Originally published on Solar Love. Partnering with Morgan Stanley to make tax equity financing available immediately, SunEdison is executing a major launch of an innovative power purchase agreement (PPA) product across seven states. With a newly expanded channel and sales platform, and through the recent acquisition of multiple residential power … [continued]
“Recent decades have witnessed dramatic progress in global health,” says the US Agency for International Development. Smallpox has been eradicated within the past half century. In all but three countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan), polio has been wiped out. Use of modern methods of contraception has increased from 10% in 1965 … [continued]
SunEdison has announced plans for yet another acquisition, as the world’s largest renewable energy project developer intends to expand its footprint around the world. SunEdison has locked Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy (GME) in its acquisition radar, entering into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the Central American company. SunEdison will acquire 70% … [continued]
MAKE Consulting is forecasting more than 230 GW of wind power capacity to be installed by 2024 in China, which is having a huge impact on MAKE’s 10-year outlook. MAKE has increased China’s expected capacity addition by 3% from last quarter’s outlook, and China’s expected growth is such that it has … [continued]
Spanish wind energy giant Gamesa intends to increase sales up to nearly 4 GW in 2017, after a healthy prospect of 3.1 GW in 2015. The company released its Outlook 2015-2017 this week, “with the goal of locking in the profitable growth that commenced under the preceding plan, offer sustainable … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. The International Energy Agency has painted a bleak picture of progress towards a successful outcome in the climate talks in Paris this year, saying that the sum total of additional pledges made by leading countries have made little difference to the globe’s carbon budget. The IEA … [continued]
Global consulting firm Mercom Capital has forecast global solar installations to reach 57.4 GW in 2015, revising its previous forecasts upwards due to positive news coming out of China. “We are revising our forecast upwards since our previous update due to positive news coming out of China along with revised installation … [continued]
A new report from GTM Research forecasts 55 GW of solar PV to be installed globally in 2015, up 36% on 2014’s installation figures. GTM’s figures are published in its latest report, Global PV Demand Outlook, 2015-2015: Exploring Risk in Downstream Solar Markets. The analyst firm believes that, led by China, the … [continued]
The International Energy Agency has revealed that global energy-related CO2 emissions stalled in 2014, halting at 32.2 Gt, unchanged from 2013. The figures were revealed in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook Special Report 2015: Energy and Climate Change report, which also laid out four key pillars it believes must be … [continued]
Originally published on EnergyPost.eu Solar power now covers more than 1% of global electricity demand. In three countries in Europe – Italy, Germany and Greece – solar PV supplies more than 7% of electricity demand. This is reported by Solar Power Europe (previously EPIA – European Photovoltaic Industry Association). China … [continued]
