Originally published on CleanTechies. Even as India lost review of an earlier WTO decision that found mandatory use of Indian-made solar equipment against international norms, leading project developers in the country placed the lowest-ever bids for projects based on the domestic content requirement. Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) auctioned … [continued]
Originally published on CleanTechies. The preliminary results of the much-awaited second renewable energy auction for Mexico were declared last week. According to the state power regulator and grid operator, the auction was highly competitive, with average price of renewables and clean energy certificates (CEL) declared at US$33.47/MWh. Solar dominated Mexico’s … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. Another Indian state has approved a rooftop solar power policy with a target to contribute towards the ambitious target of 40 GW installed rooftop solar power capacity in the country by March 2022. The government of Madhya Pradesh has approved a rooftop solar power policy with … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. San Diego-based Solar Alliance Energy plans to build a 500 kW community solar generation and battery storage project in Southern Illinois. The plan is to identify a site for the project and sign a power purchase agreement with a local utility in 2017, then start … [continued]
A new report from NREL demonstrates that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is not just blowing smoke with that half-billion solar panel pledge.
A new report has revealed the numerous multi-million dollar bonuses awarded to Australian and international fossil fuel company executives who are able to explore and expand fossil fuel reserves — reserves which are unburnable under any legitimate two-degrees climate scenario. Australia-based environmental finance campaigners Market Forces, an affiliate of Friends … [continued]
Despite unprecedented policy uncertainty across the region, Europe is expected to install more than 140 GW of wind capacity over the next ten years, according to new analysis from MAKE Consulting. A new report from MAKE Consulting, Europe Power Outlook 2016, analyzed the wind power markets across Europe, and identified the … [continued]
America’s leading solar energy provider, SolarCity, has partnered with global bank Citi to create two funds which together will finance more than $347 million in solar projects for homeowners and small businesses. SolarCity announced on Wednesday that it had partnered with a leading global bank, Citi, to create two funds … [continued]
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has confirmed this week that it will be supplying the 11 offshore wind turbines for the 92.4 MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre being developed off the coast of Scotland. Projects of this size normally don’t necessarily warrant individual coverage, given the sheer number of one- and … [continued]
An Australia-based wave energy company has received governmental funding to proceed with building what would be the world’s first renewable energy island microgrid which would include wave energy, solar energy, and energy storage. Perth-based wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced this week that it had been awarded $2.5 … [continued]
