One of India’s rapidly emerging renewable energy project developers, Hero Future Energies, has announced plans to raise funds through the sale of equity stake in the company. According to media reports, Hero Future Energies – part of the Hero Group – is looking to sell equity in the company to … [continued]
Investing in renewable energy projects in emerging markets has returns that are on average 28% higher than those in Europe or North America. The findings are part of the recently released Mercatus Global Advanced Energy Insights Report Volume IV, published by cloud-based software company Mercatus, which offers software to help digitally assess … [continued]
A megalithic ‘Supergrid’ connecting Northern Africa with Europe could help both regions reach near-100% renewable energy share. This is the primary conclusion from a new report published by Fraunhofer ISE, which was worked on by five separate Fraunhofer institutes, each using their individual expertise to examine the idea of a … [continued]
The Stanford Center for Professional Development has added new courses to its online Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies Program. Launched back in 2012, the Stanford Center’s Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies Program is billed as “energy education designed for engineers, product developers, product managers, marketing professionals, investors, and policy makers,” … [continued]
State renewable portfolio standards are responsible for over half of all renewable electricity growth in the US since 2000. This is the primary conclusion from a new report published earlier this month by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which also concluded that total renewable portfolio standards (RPS) demand over the next 15 years … [continued]
Global clean energy investment dropped in the first quarter of 2016 due to an investment slowdown in China, despite mega-financings in the UK and Norway. This is the primary conclusion from Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) data team, which found that global clean energy investment in the first quarter of … [continued]
For years, HBO’s investigative news series, VICE, has given viewers a glimpse of how climate change is impacting the world. From glacier melt in Greenland and Antarctica, to rising seas in Bangladesh, VICE has provided alarming documentation that our planet is, indeed, in trouble. But last Friday, Shane Smith, VICE’s co-founder … [continued]
An agreement to build a 10MW/10MWh energy storage facility in Haryana, India, has been reached by Panasonic India Pvt. and AES India Private Limited. The electricity from the battery system will provide backup and enhance daily reliability for a Panasonic India manufacturing site. The AES Advancion platform will be used, in conjunction with Panasonic’s … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. A new electric car, designed specifically for the Brazilian market, is currently being developed by a number of entrepreneurs in the country under company name Alta Green Motors, according to a new press release. The plan is for a prototype of the new electric vehicle (EV) … [continued]
The Bureau of Land Management has given approval for a right-of-way lease to Advanced Rail Energy Storage for a commercial-scale rail energy storage project on 106 acres of public lands in southern Nevada. “ARES Nevada will be a world-class facility and a point of pride for Nevada. The power production is clean … [continued]
