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Renewable energy installation at a five-year low in 2020: Report SECTIONS Share Synopsis This was because of operational and financial challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, Bridge To India maintained. It attributed the slowdown to delays in government approvals and financial closures as well as restrictive working practices. ANI The drop was particularly steep in the solar segment. In 2019, 5,013 MW of solar capacity and 1,879 MW of wind had been added. Renewable energy capacity addition was at a five-year low in 2020, with 2,620MW and 1,309MW of solar and wind capacity installed respectively in the calendar year, according to a report by renewable energy consultancy firm Bridge to India. ....
Can Offshore Wind Development Avoid Harming Nature? Governments and industry want to better protect nature from offshore wind development. Conservationists worry they won’t go far or fast enough. Catherine Early January 11, 2021 Environmentalists want the cumulative impact of multiple offshore wind projects to be considered. (Credit: Ørsted) Just before New Year, offshore wind farm developer Ørsted’s 2.4-gigawatt Hornsea 3 project was given the green light by the U.K. government. But the project highlights the potential conflict between climate-change mitigation and nature protection. A decision on the project had been scheduled for October 2019, but concerns over its impact on bird life, and how to mitigate it, forced a delay. ....