The City of Cape Town recently presented its Town 2023/2024 budget under the theme it says is about “Building the future we want for Cape Town. Building a City of Hope for All.” Part of the initiatives announced in 2023/2024 budget speech include more plans to help the City end … [continued]
China’s National Energy Administration announced last week the results of its first national solar auction for Feed-in Tariff (FiT)-approved projects, in which it awarded 22.78 gigawatts (GW) across 3,921 projects, all of which must be completed and grid-connected by the end of the year.
With the Indian government planning to organize an increasing number of reverse auctions for wind energy projects, several states are rethinking whether to continue with the feed-in tariffs at all.
Following up on my initial “10 Cleantech Solutions Your City Should Implement” post, here are 10 more.
Some of the nation’s prime spots for utility scale rooftop solar are in and around ports and other industrial areas where low income neighborhoods cluster.
By Akhilesh Magal, Head Advisor – Solar Energy for the Gujarat Energy and Research Management Institute India’s solar market has largely been driven by grid-connected utility scale projects that are supported through government supported ‘Feed-in-Tariffs’ (FIT). Projects outside government support have been limited to rooftop installations for captive power consumption or land … [continued]
Originally published on Lenz Blog. Craig Morris at Renewables International discusses some interesting numbers on the regional differences in the cost of wind and solar energy in Germany. The big picture is that wind is cheaper in the north, and solar is cheaper in the south. For solar, that makes … [continued]
