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January 17, 2023
Verizon inks PPA for 410 MW of renewable energy
US telecom giant Verizon has signed four new power purchase agreements (PPAs) to procure renewable energy.
January 16, 2023MEPs to vote on key EU ETS reforms in February
The European Parliament’s environment committee may vote on key reforms of the EU ETS in February, with a parliamentary vote due in March, MEP Pieter Liese said on Thursday.
January 13, 2023Greenfact projects GO prices to trade for EUR 6-8/MWh in 2023
The trading prices for European guarantee of origin (GO) prices would likely to range from EUR 6/MWh to EUR 8/MWh this year, Norwegian market intelligence firm Greenfact said in a report on Thursday.
January 11, 2023France pushes forward with law to accelerate renewables
French MPs on Tuesday moved ahead with a law to speed up the deployment of renewable energy, as the country’s nuclear plants were hit by maintenance and corrosion problems and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused energy costs to surge.
January 05, 2023UK enjoys record-breaking 2022 for renewables
A record-breaking level of green energy was generated in the UK in 2022, according to new analysis from Imperial College London for Drax Electric Insights.
January 03, 2023Brussels plans energy market reform to curb renewables cost
Brussels plans to overhaul the bloc’s electricity market to prioritise cheaper renewable energy, European Union’s energy commissioner Kadri Simson has said, despite industry warnings that the reforms could smother investment in wind and solar projects.
December 28, 2022Collapse of Finland's carbon sinks wipes out decades of efforts to reduce emissions
Finland could be subject to billions of euros in costs as the diminishing capacity of forests as a carbon sink has undermined its effort to meet the sink target set by the EU.
December 27, 2022H&M signs PPA for 90 MWp solar park in Sweden
The Swedish fashion company H&M has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a solar park with Neoen and Alight to power its operations.
December 22, 2022Swiss university launches tool to calculate CO2 emissions from electricity mix
A platform developed by Swiss university of Geneva that allows consumers to track the variations in the composition of the electricity mix used and to calculate the carbon footprint has come online.
December 20, 2022EU strikes deal on major carbon market reform
EU member states and parliamentarians on Sunday reached a political deal to reform the bloc's carbon market, the key policy of its ambitions to cut emissions and invest in climate-friendly technologies.