Rocky Mountain Power struck a deal with Boston-based First Wind agreeing to purchase solar power over twenty years from four solar facilities in Beaver and Iron counties in Utah. Construction is set to begin in 2015 and be completed the following year. According to First Wind, the new solar sites … [continued]
Dr. Christopher Keating is offering $10,000 to anyone who can disprove climate change. He calls his offer “The $10,000 Global Warming Skeptic challenge.” Its his own money that’s available, and it’s available to anyone over the age of 18 who uses the scientific method to prove that climate change is not … [continued]
At 8:48 p.m. on March 26, wind generation on the electric grid covering most of the state of Texas reached a new instantaneous peak output of 10,296 megawatts (MW). At that moment, wind supplied almost 29% of total electricity load, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the grid’s operator. … [continued]
Curtailments of wind generation on the Texas electric grid have steadily dropped since 2011 as more than 3,500 miles of transmission lines have been built, largely as a result of the state’s Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) program. Occurrences of wind-related negative real-time electricity prices have similarly declined as the CREZ transmission … [continued]
Time to catch up on more electrified vehicle news. Here are a number of big EV news stories we wouldn’t want you to miss: Nissan Carwings To Grow: The Nissan LEAF smartphone service Carwings has now been around for about 4 years (time flies! no pun intended). Now it’s time for a … [continued]
Time to catch up on more solar news. Here are a number of big solar news stories we wouldn’t want you to miss: First Solar + Skytron: First Solar is acquiring Skytron. If Skytron doesn’t ring a bell, it should. It holds more monitored solar PV projects than all about 3 other … [continued]
Adapt or Die read the title of the article suggesting that electric utilities must change their business to survive, or be buried under an onslaught of local renewable energy. But utilities seem to have chosen a third way – Fight – as captured in this map from the Institute for … [continued]
Rocky Mountain Institute By Robert McIntosh & Koben Calhoun New RMI/GTRI analysis shows how to reduce U.S. solar PV costs through installation labor efficiency Download the report In 2013, the United States installed more solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity than either Germany or Australia for the first time ever. (The U.S. has triple … [continued]
At the time of announcing its performance for the financial year, the UK Green Investment Bank also announced plans to raise £1 billion for a new fund to “acquire equity stakes in operational offshore wind projects in the UK.” The move is expected to boost the offshore wind sector’s rapid growth. … [continued]
While not technically a clean-technology story, the fervent need for such technology would not be as necessary if not for the continuing planet-wide warming trends, making the news that May 2014 was the hottest May on records a big deal. According to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), a part … [continued]
