Royal Dutch Shell has spent over $400 million on a range of acquisitions in recent weeks, from solar power to electric car charging points, intensifying its drive to expand beyond its oil and gas business, and reduce its carbon footprint.
News ID: 1867 Publish Date : 2018/01/28
The Energy Ministry is reviewing plans to expand the use of renewable forms of energy by supplying nomads with cheap and light solar photovoltaic panels.
News ID: 1845 Publish Date : 2018/01/23
Sportswear giant Nike has signed its second major wind power agreement with Avangrid Renewables. The deal is for 86 megawatts of wind power from the Karankawa Wind Farm in Bee and San Patricio counties in Texas.
News ID: 1829 Publish Date : 2018/01/21
As per the Sixth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2017-22), Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (aka Tavanir) has been obliged to boost the country's electricity trade with its neighbors on northwestern, western and eastern borders, a deputy manager of the company said.
News ID: 1820 Publish Date : 2018/01/20
Startups could help combat air pollution by developing sensors and control systems, the deputy for renewable energy at the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology said.
News ID: 1817 Publish Date : 2018/01/20
Royal Dutch Shell agreed on Monday to acquire a stake in a US solar company, 12 years after exiting the sector, in the latest series of deals to grow beyond its core oil and gas business.
News ID: 1807 Publish Date : 2018/01/17
Upgrading the South Pars Gas Field’s central power plant to the combined-cycle system has been planned, which can use both gas and steam to generate electricity, the director of production at Pars Oil and Gas Company said.
News ID: 1800 Publish Date : 2018/01/15
In line with policies to boost renewable energy capacity, German investors have built four solar power plants in Hamedan, 330 kilometers west of Tehran, and the fifth one is under construction, director general of Hamedan Province's economic affairs said.
News ID: 1750 Publish Date : 2018/01/02
BP is getting back into solar power six years after its first, failed foray, with a $200 million investment in solar generator Lightsource that the oil and gas firm expects will deliver profits and deepen its foothold in renewable energy.
News ID: 1697 Publish Date : 2017/12/16
A Bulgarian renewable power developer has signed a memorandum of understanding to expand solar photovoltaic infrastructure in Jahrom, a city and country in the central-southern Fars Province.
News ID: 1633 Publish Date : 2017/12/11
A consortium of Chinese and Hong Kong companies has signed an agreement with Iran's Industrial Development and Renovation Organization for a joint venture to produce solar photovoltaic panels in Iran.
News ID: 1616 Publish Date : 2017/12/06
Google, the biggest corporate buyer of renewable energy, is buying even more—536 megawatts of wind power from four power plants.
News ID: 1609 Publish Date : 2017/12/02
The government has commissioned the construction of €6.3 billion ($7.3 billion) worth of renewable power plants through foreign investment, government's spokesperson said, as Iran takes steps to diversify its energy mix that is dominated by oil and gas.
News ID: 1526 Publish Date : 2017/11/11
Some of Europe’s top utilities have called the EU’s green energy targets unambitious, urging the bar to be raised in the fight against climate change, a letter seen by Reuters said.
News ID: 1518 Publish Date : 2017/11/08
In line with efforts to enhance the country's renewable power production capacity, preliminary talks are underway with Norway’s Norsk Vind Energi to construct a 200-megawatt wind farm in Iran, the deputy energy minister for international affairs said.
News ID: 1466 Publish Date : 2017/10/24
Norway’s Saga Energy signed a €2.5 billion ($2.94 billion) deal in Tehran on Tuesday to build solar power plants in Iran, the company said, just days after US President Donald Trump unveiled a more confrontational policy toward Tehran.
News ID: 1449 Publish Date : 2017/10/19
What is 47 billion barrels in oil and gas really worth in an age where renewable sources are increasingly filling the world’s energy needs?
News ID: 1389 Publish Date : 2017/10/07
New solar photovoltaic capacity increased by 50% in 2016, according to a renewables market analysis and forecast from the International Energy Agency.
News ID: 1384 Publish Date : 2017/10/06
A South Korean company is to invest in construction of three wind farms in the south-eastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
News ID: 1352 Publish Date : 2017/09/26
In a bid to diversify energy resources and shift away from fossil fuels for electricity generation, the government says a quarter of Iran's new power generating capacity in the next four years should come from renewables.
News ID: 1291 Publish Date : 2017/09/12
