A few weeks back, Deutsche Bank revised its solar forecast for India up from 14 GW by 2020 to a promising 34 GW by 2020, which was in line what Bridge To India had proposed (31 GW by 2019), while the Indian government itself is chasing a target of 100 GW by 2022. … [continued]
Originally published on Icebike.org (obtained via the ECOreport) Welcome to Copenhagen. Although, if you’re a fan of two-wheeled transportation, you’ll probably come to know it as bicycle heaven. Copenhagen is a city with more bikes than people, at a rate of 5 bikes to 4 people. Many cities in Europe have taken steps to make … [continued]
The price of installed distributed solar PV systems in the US has fallen dramatically in 2014, and the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory expects that trend to continue into 2015. Figures at the heart of Berkeley Labs’ latest edition of Tracking the Sun show that the installed price of … [continued]
India, the world’s third-largest emitter of carbon and one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, is a key player in global climate negotiations. Now, in the run-up to the Paris climate negotiations in October and November of this year, its negotiating position might be evolving dramatically. In an internal document, addressed to Prime … [continued]
We launch this series on solar flight by introducing Roland and Robert Boucher, an innovative and visionary twosome that John Perlin refers to as “the Wright Brothers of solar aircraft.” The year was 1974 when their Sunrise 1, the first solar plane, took off. Meyers: I’d like to know more … [continued]
Originally published on Thoughts of a Lapsed Physicist. By Allan R. Hoffman A topic that is receiving increasing interest of late is the possibility of adding electrical energy storage to a home solar power system. This latest tweak on use of solar energy for powering homes and businesses was stimulated … [continued]
Haven’t read enough about the Clean Power Plan? There’s a ton more about it below (has its own section this week), as well as solar energy news, other renewable energy news, coal news (there’s a lot of that this week, too), Clean Power Plan Climate Change And President Obama’s Action … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath New Zealand’s solar plus storage market is set to get another kick start, with the announcement of a new initiative offering more than 100 free solar and battery storage systems to select NZ consumers, community groups and schools. The initiative, launched on Monday … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. US solar giant SunEdison has been named as the co-developer with Australia’s Solar Choice of the proposed 2GW Bulli Creek mega solar project in south-west Queensland, which would be the largest in the world once fully developed. Solar Choice obtained planning approval in February 2015 from Toowoomba Regional … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath US Solar giant SunPower, which recently bought the American solar assets of Australian renewables developer Infigen, has turned its attention to “one of the most attractive regions on the planet” for solar, revealing plans to spend as much as $1.5 billion on solar … [continued]
