Federation of Microgrids: A Moral and Business Necessity
The possibility exists that the U.S. may miss the boat relating to Electricity 2.0 because of the absence of a vision, strategy, and investments in microgrids.
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Wind Cheapest Power Source in Argentina Renewable Auction
Wind was the cheapest source of energy in Argentina’s first power auction after the country implemented reforms designed to transform its fossil fuel-dependent grid.
Read MoreWind Cheapest Power Source in Argentina Renewable Auction
Wind was the cheapest source of energy in Argentina’s first power auction after the country implemented reforms designed to transform its fossil fuel-dependent grid.
Read MoreGlobal Renewable Energy Investments Edged Up Slightly in 2015
In a new report, the International Energy Agency said that renewable energy occupied a 17 percent share of global energy investments in 2015, up slightly from 16 percent in 2014.
Read MoreWhat Will a Clinton or Trump Presidency Mean for Renewable Energy? Part 2 – Renewable Energy’s Uncertain Future?
The U.S. has 50 unique policy laboratories, many of which have economies larger than many of the countries on earth. They have something to say when it comes to energy policy.
Read MorePart IV: Justice Delayed — Will Politics Trump Justice in the Case of the Clean Power Plan?
By the time this column is published, oral arguments in the legal challenge to the Clean Power Plan will have already been made. The en banc panel of 10 appeals court judges is not likely to render its decision before the New Year. No matter the …
Read MoreWhat Will a Clinton or Trump Presidency Mean for Renewable Energy? Part 1 – The History
Here we are again. Election 2016. Deemed “the most important election of our lifetimes” — the same claim made about the 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Presidential elections. As usual, each side is predicting that if their candidate’s opponent wins, we will witness the end of American democracy as we know it.
Read MoreLocation, Location, Location: Massive Pumped Storage + Solar PV Project Closer to Reality
A proposed 300-MW pumped storage hydropower plant combined with 600-MW solar PV plant is taking shape in Chile. Valhalla, the team behind the Espejo de Terapaca plant said in an interview that it has hired Marathon Capital to help find strategic investors in the project. The US $1 billion project is seeking to raise about 40 percent of project costs this fall with hopes that it can begin construction in early 2017.
It’s the perfect location for a project like this because of the natural landscape. No dams will need to be built and the land will not be disturbed because it is a desert.
“There is a big coastal mountain range very close from the ocean and [the landscape] has natural caverns, said Francisco Torrealba, co-founder of the company. “That is something that you rarely see anywhere else in the world,” he added.
The project will use Francis-type turbines from a European supplier and PV with single-axis tracking to generate baseload power at an extremely competitive price.
Read MoreDC Court Judges ‘Very Skeptical’ of Challenges to EPA’s Clean Power Plan, NRDC Says
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the State of West Virginia v. EPA, the case challenging the legal basis of the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan.
Read MoreUS Presidential Debate: Hillary Advocates for Solar, Trump Criticizes Clean Energy Support
Hillary wants to put 500,000,000 solar panels in place during her presidency meanwhile Trump wants to get rid of the Clean Power Plan because he believes that climate change isn’t a threat and regulations are hurting the American economy. That was the takeaway for clean energy supporters who watched last night’s debate between U.S. Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton (D) and Donald Trump (R).
To anyone who watched the debate, it was apparent that should she be elected, Clinton will support and work to continue similar clean energy initiatives that have been put forth by Obama. Trump, on the other hand, will work to undo them.
Clinton views clean energy as a job-boosting economic opportunity for the U.S.: “We can deploy a half a billion more solar panels. We can have enough clean energy to power every home. We can build a new modern electric grid. That’s a lot of jobs; that’s a lot of new economic activity,” she said.
Trump said clean energy incentives are “a disaster” reminding viewers of the failed solar company Solyndra that received more than $500 million in aid from the U.S. government before filing for bankruptcy.
“She talks about solar panels,” he said, adding “We invested in a solar company, our country. That was a disaster. They lost plenty of money on that one.”
The Washington Post has the complete transcript of the debate. Check it out here.
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