Europe & UK

Europe & UK

Q Cells files more patent infringement complaints in Germany, France

March 30, 2021 Anand Gupta

Solar products company Q Cells, which has dual headquarters in South Korea and Germany, has filed a patent infringement complaint in the Regional Court of Duesseldorf against rival Astronergy Solarmodule GmbH. The photovoltaics (PV) maker has done so on March 12, according to an announcement. Furthermore, it has filed separate patent infringement complaints in France […]

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EU-Africa: 30 days of dialogue on green transition

March 24, 2021 Anand Gupta

The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB), will be hosting 30-days of dialogue on green transition and green investment between African and European partners. Events and virtual meetings will take place across Africa and Europe, beginning on 24 March and culminating on 23 April, […]

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INTEGRATED EUROPEAN MAJORS LEAD ON PREPAREDNESS FOR A LOW-CARBON WORLD AMONG 39 GLOBAL O&G COMPANIES

March 24, 2021 Anand Gupta

Yet Bloomberg Climate Transition Scores supported by BloombergNEF and Bloomberg Intelligence research show oil and gas industry remains far from transition-ready. New York and London, March 24, 2021 – European oil companies, including Total, Galp, Equinor, BP and Royal Dutch Shell lead a group of the 39 most publicly-traded oil and gas companies in preparedness […]

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Poland to have 14.5GW of solar PV installations by 2030

March 24, 2021 Anand Gupta

Poland is expected to have around 14.5GW of solar PV installations by the end of 2030. Poland’s incentive measures – such as the My Electricity program — will result in solar contributing more than 20 percent in the country’s capacity mix, according to GlobalData. Mohit Prasad, project manager at GlobalData, said: “Poland’s cumulative solar PV […]

Australia achieves record large solar energy output on Friday

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Thermax partners with Steinmtiller Babcock Environment for waste to energy solutions

March 23, 2021 Anand Gupta

Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thermax recently signed a know how transfer and license agreement with Steinmtiller Babcock Environment GmbH (SBE), Germany for Waste to Energy technology. As a part of the agreement, TBWES will design, engineer, manufacture and sell Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) fired waste to energy solutions […]

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Air Liquide signs its first Power Purchase Agreement for renewable electricity in the Netherlands

March 19, 2021 Anand Gupta

Air Liquide has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Vattenfall, one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat, to purchase a total of 25 megawatts of offshore wind capacity in the Netherlands. Following PPA agreements in the United States and Spain, this is the first PPA signed by the Group […]

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Germany, Canada agree to explore green hydrogen development

March 17, 2021 Anand Gupta

Deputy ministers from the two countries will meet in May for the first time to work out a work schedule for the endeavour FRANKFURT: Germany and Canada agreed on Tuesday to explore the joint development of green hydrogen from Canadian hydroelectric power for export to Germany. Germany wants to scale up hydrogen as an alternative […]

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Russia’s Getting Left Behind in Global Dash for Clean Energy

March 15, 2021 Anand Gupta

Bloomberg – As the man in charge of developing Russia’s vast Arctic north, Aleksey Chekunkov faces more climate-related challenges than most, from permafrost sink holes to the emergence of West Nile fever in frozen tundra. Yet he’s no eco-warrior when it comes to fossil fuels. “We have to be realistic, we are the largest country […]

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Italy’s Eni, CDP form joint venture to invest 800 mln euros in renewable energy

March 12, 2021 Anand Gupta

MILAN: Italy’s Eni and state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) have formed a joint venture to invest around 800 million euros ($957 million) over five years in solar and wind energy production, they said in a statement. GreenIT, which is 51% owned by Eni and 49% by CDP unit CDP Equity, will target an […]

Shell to ignore wind and solar in push towards greener energy output

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Poland sees energy transformation costing $120 billion by 2045

March 4, 2021 Anand Gupta

Poland still generates most of its electricity from coal, but plans to reduce its share in power production amid rising carbon emission costs. WARSAW: Switching energy supplies from fossil fuels to cleaner sources of power will cost Poland an estimated 450 billion zlotys ($120 billion) by 2045, the minister responsible for energy infrastructure said on […]