Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath The CEO of Chinese solar giant Yingli Green Energy has told analysts that China’s solar target of 100GW installed by 2020 could be viewed as a minimum, due to the number of factors currently driving demand in the developing country. The comments were … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath The University of New South Wales has launched what it describes as the world’s first online solar cell factory simulator – a web-based PV production line that allows engineers and students to conduct virtual experiments that would otherwise be too expensive to undertake. … [continued]
Shanghai headquartered, Chinese PV developer Solar Power Inc recently announced a partnership with startup Aqua Clean Energy to develop floating PV projects across the US and Mexico. As per the press release, a combined capacity of 50 MW floating PV projects will be built, spread across the states of California, Arizona, Texas, and New … [continued]
We reported on a tantalizing tweet from Elon Musk on Monday, in which he wrote, “Tesla press conf at 9am on Thurs. About to end range anxiety … via OTA software update. Affects entire Model S fleet.” There were some high hopes that it was about extending range quite a bit, … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath It might be beyond the Australian government to commit to a renewable energy target right now, but outside of politics the commercial world seems to be getting on with it, with more and more big corporates building renewables into their business plans. Ranging … [continued]
For all the renewable energy champions pointing to hydrogen as our best fuel for our future, an equal number of naysayers are more than willing to join in the debate. In a 2006 article on PhysOrg, writer Lisa Zyga referred to a study by fuel cell expert Ulf Bossel, who concluded … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Plus ça change. The more it changes, the more it stays the same. For the past 18 months, every day seems like groundhog day for the renewable energy industry in Australia, which has been at a standstill because of uncertainty about federal government policy. The Abbott … [continued]
We’ve heard some cautious rejoicing comes from scientists and media this weekend about the world economy and energy carbon dioxide emissions finally decoupling last year. World emissions of CO2 remained at 32.3 billion tons in 2014, while world GDP figures grew by 2.9%. Many analysts have hailed the change as … [continued]
What will be, once completed, the largest floating solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the US is now under development in California by the company Pristine Sun, according to recent reports. The project array — which will be situated on 6 wastewater ponds (filled with treated sewage) in Sonoma County — … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Last month we reported on how US utility giant NRG saw the changing future of energy – one that is based on distributed generation – solar, battery storage, mini and micro-grids, and electric vehicles. NRG CEO David Crane made it clear that he saw the future … [continued]
