India’s changing renewable energy scenario is attracting investment from some leading companies across the world. Gamesa, one of the leading wind energy companies is also looking to invest millions in the wind energy sector and eventually expand operations into solar energy as well. Gamesa’s Executive Chairman recently told Indian journalists … [continued]
Testing and certification company TUV Rhineland has opened a new solar PV module testing facility in Asia. The move would help the company take advantage of the booming solar power industry in India. TUV Rhineland is expected to release the results of the first batch of testing done on solar … [continued]
Time for another quick rundown of the top 10 CleanTechnica stories from the past week. If you haven’t read these stories, get on it! 1. The Solar Energy Revolution Everyone’s Ignoring… Is In Bangladesh (This story blew up on reddit, thanks to some anonymous CleanTechnica reader submitting it over there. It’s … [continued]
Have you ever noticed energy blogs or articles about small wind turbines comparing them directly with big wind technology and solar? I am writing this article to provide a little background on where small wind turbines can be very successful and where they make absolutely no sense. It also explains … [continued]
Editor’s Note: While it’s great to see Georgia finally moving to put some serious solar power installations up, the really exciting thing about this story is that some of the projects are offering electricity for 6.5¢/kWh! If that doesn’t mean anything to you, that’s cheaper than the cheapest coal on … [continued]
Out of an obsession for alliteration, I almost made the title of this article: “Wind willy woks fo’ winners.” But I was afraid the Elmer Fudd impersonation wouldn’t come across right, or that it was simply too cartoonish of an idea. Anyhow, the point is the same: wind jobs are bloody … [continued]
Energy Department awards $4 million to SolarWorld, aka the company leading the charge for solar tariffs on subsidized imports from China and Taiwan.
Solar Power International (SPI) has closed out for another year. Many buyers arrived to interview the many and varied solar providers. Deals were made. The solar business market share in the energy sector will grow as a result. The convention a success. For an SPI show-opening overview, remarks, and pictures, … [continued]
Examining the latest data from EIA and Fraunehofer ISE. Originally published in the ECOreport. The biggest news to come out of the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) report for August is that utility solar’s production of electricity is up 93.6% over last year. This is the principal reason that the renewable … [continued]
Clean Energy Canada. This coming Monday, Clean Energy Canada and the Fraser Basin Council—in collaboration with Electric Mobility Canada—are presenting Electrify Your Fleet in Vancouver, as part of Electric Mobility Canada’s national EV2014VE conference. This preview by Jeremy Moorhouse and Charlotte Argue outlines why electric vehicles and fleets make for a perfect match. Electric vehicles have … [continued]
