Editor’s Note: This is a great summary piece on the renewable energy revolution from one of CleanTechnica’s daily readers. Unlike with many of the recent reader articles we’ve published, this one doesn’t come from a frequent commenter but from one of the many, many lurkers who read CleanTechnica daily and … [continued]
Spain continues to build renewable energy infrastructure, and produce more clean energy with it. Solar and wind power met 38% of demand in July 2014.
An offshore wind turbine demonstration project at Coos Bay off the Oregon coast has finally put the US on the global floating wind turbine map.The US has been lagging badly while other countries spring ahead with offshore wind farms, but it when it comes to the niche sector of floating wind turbines we’re right up there with the front-runners.
There’s been some quite interesting electrified vehicle (EV) news in the past few days. Like the ongoing World Cup in Brazil, it seems like some things are simply upside down. Have a look: Detroit Electric Minus Detroit: The Detroit Electric brand is supposed to be getting a revival, but the … [continued]
Here’s some more electric vehicle news that CleanTechnica skipped but still thought was worth sharing: Audi R8 e-tron Coming, + More: The highly anticipated Audi R8 e-tron is supposedly on schedule for 2015, and will reportedly have 280 miles of range. (We’ll see about that.) Audi Q7 To Get Electric … [continued]
A new bill that will retroactively limit the returns that investors can collect on solar PV projects was recently approved by the Spanish cabinet. The bill — which has remained somewhat controversial since its proposal last year — will put a cap on the profits of projects at 7.4% before … [continued]
European solar photovoltaic (PV) demand for 2014 is forecast to reach 10 gigawatts (GW) according to new figures published in the NPD Solarbuzz European PV Markets Quarterly report, a 7% drop year-over-year and the third consecutive year that European solar PV demand has dropped since reaching its peak in 2011. NPD Solarbuzz’s somewhat … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. (Editor’s Note: the chart/calculation below assumes 25% wind capacity factory, while the norm is now much higher. Throw in 35% to 50% depending on your location in order to get a much better comparison.) The falling cost of renewables is not news to those who have … [continued]
The Madrid-based renewable energy giant EDP Renovaveis is currently in the early stages of developing a new 30 MW solar PV power plant project to be located in San Bernardino County in California. The project — which represents the Spanish engineering group’s most recent move into the American market — … [continued]
You might get one or two, but unless you’ve already read this story elsewhere, I’d bet plenty of cash that you can’t guess all three EU countries that have already hit their 2020 renewable energy targets. Countries that have yet to hit their targets include Germany, the UK (it’s far … [continued]
