Photo: By Teun van den Dries / Shutterstock By Nichola Groom Feb 11 (Reuters) - Vineyard Wind, the developer of the first major U.S. offshore wind farm, said on Tuesday it will miss its target to start sending power to Massachusetts by 2022 due to lengthy federal permitting delays. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, part of the U.S. Department of Interior, posted … [Read more...]
Earth’s Increasing Wind Speeds a Boon for Offshore Renewables
By William Mathis (Bloomberg) --The world is getting windier at the same time that developers are installing more turbines to generate electricity from breezes. Average wind speeds rose about 7% since 2010 in northern mid-latitude regions, reversing a trend of slowing winds in the decades prior, according to a group of researchers from institutions including Princeton … [Read more...]
Britain’s New Net Zero Emissions Target Becomes Law
By Susanna Twidale LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - Britain's new target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 became law on Thursday, making it the first among the major G7 countries to set such a goal. Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May had announced the target earlier this month, saying the plans were ambitious but crucial for protecting the planet for future … [Read more...]
Clean Energy Becomes Dominant Power Source in U.K.
By Jeremy Hodges (Bloomberg) --The U.K. will generate more energy from low-carbon sources than from fossil fuels this year for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. Wind, solar, hydro and nuclear plants provided 48% of the nation’s electricity in the first five months of 2019, according to the U.K. network operator National Grid Plc. Coal, which made up more than … [Read more...]
Renewable Energy Sector Hails New York State’s New Climate Plan
By Dave Gregorio NEW YORK, June 20 (Reuters) - Investors, developers and users of renewable energy at an industry conference in New York this week were buzzing about the state's ambitious plan https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-new-york/new-york-lawmakers-pass-aggressive-law-to-fight-climate-change-idUSKCN1TK2GT to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by … [Read more...]