Gamesa Secures 15 MW Solar Power Project in Tamil Nadu
Gamesa, a leading player in the renewable energy space, today announced its latest solar project totalling 15 MW in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Read MoreSantander Eyes UK Rooftop Solar Investment Despite Subsidy Cuts
Banco Santander SA is considering investing in the U.K.’s rooftop solar power market, despite deep cuts to feed-in tariff subsidies coming into effect next week.
Read MoreAfter COP21: What Needs to Happen for the Paris Agreement to Take Effect?
Here, we answer questions on the important steps countries must take to ensure that the Paris Agreement comes into force.
Read MoreParis Climate Deal Seen Costing $12.1 Trillion Over 25 Years
If the world is serious about halting the worst effects of global warming, the renewable energy industry will require $12.1 trillion of investment over the next quarter century, or about 75 percent more than current projections show for its growth.
Read MoreListen Up: Solar Incentives in 2016
For more about the extension of the ITC and local net metering programs, please Listen Up to the Energy Show on Renewable Energy World.
Read MoreSolar Industry Rejoices as California Regulators Approve Net Metering Successor Program
The California Public Utilities Commission in a Jan. 28 open meeting voted 3-2 to approve a net metering success program for rooftop solar in the state.
During the meeting, Commissioner Michael Picker, president of the CPUC, said the successor program maintains a full retail net energy metering structure that allows all customers to receive full credit for renewable energy that they export to the grid, but also establishes mandatory time of use rates for those customers.
“By requiring NEM customers to take time of use rates, we’re setting a stage for a marketplace where rooftop solar is also designed to meet the needs of the grid,” Picker said.
Read MoreThe Cheapest Way to Scale Up Wind and Solar Energy? High-tech Power Lines
Wind power and solar power are ways to reduce carbon emissions, but these generation sources are dependent on the vagaries of the weather, which means neither wind nor solar can produce electricity on-demand at all hours of the day. This variability ha…
Read MoreThe 9 Lives of an Energy Company: What Does the Energy Company of the Future Look Like?
In 2015, major energy companies were still trying to navigate a systematic re-orientation of electricity markets. NRG, E.ON, RWE and Enel all amended their corporate structures to address broader changes in the sector.
Read MoreCoalition of States Asks US Supreme Court to Stay Clean Power Plan
More than two dozen American states asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put on hold President Barack Obama’s carbon dioxide-cutting Clean Power Plan after their request for a similar pause was rejected by a lower court.
Read MoreIRENA Chief Stresses Role of Gas in Renewables Transition
The executive director of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has stressed the importance of gas in a shift to cleaner electricity.
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