This is a long time coming … and given that SunEdison has now crashed into bankruptcy and CEO Ahmad Chatila just resigned, it might have been more useful to publish earlier. Nonetheless, the points Pashupathy Gopalan, SunEdison’s President of Asia Pacific & Sub-Saharan, makes in the presentation are still relevant today. As you can see, this presentation … [continued]
The major causes of climate change and air pollution are the burning of fossil fuels for electrical generation and transportation. Bill Gates accepts that but thinks that technical solutions don’t exist already and need to be discovered. Thiel doesn’t even accept climate change, but still thinks we need to invest … [continued]
Originally published on ilsr.org. On the one hand: Sky-high electricity prices. A 20th century electricity system burning fuel oil and controlled by large monopoly electric utilities. A proposed utility takeover. On the other hand: A new 100% renewable energy standard. Rooftop solar on one of ten homes, saving each customer hundreds of dollars … [continued]
Debunking the clean energy myth that renewable costs are more expensive than traditional fossil fuels
Below are some great articles and interesting news from around the interwebs, to complement CleanTechnica‘s obsessive coverage. Enjoy. Highlight Article Almost Everything You Know About Climate Change Solutions Is Outdated, Part 1 Almost everything you know about climate change solutions is outdated, for several reasons. First, climate science and climate politics … [continued]
Originally published on Climate Reality. Grid parity might be the most important part of stopping climate change you never hear about on the news. Find out what it means and why it’s critical. For financial analysts, “grid parity” is just a shorthand way of describing when a clean energy form … [continued]
GTM Research Report Shows Significant Solar Gain GTM Research has released its latest solar report, which found that 20 US states are at grid parity today, with 42 expected to reach that milestone by 2020. “As installation costs continue to decline and retail electricity rates climb, residential solar economics have become … [continued]
A new study has concluded that fossil fuels consumption is likely to grow unless an adequate price is placed on carbon dioxide emissions. The new study, Will We Ever Stop Using Fossil Fuels, published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, finds that fossil fuel consumption is likely to continue to increase … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love UK developer PS Renewables has claimed the UK solar industry has reached grid parity for large-scale solar farms. Grid parity is the point where an alternative energy source — in this case large-scale solar — can generate power at a levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) … [continued]
Originally posted at ilsr.org. Back in 2012, ILSR released a pair of reports on the solar Rooftop Revolution, noting that one-third of Americans would live in a metropolitan area where the cost of solar energy from their roof would be less than the cost of power from the utility by … [continued]
