Solar Power World

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Renewable energy policy starts on the coasts before slowly filtering to the middle of the country. And with a booming market comes the reemergence of restrictive solar policies that more progressive states haven’t seen in years.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2019

DENVER — It's become a cliche to compare today's energy storage market to where the solar industry was a certain number of years ago. said Daniel Finn-Foley, energy storage director at Wood Mackenzie, speaking Tuesday at GTM's Energy Storage Summit in Denver.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 2, 2020

A clutch of wave power developers is hoping to shake off the technology’s forever-round-the-corner reputation with commercial-scale arrays that could be in the water next year. AW-Energy, a Finnish developer, is looking to deliver a commercial product called the WaveRoller in 2021. Aquamarine aimed to set up a 2.4-megawatt

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 24, 2020

Gregory Wetstone is president and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a Washington, D.C.-based Despite near-term concern about the headwinds posed by supply-chain disruptions and other pandemic-related delays, the long-term outlook for renewable energy growth in the U.S. based industry group. remains bullish.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 19, 2020

Three stories and three approaches to equitable clean energy, and we’re just getting started. Originally posted here: How to make solar power work for all. The first in a series.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

Coronavirus will create a $400 billion hole in energy investment in 2020, but the power sector is faring relatively well compared to oil and gas, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Going into 2020, the IEA had expected a 2 percent increase in global energy investments this year. Credit: Siemens Gamesa).

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The drive to net zero is expected to increase demand for electricity supplies, and Great Britain’s grid is being rewired and expanded to accommodate the many new green energy projects. Continue reading.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 24, 2020

When we started making our podcasts seven years ago, it was clear that the energy transition would be a difficult one. The clean energy industry has faced its share of crises over the years — but nothing quite like the current pandemic and economic freeze. Optimize your solar power plant. How will it all pan out?

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Despite a strong track record on renewables innovation, Australia may be running out of time to become a clean energy export powerhouse — and further funding for homegrown innovation is now in jeopardy. Companies in Australia are pursuing a series of big bets in emerging energy markets such as long-duration storage and green hydrogen.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

electricity, don’t often have the political sway or capital to direct a push towards more renewables. While many traditional energy players have slow-walked towards renewables, Guzman based its business on the power industry’s accelerating transition to clean energy. In recent years, the pace of U.S.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It would be easy at this point to simply list the litany of policy failures and the paucity of political leadership documented by the CCC's almost satirically titled progress report. The lack of action on domestic energy efficiency that has now been evident for so long it has become a point of cliché for campaigners to point it out.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, will confirm the expansion of the capacity investment scheme on Thursday after officials advised the government further intervention was needed to meet the electricity target and firm the grid as ageing coal plants retire.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

A new study says changing that could save the region’s utilities and customers billions of dollars over the next two decades — and highlights that a currently proposed plan to create an energy-trading market encompassing the region’s dominant utilities likely won’t be enough to get the job done.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

That was certainly the case following my previous article, Nuclear Power Could Cut The World’s Carbon Emissions In Half. There is always a contingent who are convinced that all we need is solar power. Department of Energy. He was the founder of one of the early, successful solar companies, SunEdison.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Happy Earth Day 2021!

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2022

NZW is the political arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s most prominent climate science denial group, which published a paper last month claiming there is “no evidence of a climate crisis”. Political Influence. In politics, discretion is key,” reads another message on the site. Discretion is Key’.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Preliminary findings of a joint investigation into the freeze that left millions in Texas without power for days last February highlighted an increasing frequency of extreme cold weather events, as well as the devastation caused by the failure of natural gas-fired plants. Notes all generation types were impacted, focuses on natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

The EU’s trillion-euro coronavirus recovery package may not support big renewable energy projects in the way that was expected. The new renewable energy financing mechanism (REFM) would use existing funding mechanisms to sidestep the need for new EU legislation. A rebounding European solar market. trillion ($2.08

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2022

As the Prime Minister steps down, the latest round of flagship contract for difference auction secures almost 11GW of clean energy capacity from raft of renewables projects. The more cheap, clean power we generate within our own borders, the better protected we will be from volatile gas prices that are pushing up bills.

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Alternative Energy News

MARCH 31, 2015

Energy Politics | Environment and Sustainability | Solar Power France keeps making green headlines lately… the Eiffel Tower’s wind turbines, the tree-shaped wind turbines being installed in Paris, and now an exciting new law that is sure to have a huge environmental impact in urban centers.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The solar industry met in Salt Lake City with a more sweeping and disciplined message than in some years past : Rally to extend the federal investment tax credit and buckle up for a decade of massive industry growth. The Solar Energy Industries Association industry group published a roadmap Monday to increase solar power to 20 percent of U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

“I think solar is a big component of it and valuable part of it because of the scale and pricing it has reached […] but I think you need large-scale sustainable consumption choice changes for all of this to work.” Demand for flexible, clean power spurs startup activity. Today, it’s around 36,000 megawatts.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Meanwhile, an expanded Renewable Energy division materialized with some 40,000 employees and billions of dollars in revenue. And GE's up-and-coming energy storage business took up residence in that new division under the Renewable Energy Hybrids brand. this year and exited that national market.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The IEA has released its first ever evaluation of global energy employment both today and in the future - BusinessGreen takes a deep dive. Fossil fuels - oil, gas, and coal - are still very much the backbone of the global energy system, and these industries employ tens of millions of workers around the world.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The country must work harder to attract investment to keep up with the US and other competitors, Clean Energy Council says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese will need to increase Australia’s investment in the renewable energy sector to $10bn (..)

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Texas' love affair with renewable energy is undeniable. But even after another banner year for clean energy in the state, a market redesign, fueled by political rhetoric from state leaders, could thwart future deployment, experts say. ERCOT is gaining ground in the energy storage sector. Follow @EngelsAngle. In July, Gov.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

The government will tomorrow publish its long-awaited Energy Security Strategy, promising that the sweeping new plan will 'supercharge' clean energy deployment and put the UK on track to source 95 per cent of its power from domestic low carbon sources by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

Jenkyns – who recently called for the UK to “ditch” its net zero target – announced her new NZW role through a video claiming that, “Westminster has been gripped by groupthink on climate and energy policy for far too long … I’m looking forward to spreading the word that there are more rational approaches to these issues.”

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Great British Energy would cut energy bills and deliver energy independence for the UK, Labour Leader tells party conference. Labour Leader Keir Starmer has pledged that a Labour government would set up a publicly owned clean energy company within a year of being elected to power. The war didn't ban onshore wind.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The party’s clashing factions table series of amendments supporting and opposing renewables development Britain’s energy security and progress to net zero are under threat as the energy bill enters the Commons again.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Liz Truss ’s team – who will advise her through the energy crisis – includes staff who have worked for anti-net zero politicians and opaquely-funded climate sceptic think tanks. Others have attacked climate policies and blamed high energy bills on renewable power. She has blamed previous energy bill rises on renewables.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Kathryn Porter was introduced as an “energy consultant at Watt-Logic” by business presenter Sean Farrington on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, which has an audience of around six million, on Monday morning (June 19). The BBC regularly covers climate change and the dangers of climate misinformation.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 6, 2020

Now, startup Navajo Power wants to fill the vacuum with massive solar power plants while channeling the proceeds into electrification and economic development for Navajo communities. He teamed up with long-time friend Dan Rosen, who co-founded and still serves as chairman of Mosaic, a leading solar loan provider.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A poll showing public support for a referendum on the UK’s net zero goal covered on the front page of yesterday’s Telegraph was paid for by a newly-launched climate science denial group run by a leading figure in actor Laurence Fox’s political party. Anti-Net Zero Campaign. Borderline child abuse?”.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY — This year’s Solar Power International has one clear theme eclipsing all others: an extension of the federal Investment Tax Credit. But not all solar executives feel the same way about the ITC, or with the same level of intensity. Yes, the movement does have stickers.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Renewable energy providers could pay up to 20 times more tax if a bill being debated in Victorian parliament passes, according to industry experts.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

UK energy regulator sets out potential energy market reforms aimed at weaning country off expensive, volatile, and risky fossil gas. The government is targeting 50GW of offshore wind capacity and a five-fold increase in solar capacity by 2035, by which point it is aiming to have established a fully-decarbonised power grid. "As

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