Power generated by wind, solar and biomass in the European Union overtook coal for the first time in 2017, a report by Germany’s climate lobbyist Agora Energiewende and U.K. think tank Sandbag showed.
Tag: Utility Scale
Is There a More Efficient Way to Generate Clean Energy with Concentrating Solar Power?
Ali Mani, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford, is doing computer simulations to test what could be a more efficient way to use concentrated sunlight as a heat source.
Enel Plans Solar, Wind Power Sales to Miner of Cryptocurrency
Enel SpA, Europe’s largest utility, is in talks to sell power from wind, solar and other renewable energy plants to the Swiss cryptocurrency company Envion AG, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
When We Talk about the Future of Renewables, We’re Only Right About Half the Time
When I started at Renewable Energy World in the fall of 2007 as a part-time news editor, the year 2020 seemed eons away. At that time, it was easy to write about how much of a particular region’s electricity would be supplied by renewable energy by 202…
Solar Tariffs Could Be Driving Up Solar Manufacturing in the United States
Yesterday JinkoSolar announced that it had signed an agreement to supply 1.75 GW of high efficiency modules to a U.S. counterparty. The announcement also stated that the company’s board of directors had authorized JinkoSolar to finalize planning for th…
Trust, Facebook, Renewables and Republicans: Recapping the 2017 Energy Report
Fake news, politics and social media impact more than elections. There is no question that the credibility of American institutions and news sources has suffered in the past year, from the combined influence of continued vilification of the media, retr…
Putting the ‘Farm’ Back in Solar Farms
Minnesota will be included in a study to help federal researchers test the potential of pollinator-friendly habitat and fruit and vegetable crops around solar arrays.
BP Weighs Bid for $1.8BN Italian Solar Company
BP Plc is considering a bid for one of Italy’s largest collection of solar assets, according to people familiar with the matter.
3@3 on Solar PV: What Will and Won’t Happen as a Result of the Solar Tariffs
Today the focus is completely on the solar tariffs, approved by President Trump on Monday January 22. We’ll discuss what we know will happen now that the U.S. will be adding tariffs to imported solar modules and we’ll discuss what won’t happen as a res…
UK’s Hive Energy Aims to Open Cuba’s First Fully Foreign-Owned Solar Park
Cuba is preparing to open its first solar park 100 percent-owned by foreign investors. Hive Energy of the United Kingdom aims to start construction mid-2018 on a 50-MW project in the Mariel Special Economic Development Zone, one of the largest solar ve…
SEPA, Collaborators Tackle DERMS Standards Prior to DistribuTECH
The march to develop industry-agreed standards for Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) took a major leap forward Monday as utilities and vendors connected in the effort and offered thoughts on the best path ahead
The Trump Decision on US Tariffs and the Trolley Problem
Much government and bureaucratic decision making is made in a vacuum, that is, the effect of the decision on the decision maker is small or nonexistent. In terms of the final tariff decision, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) made recommend…
Trump Approves 30 Percent Tariff on Solar Panel Imports; Trade Industry ‘Disappointed’
President Donald Trump has agreed to a recommendation by the International Trade Commission to grant U.S. solar manufacturers relief from unfair trade practices in the form of tariffs on solar cells and modules imported to the U.S.
There Is Not Enough Transmission to Meet US Corporate’s Renewable Energy Demands
According to a report released on January 16 by the Wind Energy Foundation (WEF), U.S. corporations have committed to signing deals result in 60 GW of renewable energy capacity being added to the grid in coming years. However, transmission planners are…
Texas Cities, Businesses, and Schools Know the Economic Upside of Clean Energy
Recently, the message on Texas clean energy has been getting clearer — the market is driving the clean energy economy forward. And some of those spreading the message are making it loud and clear.
Shell Buys Output of England’s Largest Solar Plant
Shell Global unit Shell Energy Europe has agreed to buy the power from the largest solar power plant in England.
Trump Says Section 201 Solar Trade Case Decision Coming Soon
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would announce a decision soon on whether to slap tariffs on imported solar panels, and quipped that when countries dump subsidized panels in the United States, "Everybody goes out of business."
Shell Bolsters Renewables Bet With Stake in US Solar Company
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is investing in a U.S. solar energy developer, continuing its recent expansion into the electricity business. The Anglo-Dutch oil and gas producer will acquire a 44 percent stake in Nashville’s Silicon Ranch Corp., which owns…
ACWA Power Adopts Blockchain Currency SolarCoin
Saudi Arabian energy company ACWA Power has started to use a blockchain currency. ACWA is utilizing SolarCoin, a crypto-currency that is rewarded to generators of solar power.
As Trump Tries to Bring Back Coal, EU Leaders Up Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency Targets
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted yesterday to approve and adopt a sweeping set of measures that will ensure the growth of renewable energy, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and advanced biofuels in the region.