Preliminary estimates from SolarPower Europe place new solar photovoltaic installation capacity in the UK for 2015 at around 3.5 gigawatts, according to recent reports. Finalized figures are currently expected to be revealed sometime next month. The preliminary figures for the European market as a whole are 8 gigawatts (GW) of … [continued]
Operations at one of Panasonic Corporation’s solar photovoltaic cell production facilities will be suspended for roughly half of 2016 owing to slowing demand, according to recent reports. The production suspension at the solar cell plant will reportedly last from the end of February until the end of October, according to … [continued]
Wind turbines are expected to reach up to heights of 170 meters thanks to new construction techniques and materials. Wind power engineering specialist K2 Management is predicting that, thanks to new construction techniques and materials, wind turbine towers are going to continue to grow in height — continuing a trend … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. There’s been a fair amount of speculation to date about how serious GM actually is about the Chevy Bolt, with most signs pointing to the new electric car offering being taken very serious by the company. That speculation seems to be confirmed somewhat by the … [continued]
New figures from the Global Wind Energy Council show that China helped push global wind installations past 63 GW in 2015. In its release of global wind statistics for 2015, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) highlighted the “astonishing” 30.5 GW of new wind capacity installed in China in 2015, … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post by Sonja van Renssen It is much more expensive to undertake onshore wind projects in some European countries than others, according to the first-ever study of these costs for the entire EU-28. The EU-funded “Diacore” project finds moreover that market actors single out the design … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. This is a point that I already highlighted in an article approximately a month ago, “#1 Large Luxury Car In US = Tesla Model S (2015 Sales Comparison).” Now, however, Tesla* has provided us with its official numbers! Our estimates for US Tesla Model S … [continued]
New wind and solar capacity in Europe skyrocketed in 2015, growing by 6.3% and 15%, according to new figures. The new European Photovoltaic Industry Association, SolarPower Europe, and the European Wind Energy Association both published new figures this week reporting in on their respective fields’ capacity expansion during 2015 — … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. A new 15 megawatt-hour energy storage system is being constructed by Daimler AG (with its subsidiary ACCUMOTIVE) and enercity (Stadtwerke Hannover) in Herrenhausen, Germany, according to recent reports. Interestingly, the energy storage facility will utilize around 3000 new electric vehicle (EV) battery packs to create … [continued]
A significant renewable energy milestone has been achieved for a utility cooperative in Kaua‘i, Hawaii. This January the Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative reports it obtained 90% or more of its electricity from renewables on four occasions during the month. In addition to its baseload capacities of 8% biomass, 7% hydroelectric and ramping diesel generation, … [continued]
