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Norway's oil fund and Iberdrola invest in 1.3GW of Spanish solar and wind

Germany's first megabattery installed linked to Moselle hydro plant

Wind sector warns of changes to French renewables law that is about 'keeping the lights on'

Renewables meet nearly half of German power needs as prices soar on 'Russian escalation'

'New dynamic in expansion' | Germany adds nearly 10GW of wind and solar in 2022

'Better starting position' | German regulator raises price cap for wind and solar tenders

Renewables nearly half of Germany's power as sector pushes for 'hydrogen law'

'Lifeline amid energy and climate crises' | EU solar additions jump by nearly 50% this year

'Standard for global climate policy' | EU agrees on carbon border tax, widening ETS

Germany enacts renewables revenue skimming to pay for power subsidies

EU to ease state aid rules for green energy as US 'IRA could lead to unfair competition'

New Danish government to set up energy crisis team to speed up solar and wind expansion

'Way we have to go' | EU advances on carbon border tax, stalls action to boost renewables

Equinor to supply Brazilian aluminium sector with power from half-gigawatt solar plant

'Lack of planning security' | Sector and regulator at odds over lackluster German solar tender

'World to add as much renewables in next 5 years as in previous 20' to boost energy security: IEA

'Politically attractive' | Berlin plans to buy majority stake in TSO TenneT – reports

German renewables revenue cap unconstitutional and rejected in poll: solar association

Google inks power deal for large solar project 'to operate Spanish cloud region carbon-free'

German cabinet rubber stamps tax on 'excessive' green power revenue

EU plan to speed up 'cumbersome' renewables consenting in limbo

Gigascale Spanish renewables tender fails as price cap doesn't 'reflect real cost of energy'

'Billions in investments at risk' | German energy revenue skimming to hurt green targets, sector warns

COP27 | Irena asks world leaders to close 'renewables' deployment gap'

Wind and solar sector urge EU Commission to unlock renewables capacity faster

Green power sector warns of 'unconstitutional' German plan for retroactive profit cap

'Giant project' | TotalEnergies opens solar array producing 10% of Qatar's peak power needs

Off-grid hydrogen key as Latin America to reach 34GW of offshore wind by 2050 | WoodMac

Germany sees record 8.5GW PV additions in 2023 but still feeble wind expansion

Iberdrola, Enel and SolarPower Europe demand EU action to boost solar manufacturing

RE-Source 2022 | EU energy crisis measures risk threatening already declining PPA market

'No one left out in the cold' | RWE leaves on lignite plants but brings forward coal exit to 2030

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'Investors will simply go elsewhere' | Sector warns of EU revenue cap for wind and solar

'Business case no longer viable' | Germany fully takes over Uniper from Fortum

'First truly global energy crisis' | Irena and IEA demand more international collaboration to reach net zero

Renewables sector fears investor uncertainty and demands exemptions from EU revenue cap

EU eyes $140bn windfall from power generators 'to protect citizens from spiking prices'

Revenue cap for renewables to be 'set at level that maintains incentives to invest' | EU's Simson

'Don't expect large-scale application of hydrogen until after 2030' | TenneT CEO

'Retirement of coal-fired power' | BlueFloat boosts size of planned Australia offshore wind project to 2.1GW

'Distortive interventions' | Renewables sector rebuffs revenue cap proposal ahead of EU energy meeting

'Astronomic electricity prices' | Von der Leyen proposes revenue cap for renewables to ease energy crisis

Uruguay mulls tenders for offshore wind linked to green hydrogen

'Fallacy that global energy crisis is clean energy crisis': IEA's Birol

'In midst of turbulence' | Finland grants Fortum financing to bridge Russia-triggered energy crisis

'Crucial for UK net zero targets' | Investor Low Carbon seals financing for 1GW PV projects

Freyr and Japan's Nidec form 'largest JV for low-carbon energy storage' and firm $3bn offtake deal

'Focus market' | RWE expands further in Poland with acquisition of 3GW solar pipeline

Meyer Burger to supply up to 5GW in solar panels to US developer and boost output

'Renewables must lead pack' | Orsted extends 100% green power target to all suppliers

'Abundance of renewable resource' | Exus to buy gigascale solar project pipeline in Brazil

Shell completes $1.55bn acquisition of Indian renewables platform Sprng

Biogas could replace half of fossil gas Germany uses for power generation: study

'At last, we've arrived'| US Senate gives Biden a major political win with landmark climate bill

Meyer Burger lowers gigascale solar output volume expectation on 'global supply chain constraints'

Germany to take large stake and rescue Uniper with $15bn to 'protect supply in time of war'

'Prevent a chain reaction' | Germany mulls taking 30% stake in gas crisis-hit Uniper

GE retains top spot in hotly contested 1H US wind play as 2.82-127 model shines: ACP report

Europe to reach record solar additions in 2022 as EU prepares for gas crunch

'Critical step'| US approves connection for large Wyoming wind project to federal grid

Iberdrola inaugurates gigascale hydro storage plant in Portugal

EDF shares surge as France makes $10bn squeeze-out offer

'Hydrogen long-term solution to net-zero target' | Airbus CEO sees first H2 planes on regional routes

ANALYSIS

'Keys in Berlin’s hands' | Talks over massive rescue of Fortum's Uniper reach higher level

'Clean power superhighway'| Pattern acquires SunZia US wind transmission project

EDF shares suspended as more details expected on nationalisation plan

'Hardly better place on Earth to produce green H2' | Baake named special envoy for German-Namibian energy pact

Germany mulls buying stake in 'system-critical' Uniper amid gas crunch

French PM announces plan to fully nationalise EDF 'to carry out ambitious projects'

'Striking hypocrisy' | EU parliament approves green label for nuclear and gas

Renewables meet nearly half of German power needs as Russia throttles gas flow

EU ministers agree on faster permitting and higher renewables target

Equinor seeks £16m UK funding for second hydrogen scheme

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