With a massive solar power installed capacity target of 100 GW by 2022, the Indian Government is looking to promote and expand local manufacturing capacity for polysilicon ingots and wafers. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has called for comments from stakeholders regarding its plan to provide support for … [continued]
It is raining solar power auctions in India, so much so that it is becoming difficult to even track the auction results. Results of a fresh auction under the National Solar Mission were announced recently, with one of the leading solar power project developers, Azure Power, securing 100 MW of … [continued]
A Middle-east country which is rapidly taking strides to change the way it generates energy, and one of the leading global renewable energy production companies have joined hands to promote water desalination using renewable energy. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China recently signed an agreement to work together in … [continued]
By Adam Boesel After the Paris Climate Agreement, we’re all wondering what comes next. We will need to make changes, maybe even sacrifices. But which ones, and where? I certainly don’t have most of those answers, but I do know this: People all over the world, especially in developed nations … [continued]
A blue-ribbon committee at the University of Toronto recommended immediate and targeted divestment of fossil fuel investments. If the recommendation is approved, the end result would make the University of Toronto the largest Canadian university to commit to divesting from most fossil fuel companies. The university President’s Advisory Committee on … [continued]
American billionaire and presidential hopeful Donald Trump has had his long-running dispute against offshore wind farm developers in Scotland dismissed. The UK’s Supreme Court, the highest court in the country, unanimously dismissed the appeal put forward by Trump International Golf Club to revoke consent for the construction of an offshore … [continued]
Canadian Solar has finished the year with a run of financing acquisitions and the sale of the Illumination Solar Power Plant. The Canadian-based solar PV manufacturer has announced four separate pieces of news which has, over the space of the last three days — and in combination with the Paris … [continued]
Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Chairman of the Advisory Board, Michael Liebreich, has mostly praised renewable energy in his year-end review. At the beginning of each year, Michael Liebreich publishes a list of his top 10 predictions and forecasts for the coming years’ renewable energy industry performance. Closing out the year, … [continued]
A new ocean energy device that imitates kelp has just been deployed under water off the Australia coast, where it will generate electricity from swells.
If you happened to miss the initial announcement and our chat about it on the relaunch of our Cleantech Talk podcast, I’ve stuck the finalists in the title to finally grab your attention. There’s still time (~2 weeks) to get in your vote for the 1st annual CleanTechnica Car of the … [continued]
