If you’ve been following solar industry news, you’re familiar with reports of some in the industry cozying up to monopoly utilities while continuing to paint themselves as solar champions. They rationalize this apparent paradox by using the same messaging we see in happy-feel-good TV ads from the utilities themselves: “We’re … [continued]
Originally published on Renew Economy. The South Australian Labor government gained a lot of credit – and success – when it announced a 33 per cent renewable energy target for the state by 2020. It seemed very ambitious at the time, but it turns out that it was just a … [continued]
250 megawatts (MW) of the 300 MW that were recently approved by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will come from the Beacon solar project located in Kern County, the LADWP recently announced. The other 50 MW will be solar projects developed in the inner city. The total … [continued]
Originally published on Renew Economy. The conservative Queensland state government has called for action on emissions reductions to be deferred, saying that economic growth should not be impeded, and low emissions technologies should only be deployed “when society is wealthier.” The government of one of the richest states in one of the … [continued]
By Tam Hunt, owner of Community Renewable Solutions LLC The solar market is booming in the US. We recently surpassed ten gigawatts of installed capacity, just a year after we surpassed five gigawatts. The future is equally bright. With this boom in solar we’re seeing new ways for investors to become involved in this … [continued]
Originally published on SolarWakeup. How is that every four years, we as a nation let Ohio decide the presidential election when they’re too dumb to recognize that solar power should fuel its future? For those of you who have lived under a rock for the past week, both the Ohio … [continued]
Originally published on Lenz Blog. Energiewende Germany wrote this on Twitter: Renewables have grown more than nuclear been shut down. Coal? In decline again. Rod Adams, who tries to delay deployment of renewable energy since he rightly perceives it as dangerous competition to his preferred nuclear option, challenged that: @EnergiewendeGER Do you have … [continued]
Scrapping the Australian Renewable Energy Target could have catastrophic ramifications for the renewable energy industry in the country, as well as consumers and employment, all the while delivering huge profits to power companies, according to new analysis from research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The recently elected Tony Abbott/Liberal Government is … [continued]
Originally published on Renew Economy. By Sophie Vorrath Scrapping or winding back Australia’s Renewable Energy Target would lead to significant increases in electricity prices, while delivering a windfall profit to power companies of as much as $70 billion, according to new analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The analysis shows … [continued]
Originally published on Renew Economy. By Sophie Vorrath A new report by the Danish Energy Agency has found it would be technically possible to construct a secure and reliable national energy system based on 100 per cent renewables by 2050. The report, Energy Scenarios for 2020, 2035 and 2050, compares the … [continued]
