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An interview with Arndt Lutz, of REC Group about US tariffs on imported Chinese & Taiwanese solar products.
An interview with Arndt Lutz, of REC Group about US tariffs on imported Chinese & Taiwanese solar products.
Climate news in general captured press attention on Friday and Saturday alongside the goings-on at the Lima COP20 meeting. Here’s a roundup, including several research reports, carbon capture and storage schemes, commitments and funding developments, a recent retirement, and weather in the Philippines. More bad news about the environment broke. … [continued]
The China-based solar energy company Risen Solar recently announced that it would be investing about $600 million into a soon-to-be-constructed 300 MW solar power plant being developed in Mexico, in a statement to its shareholders. In the statement, the company — based out of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China — stated that … [continued]
An analysis conducted by the energy consultancy PÖYRY has found that unsubsidized renewables may be possible fairly soon in Europe. Wholesale grid parity could materialize following initial retail grid parity (aka socket parity) in several countries, but wholesale prices are lower than retail grid prices, so renewable costs need to … [continued]
Mexico energy reform has led many analysts to think fossil fuels will benefit the most – but here are three reasons solar energy will outshine all others.
A partnership between three energy companies will develop 250 MW of distributed solar power in Mexico as part of the country’s push towards renewables.
That solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is poised to become a dominant energy generation technology throughout the world is of no surprise to most, but the sheer wealth of possibility being forecast throughout the middle and southern hemispheres begins to give an idea of just how prevalent the technology will be by the … [continued]
IT giant HP has set a target to reduce the emissions intensity of its entire product portfolio by 40% by 2020 from 2010 levels.
The Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama may not be household names in the solar energy game, but if the latest forecasts from market research company IHS Technology are to be believed, that might soon change. Total capacity for the six countries currently stands at … [continued]
Plummeting renewable energy prices mean we still have time to prevent dangerous climate change, but it’s crunch time for action, according to a new report.