SolarCity has reservations for at least 65 energy storage systems in California, according to the latest SGIP summary. (SGIP is California’s Self Generation Incentive Program, which provides a subsidy for fuel cells, […]
Natural gas continues to lose market share to coal year-over-year due to price gains
For most of 2012, natural gas gained market share against coal for U.S. power generation. However, in recent months natural gas has given some gains back, due mostly to higher nat gas […]
A Clean Energy REIT: Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure
On April 18th, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI) IPOed on the New York Stock Exchange. HASI is one of only two publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) dedicated to sustainable […]
Verizon’s $100M Fuel Cell and Solar Power Play : Greentech Media
Verizon has just pledged $100 million to the premise that solar power and fuel cells can pay for themselves over time. On Tuesday, the telecommunications giant said it would invest $100 million […]
Fuel Cells 2013: Bloom Energy’s Reality Distortion Field : Greentech Media
First, here’s an updated list of the top three profitable, publicly held fuel cell firms: 1. 2. 3. How do you assess the health of an industry? Is it whether it’s growing? […]
Hydrogenics Secures Utility-Scale Energy Storage Project
Hydrogenics, an Ontario-based fuel cell equipment manufacturer, inked a deal with E.ON, Germany‘s largest investor-owned electric utility, to install a 1 megawatt “power-to-gas” energy storage system in Hamburg, Germany. The energy storage […]
EU on Track to Meet 2020 Solar, Wind, Renewables Targets, But…
EU on Track to Meet 2020 Solar, Wind, Renewables Targets, But… The newest European Union (EU) statistics from Eurostat show its member nations are on track to meet their renewables targets but […]
Report: Solar takes 100% share of new US grid-connected electricity in March – PV-Tech
Report: Solar takes 100% share of new US grid-connected electricity in March – PV-Tech Solar energy has achieved a milestone after it emerged that for the first time, solar accounted for all […]
Austin Energy’s Value of Solar Tariff: Could It Work Anywhere Else?
Last fall, Austin Energy become the first utility in the U.S. to offer a “Value of Solar Tariff” (VOST) to its residential electricity customers. The VOST rate is presented as an alternative […]
Wind industry installs almost 5,300 MW of capacity in December
Approximately 40% of the total 2012 wind capacity additions (12,620 MW) came online in December, just before the scheduled expiration of the wind production tax credit (PTC). During December 2012, 59 new […]