On Wednesday, Minnesota became the first state to allow utilities a new method of contracting with distributed solar producers, called the market-based “value of solar.” If adopted by utilities, it will fundamentally […]

Why Is SunPower Planning To Issue Solar Asset Backed Bonds?ForbesWe believe that the bonds, which will be backed by solar leases, could potentially allow the company to tap into a cheaper and […]

Over two-thirds of German PV installers are now offering their customers energy storage options, while their British and Italian counterparts are beginning to follow suit, according to a new report from EuPD […]

Norway’s oil-generated sovereign wealth fund is to see a shift to investment in renewable energy. via News – PV-Tech http://ift.tt/1hjfsOm

BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States, the world’s top emitters of greenhouse gases, pledged on Saturday to work together to attenuate the effects of global climate change. via Reuters: Environment […]

William J. Kelly and Sabrina Shankman via InsideClimate News http://ift.tt/1gfEGPx

An unmistakable message was hidden in the flurry of downbeat oil company earnings reports released in the last week or so: A major technological advance is on its way in old energy, […]

Angelo Young considers the reasons why, despite dangerous levels of air pollution, why residents of Beijing, and other Chinese cities, are reluctant to buy electric cars. via EVWorldwire http://ift.tt/1gz7TTC