The last roundup of the week, here’s some top energy storage, energy efficiency, and other energy and cleantech news from around the interwebs. As always, don’t miss our own stories (links above). Energy Storage Batteries The Size Of Buildings Primus Power Wins Energy Storage Project With Bonneville Power And PSE … [continued]
With roughly 18 months until launch, South Korea appears on the path to launch the world’s most ambitious cap and trade market, with the highest global price on carbon.
The government is still finalizing system design, set to launch in January 2015, but it could ultimately cover 70% of national emissions and reach $90 per ton of carbon.
Here are some more top clean power stories from the past few days (and a couple dirty power stories): Clean Power, In General Much More Renewable Energy Could Be Integrated Into US Grid (Solar Love) Energy Transition In The Netherlands (Renewables International) Germany’s Renewables Revolution (Rocky Mountain Institute) SDG&E Announces 5 New Renewable … [continued]
Reposted from the Rocky Mountain Institute blog: By Albert Chan, Jesse Morris and Leia Guccione Germany is often cited as the king in solar, but its reign may soon be over. Driven by public and government support in the form of healthy feed-in tariffs, Germany is the proud owner of nearly … [continued]
Reposted from RenewEconomy: By Sophie Vorrath A carbon price of between $50 and $100 per tonne would make Australia’s coal- and gas-fired electricity less economical than renewable electricity, according to a new study out of the University of New South Wales. A peer-reviewed paper being published by a research group at the UNSW … [continued]
What were the top solar power stories of 2012? Here’s my list — chime in below if you think differently or have anything to add. 10. Giant US CSP power plants move along as planned, ready for completion in 2013. While we didn’t see any big CSP power plants … [continued]
Call it coincidence, but the listed Australian clean-tech sector is having one of its rare good runs, and it’s come just as the country introduced its carbon price. […]
Who knew that the first weeks of the carbon price would be this entertaining? A bakery chief resigning after urging his franchisees to post coalition propaganda in shop windows and blame the carbon tax and its impact on electricity costs for a stunning rise in the cost of sticky … [continued]
If you are reading this item now then it means that the world did not end with the introduction of the carbon price. Sadly, neither did the political posturing. The government said it was an economic reform that reflected fundamental Labor values. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the government … [continued]
