The COP26 world climate summit failed to live up to the hopes placed in it. Although some important initiatives have been launched, the decisive final declaration remained vague and fell far short of expectations. One argument that is used again and again: The high costs of the energy transition. But is this really true?
James Fisher Renewables completed the first part of a two-phase contract to investigate unexploded ordnance (UXO) and potential archaeological features ahead of the installation of export cables for RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm.
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For a long time it looked as if the COP26 would not produce any significant results. Now the world's two biggest CO2 emitters have joined forces and announced something surprising.
To coincide with COP26 in Glasgow, Germanwatch and the NewClimate Institute published their annual climate protection index - and once again it shows that despite some progress, no country is yet on track to meet the 1.5-degree target. That's bad news. But politics alone won't fix it anyway.
Fugro secured two geotechnical site investigation contracts with Energinet for Denmark’s proposed Energy Island project in the North Sea.
Pattern Energy has started construction of its 150 MW Lanfine Wind power project in Alberta, Canada which will provide enough green energy to power approximately 25,000 homes in Alberta annually.
Last weekend the COP26 world climate summit has started in Glasgow, Scotland - and with it the struggle for a lot of money and useful results. Some people were particularly in the focus - even if they weren't present.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments, urges for swift policy action to accelerate the pace of the renewable build-out and to meet the Paris agreement targets to limit the rise in temperature.
A Mainstream Renewable Power-led consortium was awarded 50% of the total allocation in the latest round of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP)
SSE Renewables has formed a new joint ownership company called SSE Pacifico to pursue the development of offshore wind projects in Japan.
This weekend in Glasgow the COP26 world climate summit will begin. Meanwhile, in Germany, coalition negotiations of the so called 'traffic light parties' (SPD = red, Grüne = green, FDP = yellow) are in full swing. Motto for both events is: no failure allowed, because a great deal depends on the work done over the next few years. Germany, as Europe's largest industrial nation, has a crucial role to play.
Hexicon’s Korean joint venture CoensHexicon has been granted the permission to measure wind conditions in four areas in South Korean waters for the potential development of floating offshore wind farms.
KenzFigee signed a contract with Iv-Offshore & Energy to deliver an electric hydraulic Ram Luffing offshore crane which will be installed at the HVDC offshore converter platform for Sofia Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea.
The airport signed a MoU with renewable energy company Ørsted to decarbonise the airport and rapidly accelerate the shift to sustainable air travel.
Shortly before COP26 in Glasgow, there is bad news from the US: The billion-euro package introduced by President Biden, which also includes extensive climate protection measures, has still not been passed. Will the US president, whose first official act was to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, come to the world climate summit empty-handed?
OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000 permit for an offshore wind farm within the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of Falkenberg and Varberg.
The global wind industry is calling on the world's governments to "get serious" ahead of the COP26 global climate conference and support public and private initiatives to secure the energy transition.
German energy company BayWa r.e. acquired the project rights for Broken Cross Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, from developer Brockwell Energy.
Project developer Ørsted chose Danish company Cadeler to install wind turbines at the two German offshore wind farms Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3.
Senvion was awarded a 591 MW project to supply wind turbines for JSW Energy in India. The project is expected to meet the electricity needs of 450,000 Indians in the future.
The nearly $20 million facility is located in west Ocean City, Maryland, and will service Ørsted’s Skipjack Wind program.
More than 20 organizations have launched a petition under the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) to call for a law banning fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship in the European Union.
Equinor has pioneered a novel method of data collection for offshore wind, using an autonomous sailbuoy at Hywind Scotland.
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd completed the construction of two offshore substations for Ørsted which will be deployed in Taiwan’s Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Offshore Wind Farms.
According to a new report the use of nuclear energy is falling behind renewables worldwide this year. However it's not only renewables benefiting, but also the number one climate killer, coal. That has consequences for emissions.
Joint Venture Blue Gem Wind has commissioned leading seabird researchers from Oxford, Sheffield, and Heriot-Watt Universities to support their current offshore Environmental Impact Assessment work.
Chinese turbine manufacturer Goldwind has signed two contracts for the supply of wind farms with 600 MW in the Ukraine.
Enefit Green has made an investment decision to build the 75 MW Akmene wind farm in Lithuania which will be the company's largest to date.
For several weeks now, the US government has been negotiating a massive investment program that would also provide a lot of money for climate protection. Whether an agreement will be reached, however, is currently written in the stars with headwind for President Biden coming primarily from his own Democratic Party.
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