Spain – BBVA has joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance, that promotes the development of green hydrogen for a carbon-neutral Europe by 2050. BBVA is the only Spanish bank in this alliance promoted by the European Commission. The European Commission bets on clean hydrogen as a strategic asset and energy source to help the EU […]
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Amazon has added nine new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects in the U.S., Canada, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. The company now has 206 renewable energy projects globally, including 71 utility-scale wind and solar projects and 135 solar rooftops on facilities and stores worldwide, which will generate 8.5 GW of electricity production capacity globally. […]
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Ireland – RWE Renewables’ first European-based battery storage project has entered full operations in Ireland. The 8.5 megawatt hour (MWh) battery storage facility will be capable of providing a rapid delivery of electricity into the power grid. This balances fluctuations resulting from the growing proportion of electricity generated by intermittent renewables. First system, out of […]
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Ireland/UK – Ørsted has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100 % equity interest in UK and Ireland onshore wind business, Brookfield Renewable Ireland (BRI). With the acquisition of BRI, Ørsted enters the European onshore market. BRI, headquartered in Cork, Ireland, is a developer, owner, and operator of onshore wind farms. BRI has an […]
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Europe has invested €43 billion in new wind farms in 2020, the second highest annual amount on record. The investments cover 20 GW of new capacity that will be built in the coming years, 13 GW of it in the EU. But this is much less than what Europe needs to deliver its 2030 climate […]
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European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) initiative has launched the vision for a dedicated hydrogen transport infrastructure across Europe.
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The Netherlands – In the period 2016-2020, the port of Rotterdam reduced its total carbon emissions by no less than 27%. Nationwide, the volume of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere fell by 14% in the same period. In 2020, Rotterdam achieved a 12% reduction in emissions, compared to 8% in the Netherlands as a […]
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United Kingdom – Aberdeen International’s recent acquired, AES-100, is researching the potential of hydrogen production from nuclear reactors. AES-100 is investigating whether hydrogen production could, under the right conditions, offer a solution to U.S. and European nuclear reactors from retiring early as well as support newer reactors to run at their highest efficiency. While nuclear […]
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Germany – Volkswagen Group’s EU sites could be supplied with 100 percent electricity from renewable sources by 2023. The company made significant progress in supplying its plants with electricity from renewable sources in 2020. The share of renewable electricity purchased rose from 80 to 95 percent at EU production sites within a year. At the […]
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Europe deployed 14.7 GW of new wind power in 2020, of which 80% was onshore wind. Europe currently has a gross wind energy capacity of 220 GW.
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