renewable technology

09 Nov 23

Indonesia launches South-east Asia’s largest floating solar farm

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Indonesia has opened a $108m (£88m) floating solar plant in a significant renewable energy milestone for the country. The project was developed by PLN Nusantara Power and the renewable energy company Masdar from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The plant was built on Cirata reservoir, 108km (67 miles) south-east of…

27 Oct 23

South Africa granted $1bn World Bank loan to upgrade its energy grid

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The bank wants to support Africa’s sixth most populated nation and help it reduce its energy emissions. South Africa’s energy grid has been increasingly struggling, with the country’s coal-fired power stations routinely breaking down and leaving citizens without power for up to 10 hours a day. To address this situation,…

19 Oct 23

World needs 80 million more kilometres of new power lines by 2040, IEA finds

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

A new IEA report on global electrical grids said that a “lack of ambition and attention” risks making electricity grids the “weak link” within the global transition to clean energy. The agency said that grid investment needs to double to more than $600bn (£495bn) a year by 2030, or electrical…

10 Oct 23

World’s largest offshore wind farm begins powering Britain

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The National Grid has connected Dogger Bank in the North Sea, set to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm, to the UK electricity transmission network. The 277-turbine wind farm is located 70 nautical miles off the coast of Yorkshire. Upon its completion, scheduled for 2026, Dogger Bank will occupy…

22 Sep 23

Scotland signs ‘blueprint’ deal with onshore wind industry

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The Onshore Wind Sector Deal has been hailed as providing a “blueprint” for the rest of the UK. The goal of the agreement is to support the Scottish government in reaching its target of 20GW onshore wind by 2030, a figure more than double Scotland’s current operational capacity of 9.3GW.…

08 Sep 23

‘Energy disaster’: offshore wind farms absent from government auction

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The UK’s renewable energy strategy has suffered a blow as no new offshore wind projects have been bought by developers at the latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction. Industry experts had warned that this might be the case after ministers refused to increase the maximum price for the auction despite…

04 Sep 23

Onshore wind farm ban set to be overturned

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The UK government is reportedly set to change the laws that ban the construction of new onshore wind farms as a result of internal party pressures. The rule changes follow the proposal of an amendment to the Energy Bill – set to be voted on by the government on Tuesday…

18 Aug 23

UK could be left behind in green energy transition, study warns

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Researchers have predicted British growth in low-carbon electricity output to reach 2.9 per cent by the end of the decade, lagging France (3.1 per cent) and Japan (3.2 per cent). The nations with the largest growth in the sector were the US (6.4 per cent), China (7.2 per cent) and…

05 May 23

Collaboration on optimisation of large batteries to revolutionise future energy use

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

SSE Energy Solutions’ software grid balancing technology, Enhance, is designed to help maximise the efficiency of mega batteries. Now, the Enhance platform has been deployed at one of the world’s leading energy research centres, managing the operation of the 2MW battery at the University of Sheffield’s Willenhall Energy Storage facility.…

31 Mar 23

EU countries agree to double renewable energy targets

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The 27 nations that form the EU have reached a deal to almost double the share of energy originated by renewable technologies in the next seven years. With this agreement, the EU aims to "fast-track the deployment of renewable energies" as part of the EU's plan "to become independent from…