Originally published on 1Sun4All. Breaking News: the Solar Impulse team says the epic flight over the Pacific Ocean is scheduled. I have provided a link for the video of the landing below. This is different from previous flights when I have been able to use both landing and takeoff videos in my article. We … [continued]
As close observers have long suspected, governments historically underestimate the cost subsidies for fossil fuel exploration, development, and production. By far. The International Monetary Fund has just calculated far in a study distributed by its Fiscal Affairs department: How Large Are Global Energy Subsidies? (IMF working paper 15/105). Here’s IMF’s basic … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. On the tarmac, batteries fully charged — and no go! André Borschberg was scheduled to take off in Solar Impulse, from Nanjing, China, to Honolulu, Hawaii. But the mission team has decided against a takeoff on UTC May 25. After a final flight briefing, a managerial decision was made to cancel this flight. … [continued]
The Sustainable Energy for All initiative held its second annual Forum in the UN General Assembly Hall last week. SE4All is a multi-stakeholder partnership of governments, businesses, civil society, banks, and other international institutions aiming to meet three interlinked goals by 2030: Ensuring universal access to modern energy services; Doubling … [continued]
Renewable energy jobs grew 18% in 2014 to hit a new high of 7.7 million, led by China’s dominance and growing capacity in developing economies.
Originally published on 1Sun4All. You may have seen one of my recent articles about the impending solar flight across the Pacific Ocean: The Moment Of Truth for Solar Impulse: Epic Pacific Crossing or Solar Impulse Prepares for 5 Days & Nights Pacific Crossing, and you may be wondering why Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) has been waiting to make this … [continued]
United Photovoltaics, a China-based investor and operator of solar power projects, has announced yet another deal to acquire more projects in China. United Photovoltaics (United PV), formerly known as Goldpoly New Energy Holdings, announced the second acquisition of solar power projects in two days. After acquiring 210 MW worth of solar … [continued]
Late yesterday, California sealed a Memorandum of Understanding (“Under 2 MOU”) with 11 other states and provinces in the Americas and Europe to limit their greenhouse gas emissions to 80-95% by 2050 from 1990 levels. The tricontinental pledge is without precedent and very forward-looking. It will help keep global temperature … [continued]
Originally published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the China PV Investment and Finance Alliance (CPVFA) have formed a collaboration with the goal of opening wide-scale and diverse sources of investment for solar photovoltaic (PV) asset development in China. NREL is … [continued]
New figures show that China’s use of coal has continued to fall dramatically over the first four months of 2015, according to Greenpeace Energydesk. In fact, following news in October of 2014 that showed coal use had fallen for the first time this century, these most recent figures suggest that … [continued]
