By Tristan Edis Changing economics, tech advances, global warming, and the fact that things wear out over time: the writing is on the wall. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath Independent analyst says claims Hazelwood coal plant closure will have any significant impact on retail electricity prices “not at all credible”. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath With no economic option to clean it up, and no buyer, the French owner of Victoria’s Hazelwood coal power plant has confirmed it will close in March 2017. Engie also looking to sell Loy Yang B coal plant, and WA Kwinana gas station, as it transitions to low-carbon generation….
By Tim Hollo The Emissions Reduction Fund cannot serve as the foundation for more serious action without completely separating industrial emissions from land sector abatement. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Michelle Froese The Plains & Eastern Clean Line is set to deliver 4,000 MW of low-cost, clean energy to more than one million homes. GE has been selected to supply the HDVC converter stations. GE Energy Connections and Clean Line Energy announced their collaboration for the development of America’s largest clean-energy infrastructure project, the…
By Sophie Vorrath Redflow CEO says Tesla’s launch of Powerwall 2 battery with a built-in inverter takes a leaf from the Apple playbook of vertical integration – and could polarise the industry. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath The first version of Tesla’s Powerwall battery storage device had a big impact on prices in Australia. The second version, unveiled last week, is expected to do it all over again. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Marco Stella The first trades in 2019 LGCs raised some eyebrows, as did the continued activity in the STC market. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Gerard Reid Decentralised technologies are now becoming the cheapest way to bring power to the people, as they were 130 years ago, but we still need the grid. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Michelle Froese Wind energy is already central to many greenhouse gas emission-reduction strategies across Canada. And it is poised to play an even bigger role as provinces seek cost-effective strategies to meet long-term climate change goals and the federal government prioritizes the building of a clean growth economy. CanWEA 2016’s keynote speaker, Honorable Catherine…
By Michelle Froese Goldwind Americas, a subsidiary of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. has entered into an exclusive agreement with Viridis Eolia, a Wyoming corporation, for the conditional supply of Goldwind’s permanent-magnet, direct-drive (PMDD) wind turbines. The direct-drive turbine order for a 1,870-MW Wyoming wind farm represents Goldwind’s largest U.S. wind order to date….
In 2016, Li-ion batteries celebrated their silver jubilee, i.e. they have been on the market, virtually unchanged, for the last 25 years. While this anniversary marks and underscores their worldwide success and diffusion in consumer electronics and, more recently, electric vehicles, the underlying technology begins to show its limitations in terms of safety, performance, form…
Silicon Valley in California spawns the awesome giants that hold the future in their hands but they cannot solve their traffic problem. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
By Karl-Erik Stromsta in Calgary The Ontario government’s rationale for cancelling a major renewables tender six weeks ago was based on faulty assumptions, the Canadian Wind Energy Association says, with some in the industry hopeful the market will recover much sooner than the government envisages. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
By Giles Parkinson NSW outlines major push into renewables – and new storage technologies – as part of its plan to reach zero net emissions by 2050. The state that once boasted of being the “California” of clean energy in Australia, but slipped in the opposite direction, is now starting to do something about it….