When oil drillers descended on North Dakota en masse a decade ago, state officials and residents generally welcomed them with open arms. A new form of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" for short, […]
Biggest wind and solar investors fear connection risk and market rule changes
Thirty of the biggest debt and equity investors in Australia’s wind and solar industry have cited growing risks around grid connections and uncertainty over changes to market rules as the biggest threat […]
Wind and solar farms face more cutbacks due to new network constraints
Large scale wind and solar farms in South Australia are being affected by two new network constraints revealed over the past week, adding to the growing amount of problems affecting the sector. […]
Australia Looks To Take The Lead In The Hydrogen Boom
Over the past decade, the European Union has widely been viewed as being ahead of the renewables curve, and it recently-launched new hydrogen strategy has only served to cement its credentials. The […]
The business model for carbon capture is broken
In the months since the pandemic cratered the price of oil, the financial fallout has spread from drilling companies to refineries and oilfield maintenance companies. Now the crash has claimed another, more […]
Researchers find black and white solution to wind turbine bird deaths
A Norwegian research team has demonstrated a relatively simple and potentially very effective way to drastically reduce the number of bird deaths at wind farms, by painting one of the three blades […]
As states negotiate transmission debacle, it’s radio silence from the Feds
There is not much point in announcing new investment when it can’t be connected. Despite the release of the 2nd Integrated System Plan, transmission development is still in a relatively bad place, although […]
Converting solar energy to hydrogen fuel, with help from photosynthesis
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 18, 2020 Global economic growth comes with increasing demand for energy, but stepping up energy production can be challenging. Recently, scientists have achieved record efficiency for solar-to-fuel conversion, […]
Transparent solar panels for windows hit record 8% efficiency
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Aug 18, 2020 In a step closer to skyscrapers that serve as power sources, a team led by University of Michigan researchers has set a new efficiency record […]
UK government solar LCOE forecasts tumble
Image: Lightsource BP. The levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of solar in the UK could fall to just £28/MWh by 2040, according to new projections published by the country’s government. Yesterday (24 […]
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