Researchers in Switzerland say making a low or zero carbon economy requires a lot of planning and effort by all interested parties. Energy storage will be key as will improvements to the energy efficiency of buildings.
Students in Germany have been staying out of school on Fridays to urge their government to take bold action on reducing carbon emissions. They have been criticized by reactionaries, but Chancellor Angela Merkel says she supports their actions.
Every year, the California Energy Commission releases its Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) report, which gives details about the mix of energy experienced by all utilities within the state during the preceding 12 months. The report for this year, released in November, shows that all three of the state’s investor-owned utilities — Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric — are projected to derive 50% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020. That is a full decade ahead of schedule. PG&E reports it used 32.9% renewable energy in the past year. The figure for SoCal Edison was 28.2%. San Diego Gas & Electric led the pack with 43.2% renewable energy.
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Said to be “the most thorough study ever conducted of a U.S. offshore wind farm,” Deepwater Wind invested three-years and $7 million in completing the permit applications for the proposed 30-MW Block Island Wind Farm, a project that management sees as a stepping stone on the path toward carrying out much larger projects off the US northeast and mid-Atlantic coast.
Q2 was a record quarter for the US solar market, intensifying opposition and populist rhetoric notwithstanding. Utility solar power installations powered second quarter gains in solar power capacity, though residential solar power installations increased for the fourth consecutive quarter, according to SEIA-GTM Research’s latest quarterly report. […]
Goldfield Partners is “very confident” it can raise an initial ₤50 million by June to finance contracts it has secured with solar PV system providers to install solar energy systems for residents living government-supported housing. […]
SMPA customer interest in buying solar PV panels at the Paradox Valley site has been “a bit overwhelming,” according to project developers. Due for completion in October, the 1-MW project should be able to supply clean, renewable electricity for some 200 average homes. […]
Massachusetts’s clean energy investments and incentive programs are paying off handsomely in terms of economic stimulus and jobs growth, as well as reducing carbon emissions and environmental degradation. […]
A confluence of solar PV stimulus programs will power 80% growth in the Asia-Pacific region in Q4 2012, as demand shifts from Europe to emerging solar PV markets around the world, according to an NPD SolarBuzz forecast. Solar PV capacity is surging in major economic zones around the world, but government incentive programs in China, India, and Japan will make the APAC region the fastest growing. […]
