Facebook pledges to buy 100% renewable energy by 2020
The social media company committed to its ambitions in the midst of the biggest year yet for corporate renewables
Total makes equity investment worth $83.4mn in Clean Energy Fuels
Total agreed to purchase up to 50.8mn shares of Clean Energy’s common stock to become the company's largest stockholder acquiring 25% of ownership
South Korea powers its gas and renewables with $9bn investment
This investment should also create 90,000 new jobs, stated Korea Gas (KOGAS), the country’s dominant Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) buyer
Intersolar South America and ABSOLAR sign partnership on solar PV developments
The partnership with ABSOLAR has what it takes to sustainably advance the industry and is a cornerstone of our strategy in Brazil,” says Dr. Florian Wessendorf, managing director of Solar Promotion International GmbH
Portugal announces extensive solar power plans in midst of record-breaking heat wave
The country’s leaders are exploring how it can use extreme weather conditions to their advantage, by opening one of Europe’s largest solar plants and expanding renewable energy goals
Over 5,500 UK churches embrace renewable energy
According to Christian Aid, 15 Anglican cathedrals, including York Minister and Salisbury are among the religious sites now using 100 percent green electricity tariffs
Jordan Islamic Bank inaugurates its Solar Power plant
Solar power generation to cover 75% of the consumption of the Bank's branches in Amman, Zarqa, Madaba and Balqua, among others
Department of Energy to back ultrafast science project
The aim is to accelerate discovery of new materials and chemical processes using step-by-step processes and observation of atomic and molecular scales
British government to provide multi-million funding to renewable subsidy auctions
Offshore and remote island wind providers in the UK will be able to bid for contracts to possibly power four million plus homes
ABB solar solutions fuel Australian farm diversification
The Redmud Green Energy project is successfully revitalising the Riverland of Australia, with plans to develop further projects in the region
Germany’s clean energy generation outpaces coal power generation
Renewable power sources have exceeded coal as Germany's primary source of electricity, according to latest figures by the nation's leading energy lobby BDEW