Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for the first time discovered how to make perovskite solar cells out of quantum dots and used the new material to convert sunlight to electricity with 10.77 perce…
Read MoreRenewable energy is the big loser in a long-drawn-out energy plan for public land in California, developed over eight years between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Energy Commission and the Califo…
Read MoreOver the past few days my in-box has been overflowing with hopeful news about the Paris climate agreement. Today hope became promise. As of Wednesday evening, 72 nations responsible for 56.8 percent of global emissions formally filed their …
Read MoreOutsiders could be forgiven for thinking that UK energy policy has abandoned renewables — consider the high-profile commitment to nuclear at Hinkley Point, and the Cameron government’s attack on feed in tariffs. It’s less well known that industry and government alike are taking a hard look at the possibilities for energy storage.
Read MoreThis year’s Clean Energy Live conference reflected the effort of solar PV and energy storage to find common ground in the post subsidy era that the UK market has entered.
Read MoreThe power and energy regulatory environment is in a high state of flux in California amidst increasing integration of distributed renewable energy generation and storage capacity and realizing a statewide goal of 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.
Read MoreThe battles between utilities and their customers over the right to self-generate aren’t cooling off, either. Utility Dive notes at least 10 states will be on the front line of the battle between utilities and their customers in 2016 and beyond.
Read MoreFor years — actually decades — the conventional wisdom about electric power has gone something like this: clean generation sources like wind and solar power are great, supplementing the energy mix with an increasing share of carbon-free electrons.
Read MoreFor years — actually decades — the conventional wisdom about electric power has gone something like this: clean generation sources like wind and solar power are great, supplementing the energy mix with an increasing share of carbon-free electrons.
Read MoreRenewables energy experts have gathered in South Australia to defend the use of solar and wind power in the aftermath of a state-wide blackout.
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