Originally published on Energy Post. By Karel Beckman. A new report by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies discusses what the current Ukrainian crisis could mean for EU and global gas markets. According to the report, “The change of government in Kyiv, the Russian military action in Crimea, the diplomatic … [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]
A new report from independent consulting group MAKE has placed Vestas at the top of the pile of wind installations for 2013, well above the nearest competitor. The report is (as far as I can determine) hidden behind an effective pay wall, however Vestas themselves put out a press release … [continued]
Writing in a post on PV-Tech, NPD Solarbuzz Vice-President and lead on the team Finlay Colville has publicly upgraded their forecast for the UK photovoltaic (PV) market in 2014, based on the latest round of downstream channel checks and project pipeline activity in the country. “We are now forecasting 2.5 … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Clean energy and low-carbon investors are abandoning Australia as the new Federal government, and its conservative colleagues at state level, turn their interests and policies away from renewables and long-term carbon abatement incentives. Several key players in the clean energy finance industry have told the Senate … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. By Karel Beckman. A study released on 26 February by the International Energy Agency concludes that integrating high shares – i.e., 30 percent of annual electricity production or more – of wind and solar PV in power systems can come at little additional cost in … [continued]
In just the first 8 months of fiscal year 2013, 4.58 GW of solar photovoltaics were added in Japan, continuing the solar power surge taking place there. Government incentives have primarily been driving it — mainly a favorable feed-in tariff scheme. This scheme was implemented in 2009, which was just … [continued]
In a massive sweep of announcements following the launch of their new ‘Space Frame’ wind turbine tower, GE have announced four separate turbine supply partnerships amounting to approximately 213 MW. GE announced on their website partnerships with France, Scotland, Sweden, and Germany, following the announcements of their new wind turbine … [continued]
Nine major and statistically reliable studies covering roughly 270,000 property transactions by different respected and independent organizations in three different countries spread over fifteen years have found no correlation between operating wind turbines and negative property values (in fact, three found slight but statistically insignificant improvements). Another low reliability study … [continued]
The clean energy sector, backed by innovative entrepreneurs, investors, and government policymakers, has seen enormous growth over the past 6 years. US solar power capacity recently surpassed 10 gigawatts as the price of solar panels has fallen some 75% during the past 5 years. Every 4 minutes, US installers put … [continued]
