Solar and wind energy output in California was curtailed by 29% more in 2024 than the year before, with solar accounting for 93% of curtailed energy that year, the Energy Information Administration said […]
House budget bill would kill 330K solar, storage jobs: SEIA
As the Senate reconvenes this week and begins budget negotiations, the Solar Energy Industries Association is lobbying to revise the steep Inflation Reduction Act cuts passed by the House of Representatives, citing […]
Anti-renewables bills die in Texas House, but may reemerge in 2027
Dive Brief: The Texas Legislature wrapped up its 2025 session on Monday without approving three energy bills that advocates said would have made it harder to build and operate renewable power plants […]
Giant four-hour battery proposed next to Australia’s biggest operating pumped hydro plant
Plans to install a four-hour big battery next to the largest operating pumped hydro generator in Australia have been submitted for federal environmental assessment. The post Giant four-hour battery proposed next to […]
Crude Below $65 Squeezes U.S. Shale, Even as Drivers Celebrate
In a market increasingly governed by geopolitical tremors and macroeconomic mismatches, crude oil dipping below $65 per barrel seems like a gift to global consumers. But behind that price tag lies a […]
NEM data spotlight: Solar generation in Australia’s biggest electricity market up 15% year-on-year
Although the month-on-month cumulative total dipped by 16.82%, this coincides with the expected seasonal fluctuations as Australia transitions to its colder months of Autumn and Winter. Indeed, the positive figure of these […]
Tariffs could drive US solar, storage costs up 50%
A recent Wood Mackenzie report examines two possible tariff scenarios and concludes that costs will skyrocket for both utility-scale solar development and battery energy storage systems. From pv magazine USA With much […]
US DOE budget proposal decimates renewable energy funding
Within that US$888 million figure, the amount available for renewable energy technologies would be US$240 million, a steep drop from US$795 million in the FY2024 budget. It includes no funding at all […]
EU on Track to Hit 2030 Emission Reduction Aim: Official Analysis
The European Commission has claimed the European Union is on course to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55 percent by 2030 relative to 1990 as targeted by the European Climate Law, […]
China adds record 105GW solar PV in first four months of 2025
The dramatic surge in new PV installations has been driven by strong policy support. Earlier this year, China’s National Energy Administration issued the “Distributed PV Power Generation Development and Construction Management Measures,” which clearly […]
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