Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Amory B. Lovins This week is the seventh Climate Week NYC (http://www.climateweeknyc.org). The annual event brings together influential global figures—and new voices—from the worlds of business, government, and society who are leading the low-carbon transition. We live in an exciting time, when more companies … [continued]
As global wind energy growth stabilizes, China’s growth is set to triple by 2025, reaching an estimated 347.2 GW by 2025, says GlobalData. Research and consulting firm GlobalData forecast in a report from earlier this year that China’s installed wind capacity will grow from 115.6 GW in 2014 to a whopping … [continued]
Abengoa makes the case for concentrating solar power systems with energy storage for peaker plants to compete with gas turbines, and for baseload, too.
Shifts in renewable energy policy is the defining factor of the latest EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index, published Wednesday. The Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index is a quarterly ranking of 40 countries based on the attractiveness of their renewable energy investment and deployment opportunities, according to a number of macro, … [continued]
US companies Conergy and NEXTracker have announced the launch of the Latin America and Caribbean Solar Alliance, which is intended to spur development in the region. Conergy, one of the world’s largest downstream solar companies, and NEXTracker, the world’s fastest-growing solar tracking company, announced the launch of the new initiative on … [continued]
by Roberto Verzola [Roberto Verzola is the author of Crossing Over: The Energy Transition to Renewable Electricity, a book published by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung which was launched on March 23, 2015. The online version of the book as well as the article this post comes from can be downloaded freely. See Part 1 … [continued]
Enel Green Power has announced that it has completed and commissioned its first wind energy in Uruguay. A 50 MW wind energy project was operationalised in the Cerro Largo area, about 320 kilometres from the capital city of Montevideo. Enel Green Power invested $98 million into the the wind farm, which … [continued]
This past summer I joined The Climate Reality Project Toronto Training, where I became a climate reality leader along with 600 other participants. Former US Vice-President Al Gore founded The Climate Reality Project to address awareness about climate change after the 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. This two-day session brought people … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. New report finds solar will be cheaper than wholesale electricity prices across Europe by 2030 – without the need for any technological breakthroughs. The implications for fossil fuels are obvious – and means high renewable targets might reduce the energy costs, rather than increasing them. Solar … [continued]
Want some more solar energy, wind energy, wave energy, and other green news on his lazy Sunday? Here you go: What is Disruptive Technology? Disruptive technology is a term that’s been tossed about in the past few years to describe apps, gadgets, innovations, and processes that change how we do things. … [continued]
