SSE Renewables goes global with French wind farm

SSE Renewables has commenced construction on the Chaintrix onshore wind farm in northeast France, marking its first project outside the UK and Ireland

Dubai solar test to benefit UK businesses

Heriot-Watt University in Dubai has unveiled a testing site, backed by UK Government funding, to support companies in developing new solar technologies

Global energy transition faces $18tn investment gap

To limit global warming to 1.5°C, the energy transition must see renewables and low carbon solutions grow from 12% in 2021 to 50%-70% by 2050, according to a new report

Octopus Australia secures AUD$250m boost

Octopus Australia has received an investment from Rest, a major superannuation fund, as part of its successful second fundraising round for the Octopus Australia Sustainable Investments Fund

Almost half of Brits support local energy projects lowering bills

More than a quarter (27%) are open to supporting local renewable projects regardless of potential construction impact, according to a new survey

Sky shield secured: UK pledges £3.5m to protect Air Defence from windfarms

The funding will support the development of prototypes aimed at mitigating windfarm impact on surveillance systems

Making waves: Subsea battery triumphs in UK North Sea test

A renewable energy project has successfully concluded a four-month trial in the UK North Sea, demonstrating the feasibility of utilising a subsea battery system powered by a wave energy device

RWE wins Gulf lease for US offshore wind

The energy giant aims to build a capacity of up to 2GW for fixed-bottom offshore wind energy at a location situated 44 miles away from the Louisiana coastline

Field starts construction on 40MWh Newport battery storage site

The developer has partnered with Clarke Energy and Trina Storage to build the battery storage site in Newport, Wales

Solar power: Texas plant to juice Meta’s data centre

Iberdrola’s US subsidiary, Avangrid, has kicked off the construction of a photovoltaic plant in Texas, generating 240MW of clean energy for Facebook’s data centre