This article originally posted at ilsr.org. For timely updates, follow John Farrell on Twitter or get the Democratic Energy weekly update. Six months ago, the Obama administration released the Clean Power Plan, requiring substantial greenhouse gas emissions reductions from the electricity sector. The Plan sets targets from the top down, … [continued]
The solar company Edisun Heliostats gets a lift for its mini concentrating solar system from Energy Excelerator, a US Navy-sponsored clean tech incubator.
Originally published on EV Obsession. A new program dubbed “JuicePoints” was recently revealed by the charging solutions company eMotorWerks that’ll actually “pay” drivers for charging their electric vehicles at specific times, according to recent reports. The program allows existing JuiceBox Pro and JuiceNet-enabled ClipperCreek customers who sign up to earn … [continued]
Originally published on LinkedIn. By Salvatore Scagliarini The energy transition encompasses three broad market trends: decarbonization and decentralization of energy production, vehicle electrification. All of them have, to different extents, BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems) in common. Energy storage has been the long-awaited “Holy Grail” for intermittent, distributed renewable energies, … [continued]
GTM Research’s quarterly Solar Executive Briefing lays out several noteworthy trends to watch for in the solar industry this year. The US solar industry had an impressive 2015, allowing its marked hockey-stick growth to continue — and that growth is only expected to continue through 2016. According to GTM Research, … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Titiaan Palazzi and Sam Ramirez We are accustomed to buying our electricity from utilities: they provide us with power; we pay for it. To reduce our utility bill, we can reduce our electricity demand with efficiency (these negawatts have considerable value), or install distributed generation … [continued]
The northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has joined a long list of states that have signed agreements with project developers to set up large-scale renewable energy projects. According to media reports, the Uttar Pradesh government has signed agreements with a number of companies to set up renewable energy projects. … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Over the past several years, Nevada has become one of the leading US states for new rooftop solar installations, but it looks like things have come to a screeching halt. Rooftop solar fans in Nevada got a huge honking lump of coal in their Christmas … [continued]
Taking a major step towards setting up renewable energy targets, a legislative body in Israel approved a renewable energy bill. With provisions of setting up time-bound renewable energy targets, a bill was approved by the Ministerial Committee of Legislation. The bill is expected to facilitate the government’s setting up of … [continued]
After posting a story about clean energy in Uruguay, we received some interesting info from German-based Spirea GmbH, a boutique cleantech advisory firm from Berlin. This company is facilitating the development of green technologies in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Its technical operations specialist, Laurie … [continued]
