SolarCity, a solar panel installation and finance company, is one of the more promising stories for alternative energy investors this year. SolarCity filed details of its initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday, making it one of the few alternative en…
Author: Dr. Jim Carey
Renewables Industry Welcomes UK Energy Bill
The UK government’s Energy Bill has received a warm welcome from renewable industry players and representatives.
A Three-Part Roadmap to Energy Independence
Energy independence is not a theoretical discussion. It will strengthen our national security and will boost our domestic economy. As a former member of Congress, Governor of New Mexico, and Secretary of Energy, I have looked at the issue of energy ind…
5 Industries that Threaten the Globe and How We are Going to Save It
As our knowledge of how to clean up and prevent pollution increases and scientists slowly discover why we get certain illnesses and diseases, the world becomes more conscious of creating ways to make work environments safer; not only for the laborers, …
Britain on the ‘Cusp of an Energy Renaissance’
UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey Wednesday said “we are on the cusp of a renaissance in British energy” after unveiling the government’s long-awaited Energy Bill.
Nova Scotia Schedules Hearings on Tidal Feed-in Tariffs
Nova Scotia has called for hearings on feed-in tariffs for tidal power plants in the Bay of Fundy. The hearings begin 19 March 2013 by the Canadian province’s electricity regulator.
Real M&A: Western Wind Seen Luring Bids to Top Priciest Offer
Traders are betting that Western Wind Energy Corp.’s executives will persuade suitors to top what’s already the most expensive valuation for an alternative- energy takeover on record.
Who Needs Third-Party Finance? Loan Programs Offer Low-Cost Direct Ownership Opportunities
Direct ownership of solar systems offers an array of benefits generally not available to third-party finance. And new loan programs are making it easier to achieve that goal.
MHI and SSE Partner to Bring Cargo Container Battery Storage to Orkney Islands Power Grid
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced a partnership with SSE plc, an electric utility company located in Scotland, for an energy storage demonstration project that will use two 40-foot cargo containers full of thousands of lithium-ion recharg…
SolarCity Seeks $151 Million IPO With Shares at $13 to $15
SolarCity Corp., the developer of rooftop solar-power systems whose chairman is billionaire Elon Musk, is seeking as much as $151 million in an initial public offering.
Geothermal Stocks Warming Up
After a couple years of chilly investor sentiment, geothermal stocks are starting to warm up. The sector has been so beaten down that the small exploration and production players seem to have lost what little following they had, and so recent good new…
Hydro Tasmania in $2 Billion Bid To Build Australia’s Largest Wind Farm
Tasmania’s King Island is famous for its cheese, lobster and beef. Now it is set to become the home to Australia’s biggest wind farm.
Clean Energy Aid from Rich-to-Poor Nations Hits $8 Billion, Lower than Promised
Developed countries channeled $8 billion into emerging nations last year for large-scale renewable energy and clean fuel production, a fraction of the aid promised by 2020, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said.
Response to LA Times: Solar Projects Benefit Counties
As other reporters and bloggers have pointed out, Sunday’s Los Angeles Times ran a one-sided and misinformed article questioning the economic benefits of utility-scale solar projects on desert counties.
Renewable Energy Executive Roundtable
Power Engineering’s Lindsay Morris hosted this year’s Renewable Energy Executive Roundtable with five executives in the clean energy sector: Matt Burkhart, vice president of electric and fuel procurement, San Diego Gas & Electric; Rhone Resch, presiden…
SolarReserve Gets Approval for 150-MW CSP Plant in Maricopa County, AZ
Relying on the sun to produce energy always leads to the question: what happens when’s the sun’s not shining? Can the energy produced be stored? The good news is, companies like California-based SolarReserve know the answer to those questions, and they…
Vestas and Mitsubishi Planning to Build Biggest Offshore Wind Turbine
Vestas Wind Systems A/S is in talks with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to build the biggest offshore turbine for the $81 billion wind energy industry, bolstered by securing financing yesterday through 2015.
Imaging Technologies May Solve Puzzle of Plant Architecture and Bolster Biofuel Production
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) combined different microscopic imaging methods to gain a greater understanding of the relationships between biomass cell w…
On-Bill Repayment Shows Great Promise for Energy Efficiency, But Significant Challenges Remain
On-bill repayment has received a great deal of attention during the last few years as a potential approach to expanding the reach of energy efficiency financing in the residential and commercial sectors. With on-bill repayment, utilities or third-party…
Italian Small Wind Growing with Feed-in Tariffs
The installation of small wind turbines is growing rapidly in Italy since the introduction of feed-in tariffs, according to a report by the Department of Engineering at Milan’s Polytechnical University (Politecnico di Milano Dipartimento di Ingegneria …