More than one in five people in the world, mostly in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, lack access to electricity. There are high hopes that solar energy can leapfrog the electric grid […]
Yingli, Munich Re Enter Performance Warranty Agreement
Yingli Green Energy has signed a module performance warranty insurance agreement with one of Munich Re’s specialty primary insurers. Under the terms of the agreement, Yingli Green Energy and Munich Re will […]
The Rare Earth Crisis Is Over
Or at least we’re getting to the beginning of the end of the rare earth supply crisis. Lynas has actually switched on its separation plant in Malaysia: Lynas has been embroiled in […]
Energy Perspectives: The United States has a varied and complex energy flow chart
The United States flow of energy from supply to demand is complex. Petroleum, natural gas, and coal together account for about 82% of our energy use, with renewable and nuclear energy providing […]
CSP 2012: Concentrated Solar Power Review
The four major CSP companies kept their PPA-driven flagship projects on track for power production in 2013. One: Abengoa’s 280-megawatt Solana parabolic trough project with six hours of storage in Arizona; Two: […]
Policy Shifts Signal Growth Ahead for Advanced Biofuels
This has been a tough year for the U.S. biofuels industry: drought curtailed corn starch ethanol production and investment in the industry shrank to its lowest level in nearly a decade. Headed […]
Renewable Energy REITs or MLPs Would Unlock Billions for Project Development
Top engineering, procurement and construction firms gathered to network, learn and do business with corporate-level project developers at the PGI Financial Forum, one of four co-located events that took place in Orlando, […]
Scientists See Promise for People and Nature as ‘Peak Farmland’ Looms
The study, “Peak Farmland and the Prospects for Sparing Nature,” is by Ausubel, Iddo K. Wernick and Paul E. Waggoner and will be published next year as part of a special supplement […]
Drilling for Dollars: Notable Developments in Geothermal Finance
Geothermal capacity additions are on track to top 100 MW in 2012, making this year one of the best for geothermal deployment in the last decade [1,2]. This could be a tentative […]
Obama Signs Energy Efficiency Legislation
President Obama signed the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act (H.R. 6582) on Wednesday after the bill received bipartisan support in Congress. The law is a modification of the Enabling Energy Savings […]
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