Renewables
Europe North Sea grid seen furthering market coupling
The European Commission is set to build the largest transnational power network of its kind, after announcing it is planning a massive electricity grid to run under the North Sea.
Australia – renewables policy
As government support for renewables grows globally, Andrew Petersen and Eros Artuso of PwC look at Australia’s latest initiative and compare it with other schemes worldwide
Energy Risk Environmental Rankings 2009
Energy Risk carried out its second annual Environmental Rankings survey this year in which respondents voted for their preferred players in emissions & renewables markets. Katie Holliday analyses the results and talks to market participants about their…
APX launches Michigan RECs system
APX, an infrastructure provider for environmental and energy markets, has launched the Michigan Renewable Energy Certification System (Mirecs) and hinted at future plans to enable inter-market management of renewable energy assets.
Centrica invests £725 million in UK offshore wind farm
Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, will construct a 270 megawatt (MW) offshore wind project off the coast of Scotland. The Lincs project is to be located next to its existing wind farms at Lynn and Inner Dowsing.
Power project could link US grids
A proposal to link the three US power grids could create the country’s first renewable energy trading hub.
Gazprom Marketing & Trading and ecolutions collaborate on CDM
Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T), a subsidiary of Russian gas company Gazprom, has partnered with renewable energy firm ecolutions to develop emissions-reduction projects in China.
Doubts over EU plan for OECD carbon market by 2015
The EU is unlikely to meet its vision for an OECD-wide carbon market by 2015, Emmanuel Fages, senior analyst at Orbeo, said at the Carbon Show in London on September 29.
Canada’s first renewables feed-in tariff launched
The government of Ontario has launched Canada’s first feed-in tariff (Fit) for renewable power under its Green Energy Act. The move is part of a series of incentives designed to create 500,000 jobs in the renewable energy sector over the next five years.
Tarmac enters power-purchase agreement
UK quarrying and construction company Tarmac has signed a £3.5 million power-purchase agreement (PPA). As part of the deal, Tarmac will buy discounted renewable energy from UK renewables firm Nuon Renewables and sell it back to UK energy company npower.
Clean energy fund tops $200 million in first year
A clean-energy infrastructure fund managed by Fortis Investments has attracted €158 million ($232 million) in investment in its first year.
US DOE launches transmission project
US energy secretary Steven Chu has announced details of a new $213 million transmission project to bring renewable energy resources to market.
Offshore wind to provide 17% of European electricity by 2020
Current offshore wind capacity has the potential to supply 17% of European Union electricity demand by 2030, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Offshore wind currently provides a meagre 0.3% of European electricity demand.
E.ON completes 475MW wind farm in US
German utility E.ON has announced the completion of its 457.5 megawatt (MW) Panther Creek wind farm in Texas, making it one of the ten largest wind farms in the United States.
DOE awards $500m to clean energy projects
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $502 million would be distributed to clean energy projects in the first round of awards from the stimulus package passed in February.
Umbrella coverage
Pauline McCallion investigates the budding opportunities for managing weather risk in the renewable energy sector.
Green shoots
Will the US Department of Energy's stimulus funding provide the financing required by the renewable energy sector?
Green skies ahead?
Biofuels could become part of the jet-fuel blend in as little as two years and ready for large-scale use by 2015, say experts. Katie Holliday talks to airlines, biofuels experts and carbon traders about the implications for the jet fuel market.
All for one
The Waxman-Markey Bill brought the US a step closer to establishing a federal mandate for renewable energy generation. Pauline McCallion looks at the implications for renewable energy credits trading
A seagull's-eye view
US offshore energy could receive a boost from a newly announced US Federal regulatory scheme. Gregory Lawrence, Mustafa Ostrander and Stephen Smith of McDermott Will & Emery outline the programme