Matthew Stepp is nationally recognized for his work on energy and technology innovation. His current work is focused on carbon pricing. Join TalkSolar host Beth Bond, as Beth and Matt talk carbon pricing, carbon taxes, fossil fuel subsidies and national policy versus local policy. New Energy Internet Radio with Talk … [continued]
The second quarter of 2014 showed an increase in clean energy investment, with China leading the pack, and projects around the world receiving funding.
Solar energy would be high on the agenda of a government led by Narendra Modi. This notion was clear even before the first ballots were cast in the world’s largest election that concluded earlier this year. India’s 14th Prime Minister has now taken the first steps to deliver on that … [continued]
The European Wind Energy Association havs released a report investigating the European offshore wind industry for the first half of 2014, and found that there are currently 16 commercial offshore wind farms totalling 4.9 GW currently under construction, boosting European offshore wind capacity. Furthermore, a total of 224 new offshore wind … [continued]
US EIA is out with the Annual Energy Outlook 2014, which predicts that wind, solar, and other renewables will account for 24% of new capacity over 30 years.
The initiatives undertaken by the South African government through the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers (RE-IPP) program have started to reap results now with the commissioning of the solar and wind energy projects auctioned during the first phase of the program in 2011. After commissioning some large solar power projects … [continued]
2040-50 may finally be the decade when the installed renewable energy capacity in India would overtake the coal-based installed capacity, if the ambitious Integrated Plan for Desert Power Development is fully realized. Under the Desert Power India – 2050 plan, a gargantuan 455 GW of renewable energy capacity addition has … [continued]
European wind power companies Gamesa & Areva announced a partnership to further develop offshore wind capacity for the continent.
Europe will invest around $1 trillion into growing its renewable energy capacity by the year 2030, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Of this, a very substantial amount is expected to be into rooftop solar PV ($339 billion) and onshore wind energy ($250 billion). The growing … [continued]
By Michael Brower Last month, Ohio Governor Kasich signed legislation putting a two-year ‘freeze’ on the state’s proven, successful, and money-saving renewable energy standard. Doing so, he is moving Ohio backward as other states move forward, developing job-creating CO2-neutral/CO2-light, clean renewable energy. This new state law freezes economic growth in … [continued]
