RenewEconomy The Climate Institute and the Australian Youth Climate Coalition have joined forces to launch a “Stop the Dinosaurs” digital marketing campaign designed to save the renewable energy target (RET). The campaign is also being pushed by John Hewson, the former head of the Liberal Party who is horrified that … [continued]
The nearest Metro Manila skyline to IOREC 2014. There are many—Manila’s actually 18 cities. Image Credit: CleanTechnica/Sandy Dechert The two-day International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference* last week in Manila provided delegates insights into the current status of energy access in the region. At IOREC 2014, participants also discussed key barriers to deploying … [continued]
Editor’s Note: remember that these numbers are for utility-scale power plants, so they don’t include rooftop solar power additions. Originally published on the ECOreport. The energy infrastructure figures for May are out, and renewables accounted for around 88% of all new installations, but that figure is deceptive. The fastest growing … [continued]
RenewEconomy The debate over the future of Australia’s renewable energy target should properly be fought out in the public arena, among politicians, and in the mainstream media. Both seem disinterested, so the real fight is happening behind close doors, in the in-camera sessions of the RET Review panel and within … [continued]
RenewEconomy Western Australia could become a world leader in the development of solar energy and other resources, but any opportunity to do so could be missed if the renewable energy target is reduced or abandoned. This is the assessment of the WA Renewable Energy Alliance, which unites many of the … [continued]
Into the Wind By David Ward Wind power is supported by a wide majority of Americans and evidence suggests that where there’s more wind power, there’s even more support. That support is backed up by real benefits. American wind power creates good-paying jobs, attracts new private investment in our local, state, and national economies, keeps electricity … [continued]
Into the Wind By Peebles Squire Across the country, warmer than normal temperatures are sending people rushing to the thermostat to turn up the air conditioning. As a result of increased demand, prices for electricity on the spot market shot up, doubling in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern regions. There was one place, … [continued]
Germany’s windiest area, Schleswig-Holstein, will probably achieve “100% renewable electricity” sometime this year. That is, its clean energy production will be able to supply all of its electricity consumption. Schleswig-Holstein has a goal to generate 300% of its electricity consumption with renewables eventually. This mostly rural area is grid-connected, so … [continued]
The major wind developer First Wind is best known for you guessed it, wind power, but with a new 320 megawatt deal in Utah the company has begun to flex its solar muscles, too.
If someone asked you when the first electricity-generating wind turbine was made in America, what would say? The 1940s or 50s? The very first was constructed long before that. In 1888, Charles Brush, an Ohio-based engineer, built a 60-foot tower with a 56-foot rotor to generate up to about 12kW … [continued]
