A new study being hailed as the most comprehensive analysis of electricity reliability trends in the US sees severe weather as driving increasingly longer power outages in the US. The study, which was conducted by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Stanford University, found that while the average … [continued]
Australia’s Capital Territory of Canberra has announced that it seeks to become 100% powered by renewable energy by 2025 (electricity only). The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Labor Government announced to the ACT Labor Conference on Saturday that it intends to build on its current plans to become 90% reliant upon … [continued]
MAKE has updated its Global Wind Power Market Outlook Update with a global upgrade of 0.3% over the next 10 years. A global insight company focusing on renewable energy, MAKE Consulting published the Q3/2015 Global Wind Power Market Outlook Update on Tuesday, revealing a growing corporate and industrial class of offtakers … [continued]
A new $24 million ARPA-E concentrated solar initiative joins the blizzard of federal solar policymaking to back up the Clean Power Plan.
Originally published on Solar Love Scotland’s “love affair” with home-grown, small-scale, clean energy continues to soar, and new figures show just how widespread the love reaches. New figures published earlier in August by industry body Scottish Renewables and Scotland’s Rural College highlight just how many small-scale energy generators there are … [continued]
SunEdison’s plans to set up a solar PV module manufacturing facility in Brazil may soon be taking shape. According to reports in the Brazilian media, SunEdison is planning a joint venture with renewable energy project developer Renova to set up a solar module manufacturing unit in Brazil, which is part of … [continued]
In this year of major climate decisions, we need to remember who’s really responsible for global warming and the problems it is causing. Yes, climate change derives from industrial activity, but few of us realize exactly how much. A study called Natural Capital At Risk has now come close to quantifying … [continued]
Nordex is rapidly expanding its footprint in the emerging wind energy market of Pakistan as it lands order after order to supply turbines to several companies. Gul Ahmed Energy, a wind energy project developer in Pakistan, recently placed its first order for wind turbines with Nordex. The German company will supply … [continued]
About a month back, Masdar and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology launched the “Masdar Solar Hub” at the Intersolar North America conference. Said to be the UAE’s First Independent Solar Testing and R&D Hub, the research facility will aim to fast track the development of solar technologies in the … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. I was honored to moderate an excellent panel on the topic of “Electrifying Transport” at the recent Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum in Vancouver, Canada. I’ll write articles about each of the presentations from that panel in the coming days, but to kick things off, … [continued]
