Or at least we’re getting to the beginning of the end of the rare earth supply crisis. Lynas has actually switched on its separation plant in Malaysia: Lynas has been embroiled in […]
CSP 2012: Concentrated Solar Power Review
The four major CSP companies kept their PPA-driven flagship projects on track for power production in 2013. One: Abengoa’s 280-megawatt Solana parabolic trough project with six hours of storage in Arizona; Two: […]
Renewable Energy REITs or MLPs Would Unlock Billions for Project Development
Top engineering, procurement and construction firms gathered to network, learn and do business with corporate-level project developers at the PGI Financial Forum, one of four co-located events that took place in Orlando, […]
Drilling for Dollars: Notable Developments in Geothermal Finance
Geothermal capacity additions are on track to top 100 MW in 2012, making this year one of the best for geothermal deployment in the last decade [1,2]. This could be a tentative […]
Obama Signs Energy Efficiency Legislation
President Obama signed the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act (H.R. 6582) on Wednesday after the bill received bipartisan support in Congress. The law is a modification of the Enabling Energy Savings […]
To Insure or Not to Insure: PV’s New Fangled Warranty Insurance Option
It is no secret that the last couple years have been rough for PV manufacturers globally. Panel makers have had to contend with compressed profit margins and an oversaturated market, both of […]
2012 Top Trends in Demand Response
Demand response — the business of turning down electricity use at homes, offices, factories, and other such sources of demand, to help manage grid needs — has changed a lot over the […]
The Nation’s Nuclear Plants Are Nuked
While the nation has been focused on new sources of natural gas and shale oil, few noticed the slow decline of an older energy source: nuclear power. Today, commercial nuclear power is […]
Solar Grid Parity Comes to Spain
Bloomberg reported last week that a number of solar developers in Spain have applied for permits to connect to the country’s electric grid and sell solar power at market prices. Taken together […]
100-Megawatt Power Plant via Variations in Ocean Temperature
A barrier to advancing the development of the massive ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) resource is its potentially adverse biological impact, but a new DOE-funded study carried out by Makai Ocean Engineering […]
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