Iraq’s first fully off-grid solar-powered community, developed by the Rwanga Foundation, was inaugurated earlier this week. The village features almost 200 solar panels that will power homes, a mosque, a school and […]
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Nuclear has highest investment risk; solar shows lowest, say US researchers
Nuclear power plants exceed construction budgets by an average of 102.5%, costing $1.56 billion more than planned, according to a study by Boston University’s Institute for Global Sustainability. A new study by […]
Tariffs Can’t Stop the U.S. LNG Boom
Developers of U.S. LNG export projects have started taking final investment decisions on new facilities this year, with several plans expected to add in 2025 to Woodside’s Louisiana LNG approval, despite rising […]
America Desperately Needs To Invest in Infrastructure
Recent events in America’s air transport system suggest that the system is becoming more prone to dangerous failures. Those failures include a January 29 mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and a […]
China Shatters Records with Rooftop Solar Installations
China installed a record 60 gigawatts (GW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the first quarter of 2025 – the highest ever recorded in a first quarter in the country’s history, […]
Australia’s biggest DC-coupled solar battery hybrid to push PV output into evening peaks
The biggest DC-coupled solar hybrid project in Australia has received grid approval – a landmark that will help push solar output into evening peaks, where it is needed most. The post Australia’s […]
Equinor to resume construction on US Empire Wind project
Norwegian firm Equinor will resume construction on its 810 MW Empire Wind project after the US government lifted a stop work order. The administration of US President Donald Trump halted work on […]
Third-party ownership leads C&I, community solar financing in US
“The maturation of the tax credit transferability market is driving growth in third-party ownership,” said Amanda Colombo, research associate at Wood Mackenzie. “Transferable tax credits offer less complex, cheaper and more flexible […]
U.S. Shale Output Nearing Peak as Oil Prices Stagnate
The decline in oil prices and the prevailing uncertainty about the economy, trade, and supply chains are accelerating the peak in U.S. oil production despite President Donald Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ slogan. […]
Germany Shifts Stance on Nuclear Power in EU Policy
Germany, which has been opposing for years EU attempts to treat nuclear power as a green electricity source on par with renewable energy, has dropped this opposition under new chancellor Friedrich Merz, […]
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