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In 2023, Britain saw a 13% net electricity import, a departure from its 2022 net exporter status
TotalEnergies has acquired the full ownership of renewable energy company Total Eren, raising its stake from 30%
The PM has agreed to fast-track six renewable energy projects being built in the African nation
Monarch passed away after 70 years on the throne at the age of 96
The new gigaplant in Cambois, Northumberland is to receive £100m
Latest statistics reveal renewable energy was the only source of US energy consumption that increased last year from 2019 – fossil fuel and nuclear power usage both declined
State media has yet to put an official figure on the number of people killed or injured
Hydroelectric dams in the Amazon could be increasing carbon emissions by allowing vines to outnumber trees. Researchers from the University of Stirling claim vines called lianas, which have been popularised as Tarzan’s favourite form of transport, are much better suited than trees to adapting to the ‘forest fragmentation’ caused by the supposedly clean form of […]
UK celebrities are backing a campaign to save the Amazon from destructive hydroelectric dams. Paul McCartney, Sir Roger Moore, Joanna Lumley and Michael Palin are among those who have called for Brazil to recognise the land rights of the Amazonian Munduruku People. Their territory is threatened by plans to build a complex of five dams […]
E.ON plans to sell its Italian hydroelectric power plants for nearly $1 billion (£0.64). ERG Power Generation is to buy the entire Terni Hydroelectric Complex which covers the regions of Umbria, Lazio and Marche. It consists of 16 hydropower plants, one pumping station, seven large dams and three reservoirs (Salto, Turano and Corbara). With an overall capacity […]