The Latest Breaking News on Renewable energy

Rishi Sunak bows to pressure from Tory backbenchers to allow new onshore wind

Under the proposals, planning permission would be dependent on demonstrating local support

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2022

Sunak set to end ban on new onshore windfarms in face of Tory rebellion

Deal reached that paves way for communities in England to authorise projects without unanimous support

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022

How far has nuclear fusion power come? We could be at a turning point for the technology

Our society faces the grand challenge of providing sustainable, secure and affordable means of generating energy, while trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to net zero around 2050.

The Conversation · Dec 6, 2022

Ukraine war will make renewables top electricity source: IEA

Russian fossil fuel bans propel world towards solar, wind and other renewable energy sources, says new report.

Al Jazeera · Dec 6, 2022

BCPG preps Asia's largest wind farm in Laos

BCPG Plc, the renewable power generation arm of Bangchak Corporation Plc, is planning to build Asia’s largest wind farm in Laos in cooperation with PowerChina International Group.

Bangkok Post · Dec 6, 2022

South Australia's premier, Peter Malinauskas, is in 'furious agreement' with PM that nuclear power would not work for Australia

The South Australian premier has comprehensively rejected the future use of nuclear power generators in Australia, saying the "completely uneconomic" technology had already been thoroughly investigated and dismissed.

ABC News · Dec 6, 2022

Australia lagging in green energy shift

A national approach is needed for Australia to progress renewable energy-based manufacturing, the hydrogen industry says.

AAP · Dec 6, 2022

Green light for offshore wind collaboration

The Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has granted approval for Norwegian energy company Equinor to invest in Oceanex's NSW offshore wind project entities.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 6, 2022

SPCG projected to miss revenue target

SET-listed SPCG, a pioneer in solar farm development in Thailand, expects to miss its revenue target of 4.7 billion baht this year because of heavy rain and the expiration of the adder tariff granted to its solar farms.

Bangkok Post · Dec 6, 2022

Power line placement for new wind farm near Biloela will impact cropping operations, farmers say

Farmers in central Queensland say proposed transmission towers to connect a new wind farm to the grid will interfere with their ability to plant, spray and harvest on prime cropping land.

ABC News · Dec 6, 2022