North Carolina’s recent renewable energy boom has been driven mostly by solar, according to a new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. To be exact, the state saw its solar energy capacity grow by 335 MW in 2013 — making it the 3rd-fastest-growing state in the US with regard to renewable … [continued]
A recent study by Andrew Owen and David Levinson for Access Across America examined accessible transportation to a valued destination. In other words, it shows what cities are best and worse to catch a bus taking us to the essential places we need to go — particularly, work. The study measures things such … [continued]
The installed price of solar energy in the US is continuing to decrease steadily, but is still considerably more expensive than it is throughout much of Europe, according to the most recent Tracking the Sun report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). That report — Tracking the Sun VII … [continued]
The US-oriented solar energy services provider OneRoof Energy Group has secured $16.7 million in new financing, according to recent reports. The new capital/credit lines — from a number of different investors, of which Black Coral Capital and affiliates of the Hanwha Group are the largest — will be used primarily … [continued]
Starting this May, 20,000 Sonoma County, CA, electricity customers are getting renewable power at a lower cost than from their previous electric utility, Pacific Gas & Electric. The portion of renewable electricity (“CleanStart”) for the average customer will rise by 50%. For those so motivated – 3% of customers already … [continued]
“Double zero energy” homes? What the hell are those? What does that mean? Well, I guess that we are soon going to find out, thanks to an ongoing partnership between the solar manufacturer & developer SunPower and the homebuilder KB Home, which will apparently now bring them to us. According to the information … [continued]
Marks & Spencer retained its #1 position in Carbon Clear rankings of FTSE 100 companies . These carbon rankings reflect reporting efforts.
One of the world’s leading providers of energy storage management software and related services — Greensmith — recently made the announcement that it has seen huge growth in the grid-scale energy storage market. To be exact about what “huge growth” means, in this case, it’s the commissioning of 23 MW worth … [continued]
Energy storage system and battery manufacturer Aquion Energy has secured another $25 million in venture capital funding, according to recent reports. The capital will presumably be used to fund the company’s recently disclosed plans to greatly ramp up production at its western Pennsylvania factory, amongst other things. This recent funding … [continued]
RenewEconomy. New report from HSBC says conventional generators will be the biggest losers from the upcoming energy storage boom, as both consumers and grid operators look to battery and other storage technologies. Conventional electricity generators have already received a battering from the revolution inspired by rooftop solar. Most fossil fuel … [continued]
