US Wind Power Industry Celebrates Incentives Extension
The American wind power industry is celebrating after the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly in favour of extending more than 50 tax policies supporting the construction of new wind farms. The mood towards wind energy in the USA is in stark contrast to that back home, where the Abbott government’s “wonky” directive that the Clean Energy […]
Solar Frontier Wins Intersolar Project Of The Year
Solar Frontier, the world’s largest manufacturer of CIS solar panels, received the Intersolar North America Project of the Year Award last week for the Catalina Solar Project. The largest Solar Frontier CIS (copper, indium and selenium) solar installation in the USA, the Catalina Solar Project is located in Kern County, California. Construction began in May […]
Another Major Rooftop Solar Array For IKEA
IKEA has announced the completion of a 1.28MW rooftop solar panel system atop its new store in St. Louis, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The array consists of 4,085 panels and will produce approximately 1,780,000 kWh of electricity annually – enough to power 169 homes. Carbon-equivalent emissions reduction is estimated at 1,227 tons each […]
Solar Investment To Surpass Coal In India
Deutsche Bank has painted a sunny picture for solar in India, stating annual investments in the clean power technology could surpass investment in coal by 2019. In its India 2020: Utilities & Renewables report, the Bank has raised its solar power forecast for India by 240%; to 34GW by 2020. “This is on the back […]
An Amazon Powered By Wind And Sun
Amazon Web Services has added another major wind power project to its growing stable of U.S. renewable energy systems. AWS has partnered with Iberdrola Renewables to commission the 208 megawatt Amazon Wind Farm US East, North Carolina’s first utility-scale wind facility. Upon completion in 2016, Amazon Wind Farm East will begin generating 670,000 megawatt hours […]
Labor Announces 50% Renewable Energy Target
Labor will be going to the next Australian federal election with the promise of implementing a target of 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030. To be formally announced at this weekend’s national ALP conference in Melbourne, Labor’s environment spokesman Mark Butler said the target was ” an ambitious but doable goal.” “We’ve looked at […]
More SunEdison Wind, Solar And Acquisition Announcements
The news keeps rolling in from SunEdison (NYSE:SUNE); with announcements regarding yet another major acquisition, a PPA deal with HP for wind power and the completion of a 4.1 megawatt solar power plant during the last 24 hours. In addition to the intended acquisition of Vivint Solar, yesterday the world’s largest renewable energy developer also […]
Zambia Embracing Large Scale Solar Power
The Industrial Development Corporation of Zambia (IDC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to develop an initial two 50MW solar power projects in the country. These projects will likely be the first of many. Zambia’s President, Edgar Lungu, has directed the IDC to develop at least 600 MW of […]
GaP Nanowires Boost Solar Fuel Cell Efficiency
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and FOM Foundation have unveiled a prototype solar cell that directly produces hydrogen fuel from water. While using solar power to split water into hydrogen and oxygen isn’t new, it’s often performed with a battery between – adding to the cost. The researchers have been looking for a […]
Yingli Unveils Utility Solar Panel
Yingli Solar announced last week it had developed a framed utility-scale solar panel designed for a maximum system voltage of 1500 Volts. Created with large scale solar farms in mind, the new panel improves system performance and reduces balance-of-system (BOS) costs; decreasing the number of components such as home run cables, combiner boxes, and fuses […]
