IN February 2019 Scottish Power CEO Keith Anderson said energy prices would fall “in a few years” due to the expansion of renewables. Last week we heard bogus statements saying that wind farms that haven’t been built yet would pay money back to the consumer. Yet my electric bill just Read more
Facebook has signed an agreement with Brookfield Renewable Partners for a Tipperary wind farm as part of a major international project to buy clean power to support its operations globally. The social media giant, which is already one of the world’s biggest corporate consumers of renewable energy, has signed contracts Read more
A renewables investor with a big windfarm portfolio in Scotland has highlighted its appetite for acquisitions in the country after making progress amid challenging conditions in the first half. The Renewables Infrastructure Group was impacted by the fall in energy prices triggered by the fallout from the coronavirus. Lockdowns resulted Read more
Offshore wind farm potential is enormous. They are no longer limited to shallow water but can operate from anchored rafts – and the size and output of the turbines keeps increasing. Less than a decade ago turbines of three megawatts (MW) were the new giants – now the industry is Read more