How can we transition the electricity industry to the ‘new normal,’ with increasing uptakes of solar PV and energy efficiency? APVA has a plan. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/new-power-market-structures-distributed-energy-22425?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-power-market-structures-distributed-energy-22425
Renewable Energy Tops 14% of US Electrical Generation During First Half of 2013
According to the latest issue of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) “Electric Power Monthly,” with preliminary data through to June 30, 2013, renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) […]
BNEF: China to install up to 206GW distributed PV by 2030
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has issued forecasts for the amounts of distributed PV and utility PV to be installed in China between this year and 2030. via News – PV-Tech http://www.pv-tech.org/news/bnef_china_report_predicts_up_to_206gw_distributed_pv_to_be_installed_in_20?utm_source=pvtech-feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news-rss-feed
China will soon have 40% more coal than the combined weight of the human population
Years of excessive investment are catching up with China, and the latest example is coal. Its reserves now contain 220 million tons (200 million tonnes) of coal, as the Hao Hao Report […]
Good News for Wind Turbine Manufacturers
European wind turbine manufacturing giants like Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS), Germany’s Nordex SE (NDX1) and Gamesa Corp. Technologica SA (GAM) are in for a nice year, with profit recouping predicted […]
Has the Shale Bubble Already Burst?
Just like the famous Gold Rushes of the 19th century, US shale gas development is turning out to be a limited and regional market opportunity. Across the Atlantic, the high financial and […]
Back to Basics: Direct Hydropower
This is a final guest post of Kris de Decker, founder and writer at Low-tech Magazine, an internet publication highlighting the need for elegant yet simple sustainable energy technologies. We published a […]
RE ‘set for 2030 China surge’
Wind and solar – particularly distributed PV – are in line to benefit as renewables ramp up to account for half of China’s generating capacity by 2030, according to analyst Bloomberg New […]
US Energy Department Claims the Cost of Solar Power will Fall 75% by 2020
Not one to shy away from overstatement, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard is not a writer we would normally quote extensively; well-renowned as the Telegraph newspaper is, for which he frequently writes in the Business […]
FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff: Solar ‘Is Going to Overtake Everything’
If anybody doubts that federal energy regulators are aware of the rapidly changing electricity landscape, they should talk to Jon Wellinghoff, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). “Solar is growing […]
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