Originally published on Shrink That Footprint. By Lindsay Wilson Have you ever heard of the EV Wedge? No? Me neither. Let’s try to define it then. If you’d asked me to define the ‘Electric Vehicle Wedge’ a few years ago I would have chuckled a little, and suggested it was … [continued]
The Federal Electricity Commission — the general director of Mexico’s state-owned electric utility — recently announced its plans to further promote renewable energy production within the populous country by teaming up with a number of notable private companies. These new strategic public-private partnerships are intended as a sort of ‘reform’ … [continued]
We’ve been writing “grid parity is coming,” “grid parity is coming,” “grid parity is coming,” for so long that it’s sometimes surprising when new regions cross over to grid parity. Some of the latest additions to the grid parity pie are the commercial sectors in Italy, Spain, & Germany. Check out the … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath. The installed capacity of solar PV in North and South America will increase more than tenfold over the coming years, jumping from 13.1 Gigawatts (GW) in 2013 to 138.8GW by 2030 – according to a new report from consulting firm GlobalData. The research … [continued]
Originally published on ThinkProgress. By Ari Phillips. Last week President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Mexico for what’s traditionally called the “Three Amigos” meeting. In the daylong rendezvous, energy issues were slated to play a major role, with Obama and Harper jockeying for room when it comes … [continued]
Global information company IHS has released an analysis which paints South Africa as the world’s most attractive emerging country for solar energy, pointing to the country’s target of 8.4 GW of solar PV capacity by 2030 combined with the country’s successful large-scale tendering process in moving towards that goal. In … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy Leading investment house Deutsche Bank has dramatically lifted its demand forecasts for the global solar industry – predicting that 46 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV will be installed across the world in 2014, before jumping by another 25 per cent to 56GW in 2015. It notes … [continued]
Provided by the Geothermal Energy Association As the geothermal industry wraps up an exciting and challenging year, the sector has positioned itself to grow more by 2020 than ever before. “We are seeing new technology developments move forward and new projects being announced in every region of the world,” remarked … [continued]
Solar power company Canadian Solar have announced the signing of a $40 million loan agreement with Harvest North Star Capital for the development of several ground-mounted solar power projects to be constructed in Japan. Expected to start construction in the first half of 2014, the projects will total approximately 145 … [continued]
Originally published on Shrink That Footprint By Lindsay Wilson Australia and Germany each just had an election. In both cases electricity prices were an election issue. That seems fair enough given that in both countries they are paying significant more $/kWh than most countries But now Nova Scotia is heading … [continued]
