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 […]
Rising RINs price is driving some companies to boost their ethanol activities
US refiners are leaping more into physical biofuels blending, even as the US government appears to be pondering a cut in renewables mandates. This month PBF Energy and Alon USA both told analysts […]
Global oil price will decline through end of 2013, EIA forecasts
The global benchmark price of crude oil will fall through the end of 2013, as the United States continues to pump more oil and cut its need for imports, the federal Energy […]
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