First Solar Commissions 52.5-MW Shams Ma’an Plant in Jordan
First Solar, Inc. has commissioned the 52.5-MW AC Shams Ma’an solar power project in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Read MoreBHP to Test Solar-Storage for Remote Mine Sites
BHP Billiton Ltd., which forecasts wind and solar energy can achieve price parity with rival sources within a decade, is partnering in a battery-storage project to test technology that could be adopted at its remote sites.
Read MoreThe Big Question — Where Will Energy Storage Have the Greatest Impact: Residential, C&I, or Utility? Why?
Energy storage is poised to make a huge impact on the global renewable energy industry and, similar to solar, geothermal and bioenergy, the technology can be applied at the residential level, commercial and industrial (C&I) level and at utility-scale.
Read MoreUL Acquires AWS Truepower
Global safety science provider UL has acquired engineering firm AWS Truepower, in a move that will strengthen UL’s full lifecycle solutions for the wind and solar energy sectors.
Read MoreDe-risking Power Trades in the Age of Renewables
The transformation of North American power markets from the coal-fired past to a renewable future is well underway. For power utilities, independent power producers (IPP) and traders, this new-age energy market — reliant on renewables for baseload power generation — presents challenges that have to be addressed quickly in order to operate profitably.
Read MoreTop 5 Hybrid Energy News (Solar- and Wind-Diesel-Hybrid + Microgrids) – September 2016
The September edition of our “Top 5 Hybrid Energy News” features Carnegie Wave Energy, redT energy, Enercon, Vestas, ViZn Energy, Jabil Inala, Australian Vanadium, VSUN, Gildemeister, Siemens, and ENEL.
Read MoreSolar-Powered Houses Take Starring Role in Denver’s Community of Tomorrow
Zero-emission electric vehicles charge along the street. People walk along LED-lighted sidewalks. A commuter train drops travelers off from the airport to enjoy dinner at a corner cafe. And the houses? They’re entirely powered by sunshine.
Read MoreIndia’s NTPC to Expand Solar Goal, Slow Thermal Power, BNEF Says
India’s largest power generator, which is spearheading Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious clean-energy goals, is expanding its solar target and slowing down development of its coal-based plants on concerns that the cost of renewables will be cheaper than conventional energy.
Read MoreData Center-SaaS Specialist Poised to Launch Mission-Critical Microgrid
A data center hosting company and provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) to power and energy sector companies and market players, Open Access Technology International (OATI), expects to commission an in-house designed and built hybrid microgrid at it…
Read MorePart V: Justice Delayed and the Clean Power Plan — A Different Kind of Justice
This installment of the series is about a different kind of justice — the sort that recognizes the disproportionately harmful consequences of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on low-income communities, native nations and people of color compared to the rest of society.
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