The RE100 campaign commits companies to sourcing 100% of their operations from renewable power and lobbies governments to increase access to low-carbon power. TCG's programme, launched in 2014, now includes more than 100 companies including technology firms like...

A legal case challenging renewable energy facility licenses issued by Greek authorities to Italy’s Enel for the development of what would be Greece’s biggest wind farm, in Evia, the country’s second largest island, slighly northeast of wider Athens, is now underway,...

CHINA: Danish manufacturer Vestas has launched its new V120-2.0/2.2MW turbine in China. The V120-2.0/2.2 is the latest evolution in Vestas' 2 MW class. A V100-2.0 turbine is seen here at South Plains in Texas, United StatesThe manufacturer introduced the new 120-metre...

Cutting costs by preventing failure instead of running wind turbines until they break lies at the heart of a new approach to operations and maintenance. Analysis of CMS data can alert maintenance team before damage is done Mass production of wind turbines on an...

EUROPE: Member states are discussing how much of their contribution towards the EU's 2030 renewables target should be delivered by 2025 as they seek common ground on a proposed energy governance law. Member states should be able to deviate from the linear growh plan...

A market test needed to measure the level of investor interest in a bailout-required sale package of main power utility PPC lignite units is expected to be proceed as scheduled, by the end of next month, even if certain revisions to a proposal forwarded by Greek...

The energy ministry has forwarded a finalized plan for RES auctions to the European Commission which, according to sources, envisages separate auctions for PV and wind energy technologies as well as two neutral pilot auctions open to investors of both technologies....

Greece’s effort to remain an active participant in international developments concerning climate change has lost momentum in more recent times, leaving the country behind, a leading academic in Greece has stressed in an interview with energypress ahead of a UN...

Tesla Inc. has partnered with Vestas Wind Systems A/S to figure out how to combine wind turbines and batteries, socking away power during breezy times to use when the air is still. This partnership is part of a wider global program run by Vestas, the world’s biggest...

THAILAND: Vestas has sold 60 V136-3MW turbines to an undisclosed customer, marking the company's first sale of the model in Asia-Pacific. With the V136 having a hub height of 157 metres, the as-yet-unspecified projects will feature the highest towers in the region....