Bloomberg Kicks In More Cash To Can Coal

Bloomberg - Beyond Coal

Bloomberg Philanthropies will invest an additional USD $30 million to assist the Sierra Club in its goals to see half the USA’s coal fleet retired by 2017, with view to replacing it with clean energy capacity. The latest contribution builds on a previous $50 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by Michael Bloomberg. Mr. Bloomberg is […]

Cheap Wind Power Drew Major Investment In 2014

Wind Investment - AWEA

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) says that in 2014 nearly a quarter of direct investment in wind power came from private U.S. businesses, universities and government agencies, due to a 50 per cent drop in the cost of wind-derived electricity in the past five years. “Over 23 per cent of the wind power contracts […]

Seven Sisters Solar Project Under Way In Utah

SunEdison solar project - Utah

SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE) has announced it has commenced construction preparations for a 22.6 megawatt solar farm project in Southern Utah. The Seven Sisters project incorporates seven separate solar power plants, four of which are located in Beaver County and three in Iron County. “We are excited to be breaking ground today for the Seven […]

Renewable Energy Target Compromise A Bitter Pill

Renewable Energy Target reactions

While Labor’s backing of the Clean Energy Council’s Renewable Energy Target compromise has been welcomed by some, for others it’s still very much a bum deal. The Clean Energy Council proposal is for a large-scale renewable energy target of 33,500 gigawatt-hours (GWh) by 2020, plus various other conditions including protection for support for residential and […]

Labor Backs Renewable Energy Target Compromise

Labor Backs Renewable Energy Target Compromise

Labor has announced the party is backing the Clean Energy Council’s compromise position on Australia’s Renewable Energy Target. Late last month, The Clean Energy Council proposed a compromise target for large-scale renewable energy in Australia of 33,500 gigawatt-hours (GWh) by 2020. The proposal also contains a range of other conditions including the preservation of the […]

Australian Solar Anti Dumping Investigation May Be Terminated

Australian Solar Anti-Dumping Investigation

What some may have considered as a waste of taxpayer’s money and also a threat to Australia’s solar revolution could be binned. The Australian Anti-dumping Commission has been tasked with investigating claims of alleged dumping of some solar power panels exported from China. “Dumping” is a form of predatory pricing, where manufacturers export a product […]

Report: The Economics Of Load Defection

Economics Of Load Defection

A new report released by Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) says solar-plus-battery systems will be the most economic residential electricity solution in three of the five US regions studied within the next 10–15 years. In its report last year, Economics Of Grid Defection, RMI predicted solar and energy storage grid parity will likely arrive before 2030 […]

Duke Energy’s 500MW Solar Plan

Duke Energy Solar Florida

U.S. solar developer Duke Energy has announced a long-term vision for expanding Florida’s clean power capacity, with a plan to add up to 500 MW of utility-scale solar energy in the Sunshine State by 2024. The company’s 2015 Ten-Year Site Plan, which was filed with the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC), calls for huge additions […]

Sungrow and Aliyun Team Up

Sungrow Aliyun solar partnership

Leading solar inverter manufacturer Sungrow has partnered with Alibaba Group’s cloud computing unit Aliyun (or AliCloud) to combine solar power stations with cloud services around the world. According to WantChinaTimes,  Ali Cloud will enable solar facilities constructed by Sungrow  to perform ” intelligent management and maintenance” around the world through the provision of big data […]

300,000 Trina Solar Panels To Power Solar Farm In Japan.

GE Financial - Trina Solar

GE Energy Financial Services announced last week it had partnered with Virginia Solar Group to jointly invest equity in a 96.2-megawatt solar farm in Japan, powered by Trina Solar modules. This will be the third occasion GE Energy Financial Services and Virginia Solar Group subsidiary Pacifico Energy have partnered  to construct a solar power facility […]