Originally published on the ECOreport Ygrene operates one of America’s largest property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing programs and it is about to get much bigger. It just raised $30 million in operating capital to finance its expansion into six states. According to President and CEO Stacey Lawson, Ygrene expects to quadruple its business. A … [continued]
Spain’s solar association Union Espanola Fotovoltaica (UNEF) reports a majority of members in the Spanish parliament have signed an agreement removing a controversial Royal Decree against self-consumption of solar energy, also known as the ‘sun tax.’ The agreement has been made within 100 days of a new government being formed. … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Laurie Guevara-Stone The small country of Denmark (pop. 5.6 million) is making a big commitment to renewables. In the early 1970s imported oil supplied 92 percent of Denmark’s energy. Today Denmark’s electric grid is over 40 percent renewably powered, and the country is aiming … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. People often ask me about the energy flowing into my LEAF from the charging station. Well, here is Nissan’s larger plan: in a brief and stunning video below promoting a kinder future for our children and grandchildren, Nissan states, “Charged by the sun, the wind, … [continued]
India’s largest automobile manufacturer and part of the famous Tata conglomerate, Tata Motors has joined the RE100 initiative. By joining the RE100 initiative Tata Motors has committed to source 100% of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources — an impressive task, considering at present, the company only acquires around … [continued]
The South Korean company Kokam Co. Ltd. has been busy installing a number of large energy storage systems recently. A 24-megawatt (MW) system / 9-megawatt hour (MWh) system (the largest capacity Lithium NMC ESS used for frequency regulation in the world) and a 16 MW / 6 MWh Lithium NMC system … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Is a lack of gender diversity holding back Australia’s energy revolution? On this International Women’s Day, the fact that the executive ranks of the nation’s energy industry remains heavily populated by “ageing white male engineers” is worth renewed consideration. But don’t take our … [continued]
A total of 33 GW of new hydropower capacity was commissioned in 2015, including 2.5 GW of new pumped storage, according to new figures. According to new estimates published by the International Hydropower Association earlier this month in its latest briefing, 2016 Key Trends in Hydropower, the world’s total installed hydropower … [continued]
This article originally posted at ilsr.org. This article was written by Matt Grimley, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance Energy Democracy initiative’s Research Associate. He regularly publishes articles and reports on local, renewable energy solutions. Randy Wilson knew you had to start somewhere. Knocking on doors and hanging around retail store … [continued]
An amendment to the Energy Modernization Act of 2015 introduced by U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, says that forest bioenergy is carbon neutral and recognizes biomass as a form of renewable energy. The idea behind it seems to be that wood can be burned from forests because although … [continued]
