By Bruce Mountain Snowy Hydro is using unpublished negative price data to boost prospects of Snowy 2.0’s commercial success. But the claims raise more questions than answers. The post Snowy Hydro pumps up its numbers, but do they hold water? appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Jennifer Rennicks Last week, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy in collaboration with Atlas Public Policy published a new brief, “Transportation Electrification in the Southeast,” that shows while the region is benefiting greatly from electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing job creation and economic investment, the region is not yet maximizing the full breadth of.. Click…
By Charley Rattan Biofuel Examining biofuels, with Ryan Lamberg | Energy Central Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here For more great articles: The Energy Collective – The world’s best thinkers on energy & climate
By Sophie Vorrath An “unusual discovery” by Australian researchers claims to have resolved one of the fundamental challenges slowing the progress of perovskite solar cells. The post Australian researchers say “unusual” breakthrough may solve perovskite solar instability appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Mark Byrne Consumers might get paid to have batteries that will “island” from the grid, and EVs that can deliver power when needed, as part of plans to make networks more resilient. The post No man is an island – even in a future of stand-alone power systems appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full…
By Michael Mazengarb Coalition sheds new light on Technology Roadmap: “Don’t confuse commitments with projections that are in documents underpinned by a series of assumptions.” The post Coalition says Technology Roadmap emission cuts a ‘projection’, not a ‘commitment’ appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath Warren Buffett-owned MidAmerican Energy idles 46 wind turbines at Iowa wind farms after a 50m-long turbine blade snapped and fell into a field last week. The post Another Vestas wind turbine blade breaks and falls, this time in Iowa appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
Five years ago this month, Steve Mahan, the retired director of the Santa Clara Valley Blind Center, who lost his sight years before, took the world’s first ride in a self-driving car on public roads. Since that first ride Waymo has been hard at work to bring the Waymo Driver to more and more people….
By Giles Parkinson Australian super fund First Sentier makes first purchase in renewables, buying wind portfolio of UK infrastructure group John Laing. The post Big Australian super fund makes first foray into Australian wind assets appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By spy_vondega His wife has yet to agree to sleep there Movie maker Anthony Russo’s off-the-grid cabin in the Angeles National Forest is high style – on the inside. On the outside it still looks like the funky C19th. building, recently rediscovered by Architectural Digest. Russo’s getaway is one of a cluster of cabins in…
By techstar One of the toughest off-grid problems – water in the desert The lineup for a Solar Desalination Prize has been announced by the US Energy Dept. Our pick is the Solar Aqua Flex: Off-Grid Solar Still from Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. Its a multistage membrane distillation system made of floating, flexible, layered mats to…
By Ketan Joshi In the US, wind overtakes hydro to become the most-consumed source of renewable energy in 2019. The post Graph of the day – Wind climbs to the top of the renewable mountain in the US appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Joshua S Hill Wood Mackenzie research predicts solar PV costs will continue to fall through the 2020s, driven by three key improvements to module efficiency. The post Three innovations that will continue solar’s march down the cost curve appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By [email protected] Over the past half-decade, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has consistently won court battles upholding its authority over states to set the rules for how distributed energy resources can play in wholesale energy markets. Now FERC is being asked to put that authority to a new use: ending a decade-old provision allowing individual…
By Andrei Belyi The European Commission’s strategy document adopted on October 14th reemphasised the importance of the EU’s aim to be ‘climate neutral,’ or a net zero emitter, and therefore to focus on methane emissions. As earlier noted by insiders, the lack of universal monitoring methods is currently hampering policy initiatives to contain methane emissions…