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• Renewable energy project approvals hit record high in GB in 2025, data shows

  30-12-2025 12:19
  Applications to build battery storage drive boom as offshore wind projects given go-ahead jump sevenfold year on yearA record number of renewable energy projects were given the go-ahead in Great Britain in 2025, after planning approvals almost doubled year on year, according to an analysis.The energy capacity of new battery, wind, and solar projects that received approval climbed to 45GW this year, 96% higher than in 2024, according to data from Cornwall Insight. Continue reading...
  
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• Dominion sues over CVOW stoppage

  29-12-2025 18:24 via renews.biz
  Dominion sues over CVOW stoppage
  
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• Vestas bags 188MW Irish order

  29-12-2025 14:34 via renews.biz
  Vestas bags 188MW Irish order
  
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• Vestas lands 390MW Korean offshore wind order

  29-12-2025 10:53 via renews.biz
  Vestas lands 390MW Korean offshore wind order
  
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• Goldwind bags 470MW Brazil bounty

  29-12-2025 10:20 via renews.biz
  Goldwind bags 470MW Brazil bounty
  
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• UXO consultant secured for Doordewind

  29-12-2025 09:33 via renews.biz
  UXO consultant secured for Doordewind
  
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• Renewables supply over quarter of US power

  29-12-2025 09:24 via renews.biz
  Renewables supply over quarter of US power
  
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• JFE Engineering wins monopile contract in Japan

  29-12-2025 09:19 via renews.biz
  JFE Engineering wins monopile contract in Japan
  
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• OX2 signs Finland off-take deal

  29-12-2025 09:11 via renews.biz
  OX2 signs Finland off-take deal
  
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• European Energy energises Kvosted hybrid park

  29-12-2025 09:03 via renews.biz
  European Energy energises Kvosted hybrid park
  
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• London Eye architect proposes 14-mile tidal power station off Somerset coast

  27-12-2025 12:07
  West Somerset Lagoon would harness renewable energy for UK’s AI boom – and create ‘iconic’ arc around Bristol ChannelThe architect of the London Eye wants to build a vast tidal power station in a 14-mile arc off the coast of Somerset that could help Britain meet surging electricity demand to power artificial intelligence – and create a new race track to let cyclists skim over the Bristol Channel.Julia Barfield, who designed the Eye and the i360 observation tower in
  
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• Ørsted sells 55% of Changhua 2 to Cathay

  23-12-2025 15:17 via renews.biz
  Ørsted sells 55% of Changhua 2 to Cathay
  
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• GE Vernova signs 256MW Oz turbine deal

  23-12-2025 15:16 via renews.biz
  GE Vernova signs 256MW Oz turbine deal
  
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• European Energy connects Glejbjerg solar park

  23-12-2025 15:07 via renews.biz
  European Energy connects Glejbjerg solar park
  
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• ‘We finally have a tool to at least shave some tenths of a degree off’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewable energy

  23-12-2025 13:51
  The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rivalBill McKibben’s book The End of Nature, published in 1989, warned early of the dangers of climate changes and he has been campaigning and writing ever since. His most recent book, Here Comes the Sun, takes a look at the soaring potential of renewable energyIs your latest book a more optimistic take on this world? Continue reading...
  
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• ‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables

  23-12-2025 13:51
  The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rivalBill McKibben’s book The End of Nature, published in 1989, warned early of the dangers of climate changes and he has been campaigning and writing ever since. His most recent book, Here Comes the Sun, takes a look at the soaring potential of renewable energyIs your latest book a more optimistic take on this world? Continue reading...
  
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• Vestas agrees 273MW deals in Germany

  23-12-2025 11:01 via renews.biz
  Vestas agrees 273MW deals in Germany
  
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• Venterra secures £40m funding boost

  23-12-2025 10:25 via renews.biz
  Venterra secures £40m funding boost
  
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• Orsted mulls legal proceedings in US

  23-12-2025 10:25 via renews.biz
  Orsted mulls legal proceedings in US
  
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• Victoria to get first publicly owned windfarm with 33-turbine Latrobe valley project

  23-12-2025 03:53
  Advocates say State Electricity Commission’s $650m Delburn windfarm will be a ‘new chapter’ for region previously home to Hazelwood coal power stationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereVictoria will have its first publicly owned windfarm after the government’s electricity commission spent $650m on a 33-turbine project in the Latrobe valley.Construction of the De
  
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• Vestas lands 320MW US orders

  22-12-2025 16:54 via renews.biz
  Vestas lands 320MW US orders
  
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• European Energy green lights 225MW Vizzini PV farm

  22-12-2025 16:54 via renews.biz
  European Energy green lights 225MW Vizzini PV farm
  
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• US pauses five offshore wind projects

  22-12-2025 16:21 via renews.biz
  US pauses five offshore wind projects
  
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• Turbine installation begins at 2.6GW CVOW

  22-12-2025 16:05 via renews.biz
  Turbine installation begins at 2.6GW CVOW
  
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• Renewco Power bags £29m finance package

  22-12-2025 11:11 via renews.biz
  Renewco Power bags £29m finance package
  
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• Navantia-Windar alliance completes EA3 monopiles

  22-12-2025 10:53 via renews.biz
  Navantia-Windar alliance completes EA3 monopiles
  
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• Denzai and GWS form Japanese offshore partnership

  22-12-2025 10:43 via renews.biz
  Denzai and GWS form Japanese offshore partnership
  
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• European Energy lifts Måde PtX capacity

  22-12-2025 09:04 via renews.biz
  European Energy lifts Måde PtX capacity
  
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• Seatrium, Maersk reach jack-up agreement

  22-12-2025 08:57 via renews.biz
  Seatrium, Maersk reach jack-up agreement
  
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• ‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse

  20-12-2025 16:00
  The Golden State’s clean energy use hit new highs in 2025. As the Trump administration abandons US climate initiatives, can California fill the void?As officials from around the world met in Brazil for the Cop30 climate summit last month, the US president was nowhere to be found, nor were any members of his cabinet. Instead, the most prominent American voice in Belém was that of the California governor, Gavin Newsom.During the five days he spent in Brazil, Newsom described Donald Tr
  
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• This year’s Christmas could be Britain’s greenest yet, energy operator says

  20-12-2025 09:00
  System operator Neso predicts lowest carbon intensity ever on Christmas Day after new wind and solar power come onlineBritain’s energy system operator has predicted that this year’s Christmas Day could be the greenest yet.If the weather remains mild and windy for the rest of December, the National Energy System Operator (Neso) has said it could record the lowest carbon intensity – the measure of how much carbon dioxide is released to produce electricity – recorded on the
  
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• Was 2025 the year that business retreated from net zero?

  20-12-2025 06:00
  From retailers to banks, carmakers to councils, the bold pledges for carbon-neutral economies are being watered down or scrappedAlmost a year since Donald Trump returned to the White House with a rallying cry to the fossil fuel industry to “drill baby, drill”, a backlash against net zero appears to be gathering momentum.More companies have retreated from, or watered down, their pledges to cut carbon emissions, instead prioritising shareholder returns over climate action. Continue rea
  
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• Happy Christmas readers and viewers

  19-12-2025 16:30 via energylivenews.com
  So another year comes to an end.A year where net zero and energy dominated so much of the news; from winter fuel bills, price cap hikes, investment in nuclear, the launch of GB Energy, taxing EVs, closure of Grangemouth, saving of Grangemouth, a chaotic COP30, political debate on the 2050 target and of course the rise of AI!Phew!It’s been busy and it will be busier still in the new year with many big decisions to come and much more political meddling for sure.We will be back in the new ye
  
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• Manchester leads push to transform long duration energy storage

  19-12-2025 15:31 via energylivenews.com
  The University of Manchester is leading a new £3 million research collaboration to develop GPStore, a long duration energy storage technology designed to support the UK’s transition to net zero.
  Funded through an EPSRC Critical Mass Programme Grant, the project aims to unlock a first-of-its-kind solution for storing clean energy for hours, weeks or even months.The consortium brings together experts from the University of Manchester, the University of Birmingham, the University of Li
  
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• Overlooked hydrogen emissions are heating the Earth

  19-12-2025 14:30 via energylivenews.com
  Rising global hydrogen emissions since 1990 have intensified climate change by indirectly heating the atmosphere and amplifying methane’s impact, according to new research.The study provides the first comprehensive accounting of hydrogen sources and sinks worldwide.Authored by the Global Carbon Project, the research finds hydrogen indirectly heats the atmosphere about 37 times faster than carbon dioxide during the first 20 years after release.
  Over 100 years, its warming effect is roughly
  
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• PNE exits Panama via management buyout

  19-12-2025 14:00 via renews.biz
  PNE exits Panama via management buyout
  
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• Vestas lands 205MW Australian turbine deal

  19-12-2025 13:52 via renews.biz
  Vestas lands 205MW Australian turbine deal
  
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• Skyborn wins approval for Gennaker project

  19-12-2025 13:44 via renews.biz
  Skyborn wins approval for Gennaker project
  
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• SOWEC warns seabird impact methods flawed

  19-12-2025 13:37 via renews.biz
  SOWEC warns seabird impact methods flawed
  
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• Tokamak Energy ends 2025 with record fusion results

  19-12-2025 13:30 via energylivenews.com
  Tokamak Energy has closed 2025 with three new performance records set to bring fusion that little bit closer.Its ST40 fusion device, set new highs for plasma current, stored energy and fusion triple product as it prepares for a major upgrade.
  The spherical tokamak at the company’s Oxfordshire headquarters has earned a reputation for punching above its weight in fusion research.ST40 has now reached 1 mega-amp of plasma current, up from its previous best of 0.85 mega-amp, while almost doubl
  
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• Jones Bros wins Clashindarroch 2 works

  19-12-2025 12:50 via renews.biz
  Jones Bros wins Clashindarroch 2 works
  
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• GPM secures Equinor deal for Horizon

  19-12-2025 12:44 via renews.biz
  GPM secures Equinor deal for Horizon
  
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• Boralex wins Clashindarroch extension approval

  19-12-2025 12:35 via renews.biz
  Boralex wins Clashindarroch extension approval
  
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• BYD Energy Storage passes 1.5m milestone

  19-12-2025 12:30 via energylivenews.com
  BYD Energy Storage has passed 1.5 million residential energy storage installations worldwide, marking a decade of growth in home and small commercial markets.
  The milestone comes in a year of major product updates and a shift towards fully integrated home energy solutions.At the centre of the new line up is the Battery-Box HVB, the first system in the range to use BYD Blade Battery technology.
  Higher energy density allows more storage in a lighter, more compact unit, giving homeowners more capa
  
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• Transformers land for Baltica 2 substation

  19-12-2025 12:20 via renews.biz
  Transformers land for Baltica 2 substation
  
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• You can now officially travel greener and cleaner

  19-12-2025 11:30 via energylivenews.com
  Tourism has a carbon problem and Green Tourism thinks it has just fixed one of the hardest parts of it.The sustainability body has launched what it says is the world’s first ISO-validated carbon tracker built specifically for the tourism and events sector, a big moment for an industry responsible for around 8% of global emissions.The new Green Business Carbon Tracker has been independently verified by certification body Control Union to ISO 14064-3 standards.
  That gives it third-party cre
  
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• Alterric seals €300m green loan deal

  19-12-2025 11:16 via renews.biz
  Alterric seals €300m green loan deal
  
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• Labour’s deal with Ineos saves Grangemouth

  19-12-2025 10:30 via energylivenews.com
  Britain’s last ethylene plant has been saved and Grangemouth is staying open.A deal between the UK Government and INEOS secures around 500 direct jobs at the Scottish site with hundreds more protected across the supply chain, ending months of uncertainty over one of the country’s most strategically important industrial assets.More than £120 million in government support alongside major private investment from INEOS has locked in the future of the plant, which produces ethylene
  
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• Iberdrola buys 242MW Ararat wind farm

  19-12-2025 09:49 via renews.biz
  Iberdrola buys 242MW Ararat wind farm
  
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• RWE signs PPA with Thames Water

  19-12-2025 09:38 via renews.biz
  RWE signs PPA with Thames Water
  
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