By Sophie Vorrath If Scott Morrison is serious about bringing down power prices he should be walking around Parliament with a solar panel not a lump of coal. The post Why Morrison should swap his lump of coal for a solar panel appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By [email protected] California’s 100 percent carbon-free electricity bill is nearly passed the finish line. The state legislature formally approved the decarbonization legislation Wednesday, which comes as the Trump Administration attempts to revive coal power. After Tuesday’s more suspenseful Assembly vote, the Senate affirmed SB 100, authored by outgoing State Senator Kevin de León. If signed…
By Jim Baird The Dan Brown novel Origin postulates that entropy, the thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system’s thermal energy to be converted into work, explains the existence of.. Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here For more great articles: The Energy Collective – The world’s best thinkers on energy &…
By Jan PORVAZNIK All industrial revolutions are accompanied by an energy revolution. Driven by the boom in renewables, the current revolution is no exception to the rule. The new energy paradigm combined with.. Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here For more great articles: The Energy Collective – The world’s best thinkers on…
By Tristan Edis Some 7,200MW of wind and solar committed since 2016 is bringing down prices, proving that Malcolm Turnbull was deposed an on election pitch based around the hope that people can be fooled. The post Turnbull was knifed by a lie: Renewables are already bringing prices down appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full…
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By Robin Lancaster Solar Trade Association calls for continuation of ‘export tariff’ next April Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
Toyota and Uber have agreed to expand their collaboration with the aim of advancing and bringing to market autonomous ride-sharing as a mobility service at scale. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
By Joshua S Hill California one step away from becoming the second state in the US – after Hawaii – to mandate a 100 per cent renewable energy target. The post California moves one step closer to 100 per cent renewables by 2045 appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Paul Dastoor Australia has its first commercial installation of printed solar made using specialised semiconducting inks and printed using a conventional reel-to-reel printer. The post New solar cells offer you chance to print out solar panels and stick them on your roof appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Kelly Pickerel In a bipartisan victory for local clean energy, the California Assembly passed SB 700 (Wiener) today with a 45-15 vote (at time of passage). The bill would result in nearly 3,000 MW of behind-the-meter energy storage systems at schools, farms, homes, nonprofits and businesses in California by 2026. The resulting program would…
By [email protected] Xcel Energy CEO Ben Fowke observed earlier this year that time is running out for coal-fired power plants in the U.S. “I will tell you, it’s not a matter of if we’re going to retire our coal fleet in this nation, it’s just a matter of when,” Fowke said on stage at the…
By Michelle Froese This week, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) provided its initial approval of Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan (CEP) to close coal-fired units 1 and 2 at the Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo 10 years ahead of schedule. Xcel’s CEP includes the replacement of coal generation with a $2.5 billion investment in…
By Michelle Froese Rep. Coffman (R-Colo.) has been named a U.S. Wind Champion for the 115th Congress by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) at a recent event hosted by Vestas Wind Systems. Colorado is one of the country’s leaders in wind energy, ranking 9th in the U.S. for installed wind capacity — thanks, in…
By Frank Andorka By Frank Andorka, Senior Correspondent The final days of the California legislative session have been big ones for clean energy. First, the Assembly passed a 100% renewable portfolio standard (RPS) on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they moved on to extend the Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) for five years, as well as adding…