Originally published on Solar Love. Global solar installations will rise by to 2020 to 92 GW yearly, according to a new report from Apricum, compared to 42 GW annually in 2014. The Berlin-based cleantech consulting firm said most of the 50 GW in annual increases from 2014 until 2020 will come … [continued]
So who’s left on the villains list — the roster of top national polluters in the developed world who have not yet made their contributions? For various reasons, Japan, Canada, Australia, South Korea, and South Africa have missed their INDC deadlines. Franz Perrez, the Swiss climate representative, told the Sydney … [continued]
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has launched a solar rooftop and net metering program as part of a new initiative called “Shams Dubai” which will allow generation of solar energy in buildings and their connection to the grid. Several local newspapers are claiming the initiative to be the first of its kind … [continued]
One of the leading clean energy project developers in the world, SkyPower, is planning to expand to its footprint in one of the hottest renewable energy markets in the Africa — Egypt. SkyPower is reportedly in talks with the officials of the Electricity Ministry in Egypt to develop 3 GW … [continued]
Solar power is set to become the cheapest power source in many parts of the world by 2025, according to a new study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems commissioned by Agora Energiewende. The independent think-tank of 18 experts conclude that by 2025 the cost of producing power in … [continued]
Almost everyone in the media has taken a stab at summarizing, if not snap-judging, the results of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s one-day UN climate summit last week. The meeting had a real name, but Robert N. Stavins in his New York Times runup to the conference was the only writer I … [continued]
The trade association behind the DESERTEC Concept of the same name has said that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is likely to see their renewable energy assets more than double in capacity by the end of 2015. According to Desertec, solar and wind generation capacity will rise … [continued]
The Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) is currently in the process of developing an investment vehicle to support renewable energy development in the MENA region. Dii is aiming for the project — which is known as the Renewable Energy Development and Investment Vehicle for MENA, or REDIMENA for short — to … [continued]
Originally published on Mosaic. By Aven Satre-Meloy.
Demand response could more than double to 21.9 million sites and 155.4GW of potential power demand curtailment capacity worldwide by 2020, predicts a new report from Navigant Research.
