America’s Largest Grid System Could Reach 30% Renewable Energy By 2026
A new report finds renewable energy can provide up to 30% of total electricity supply in PJM Interconnection by 2026 without cost or reliability concerns.
SunEdison Expects 90% Growth in 2014, To Complete Over 1150 MW Worth Of Solar PV…
Solar PV heavyweight SunEdison is expecting a huge surge in the number of large PV power plant projects completed this year, according to recent reports. The company is predicting a 90% (CAGR) increase in project completions in 2014, as compared to 2013 — with an estimate that they will complete … [continued]
GRID Alternatives Expanding Into International Markets
The country’s largest non-profit solar installation organization, GRID Alternatives, recently announced that it will be expanding into the international market, via the acquisition of another non-profit, Power to the People. The expansion will allow GRID Alternatives to bring its off-grid-solar-for-the-poor programs to Latin America, and perhaps beyond as well. The … [continued]
91 Illinois Communities Powered 100% By Green Electricity
Article by the WWF. WASHINGTON, DC, March 7, 2014 – Illinois has embraced renewable electricity on a massive scale not seen anywhere else in the nation, says a new report, Leading from the Middle: How Illinois Communities Unleashed Renewable Energy. With 91 communities providing 100% renewable electricity to their residents, the state far … [continued]
Morgan Stanley: US Could Have 129 GW Of Commercial Solar By 2018
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath. The installed capacity of solar PV in North and South America will increase more than tenfold over the coming years, jumping from 13.1 Gigawatts (GW) in 2013 to 138.8GW by 2030 – according to a new report from consulting firm GlobalData. The research … [continued]
How The IEA Underestimates The Solar Industry
Originally published on Energy Post. By Terje Osmundsen. The International Energy Agency (IEA) consistently entertains much too pessimistic assumptions about the growth potential and cost development of solar power, writes Terje Osmundsen, Senior Vice President of the Norwegian-based international solar power company Scatec Solar. According to Osmundsen, the cost assumptions used … [continued]
Germany: Fossil Fuel Industry Decline Is Unstoppable
Originally published on RenewEconomy. German energy giant RWE has taken a massive loss of €2.8 billion – it’s first loss in 60 years – after admitting it got its strategy wrong, and should have focused more on renewable and distributed energy rather than conventional fossil fuels. RWE, like other major … [continued]
AquaSprouts — Home Aquaponics System For Beginners
Originally published on sustainablog. AquaSprouts co-founders Shannon Crowe and Jack Ikard Got a 10-gallon aquarium laying around in the basement or garage? The detritus of a failed attempt at adding tropical fish to the home decor? Austin, Texas college sophomore Jack Ikard found one in the back shed a year … [continued]
CSP Accomplishments From The DOE’s Loan Programs Office
Originally published on the ECOreport. America’s solar industry is celebrating its most stellar year. The power capacity of installations has grown from a mere 45 MW in 2003 to 4,751 MW in 2013. As Rhone Resch, President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), puts it, solar energy … [continued]
Surprise! Even A Crazy-High Carbon Tax Would Help California Businesses
This material, Surprise! Even A Crazy-High Carbon Tax Would Help California Businesses, was published by ThinkProgress. According to a new study out of California, taxing carbon emissions at a whopping $200 per ton would create more jobs in the state than business-as-usual. The report was commissioned by Citizens Climate Lobby and carried out by Regional Economic … [continued]
