First Solar is helping to boost Chile’s solar potential. The Arizona thin-film manufacturer put in a bid recently for the 162 MW Luz del Norte project, according to Greentech Media. Worth $370 million, construction of the Luz del Norte plant is scheduled to begin June, 2014 and use more than 1.7 … [continued]
A bit more energy news for you, beyond the solar and wind pop stars: “Intermittent and Unreliable” — Another Nuclear Power Plant Fails In Extreme Heat 5 Ways To Engage Low-Income Customers On Energy Efficiency Energy Storage Promise Found In Common Chemical Biggest Oversight In Obama Climate Action Plan What … [continued]
[Update July 12] See a more in-depth post about this record day here: Sunday, Solar Sunday — Germany’s July 7 Solar Power Record In-Depth It has been a very sunny day here in western Poland, so I knew it was basically the same in Germany (it always is) and that … [continued]
Following our top solar states rankings and our top solar countries rankings, below are rankings that mix the two. The rankings are for total and new solar power capacity per capita as well as total and new solar power per GDP. I thin the results are very interesting…. If you … [continued]
–> Update: Also see the new top solar power countries vs top US solar states rankings. Following up on my top solar power state rankings, below are rankings of the top solar power countries per capita and per GDP. These solar power by country rankings are key to seeing who the … [continued]
European legislators have been urged to set a 100% renewable energy target for 2050 by the Global Alliance for 100% Renewable Energy. The Alliance, launched in Europe recently, criticised the EU legislators for not setting aggressive long-term renewable energy targets. Alliance members, which include World Future Council, the Fraunhofer Institute for … [continued]
For an insane number of solar & wind stories CleanTechnica hasn’t covered, check out this Google Doc. If you’re somewhere in between being as cleantech-obsessed as me and feeling sad when you get to the end of our daily posts on solar and wind power, simply check out these top … [continued]
Here on CleanTechnica, we regularly see article after article trumpeting the advances wind power has made (for example, last year, the rate of installation increased by about 20%) or praising the huge installation of photovoltaic power in Germany, Italy, or even the Czech Republic! While Europe may be the clean … [continued]
The European Union added 11.6 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy capacity in 2012 according to annual statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), bringing the total EU wind energy capacity up to 105.6 GW. However, the EWEA expects 2013 and 2014 to be challenging years for the wind … [continued]
Fox & Friends last week had the apparent bravery (or ill-conceived agenda) to mention Germany’s huge solar power success. We’ve written three articles in response to the Fox & Friends clip: Fox News: Can You Get Any More Insane? Fox News Fails BIG TIME On Solar Subsidies Germany Has More … [continued]
