Week-long discussions at the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), a UN-backed regulator, have failed to reach a consensus on immediate permission for deep sea mining or draft regulations on seabed […]
Solar-plus-storage is going to be very important to the energy transition over next five years
In the US, companies like Intersect Power have a pipeline of large-scale solar-plus-storage projects. Image: Intersect Power. With solar capacity ever-growing at a fast pace globally and installs expected to treble in […]
Rooftop solar takes biggest bite yet out of fossil fuel industry’s energy lunch
The growing uptake of rooftop solar PV – driven in part by the huge jump in wholesale electricity prices and retail bills in the past year – has taken the biggest bite […]
Baby the RINs Must Fall, Part 2 – Will a RIN Price Crash Make a Mess in the Renewable Diesel Market?
U.S. production of hydrogenated renewable diesel (RD), made from soybean oil and animal fats like used cooking oil, is growing faster than expected. That may sound like good news for the renewable […]
Green hydrogen on track to be cheaper than fossil gas hydrogen by 2030
A new report from BloombergNEF has found that green hydrogen, created using renewable energy, is on track to be cheaper than existing grey hydrogen, made using gas, in five key markets by […]
US grid congestion costs jumped 56% to $20.8B in 2022: report
Costs to consumers from congestion on the U.S. power grid jumped 56% in 2022 to an estimated $20.8 billion from $13.3 billion the year before, partly driven by fuel price volatility, according […]
Toyota says ‘breakthrough’ in solid-state EV batteries could significantly drop costs
Dive Brief: Toyota announced a “technical breakthrough” for solid-state electric vehicle batteries that will reduce size, weight and costs by half while delivering ranges up to 745 miles, according to the Financial […]
State clean energy goals are ‘key driver’ for generation growth, but impact differs between regions: report
Dive Brief: Renewables portfolio standards and 100% clean electricity mandates set by states across the U.S. can be approximately correlated with that state’s total renewable energy production, said a June report from […]
Batteries And Renewables Are Saving Texas During The Heat Wave
Texas, along with much of the South, has been subject to a relentless, prolonged heat wave for several weeks – the kind of climate-fueled extreme weather event that scientists have warned us […]
IEA: solar sector to drive copper demand over 2,000 kilotons by 2035
IEA offices in France. Credit: IEA The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its latest report into critical mineral demand amid the clean energy transition, revealing that increased demand for solar PV […]
