Australia is undergoing something of an energy crisis — growing demand combined with under-investment in the electric grid has recently led to a series of embarrassing blackouts, and electric rates are soaring. South Australia has just overtaken Denmark as the place with the world’s most expensive electricity.
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed a handful of new solar and energy related bills today in Carson City to help the state pivot away from the anti-consumer, anti-solar net metering regulation that forced SolarCity out of the state in late 2015.
Major urban low-carbon innovations include net metering, vehicle fleet emissions standards, complete streets zoning, wind-powered trains and electric buses, all driven by regulation and policy.
Want solar panels? Need info on solar panel prices, installation, installers, rebates, payback period, permits, etc.? This in-depth guide focused a bit on California has megawatts of answers.
The UK wants to back away from the renewable energy commitments it made to the EU while keeping the benefit of cross-border energy trading. EU leaders are not impressed as Brexit negotiations begin.
Firm growth from China will help boost overall global PV demand for the 10th consecutive year, according to a recent report from IHS. IHS Technology Senior Analyst Josefin Berg said Chinese feed-in tariff (FIT) cuts from last September have created higher-than-projected 4th quarter growth. Berg notes global capacity additions reaching 77 gigawatts (GW) in 2016 and 79 GW in 2017. The former is a projected 34% year-on-year growth rate in 2016, exceeding 2015’s 32% year-on-year growth rate.
Why does CleanTechnica cover political matters? And why do we so heavily favor Democrats when it comes to US political matters?
Thanks to a push from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), I ran across this webpage where you can tell Donald Trump how you “want to Make America Great.” (Interestingly, “Again” has been removed from the campaign slogan.)
Connecticut enjoys one of the fastest-growing solar markets among the smaller US states. One reason is because the Nutmeg State actually receives more sunshine than most of the solar farms in Germany, with an average of close to 4.5 hours of direct sunlight for every 10 square feet (approx. 1 square meter).
Ice Energy has announced a new model of its thermal energy storage in ice, designed purely with the solar homeowner in mind.
