generation in North America by 2025.
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released a new report that provides policy makers, financial institutions and project developers with a range of options to help scale up investment in renewable energy.
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has set the deadline for the Edgartown authorities, the proponents of the Muskeget Channel tidal project, to file a schedule that will specify when the outstanding items to complete the project application will be submitted to the Commission.
The European Commission is to step up its collaboration with China on emissions trading, with a new €10 million cooperation project.
A group calling for a halt to the installation of tidal turbines in the Bay of Fundy pending further environmental assessments denounced a decision by the Nova Scotia government to allow the turbine installation in the Bay of Fundy to proceed.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted in favour of increasing the European Union’s target for renewables to ‘at least’ 30% by 2030. The EU’s renewable energy target which states that 20% of total energy consumption should come from renewables by 2020 has already been hit by many EU me
Representatives from two Canary Islands-based firms, Raley Estudios Costeros and Hexia, held a seminar on marine renewable energy challenges yesterday, June 23, at PLOCAN.
The 20-mile submarine cable which will connect US mainland to Block Island and export the electricity generated by the 30MW Block Island offshore wind wind farm, is expected to make landfall at Crescent Beach, Block Island, in the next week or so, depending on the weather. The cable laying barge Big
Germany’s 8.2 Consulting AG has supported Quadran – Énergies Libres in the planned floating offshore pilot wind farm off the coast of the French region Languedoc-Roussillon by defining the Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QHSE) concept for the tendering phase. As the step from fixed offsho
Sea Mammal Research Unit of the University of St Andrews, in collaboration with SMRU Consulting, has published the results of a Scottish Government-funded study that developed and tested new technology for the detection and measurement of marine mammal behaviour around tidal turbines. The technology
Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Oregon-based Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) to encourage knowledge exchange and joint research activities.
Scotland has exceeded the 2020 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 42% six years early, Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham confirmed today.
