By Michael Mazengarb In WA, the politics of energy is turned upside down as Labor labels the ambitious clean energy plan of the WA Liberals as reckless and too costly. The post Labor energy minister “horrified” by Liberals “risky” zero emissions energy plan appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Sophie Vorrath SolarEdge announces solar revenue records for 2020, including in Australia where it charted 30% year on year growth – despite Covid. The post Global inverter giant charts record revenue for 2020, “led by Australia” appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Giles Parkinson & Nigel Morris Problems at a major solar farm in Queensland raises the “cowboy” issue again, and why are new homes being built with roofing too weak to host solar panels. The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Does the solar industry deserve the “cowboy” label? appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here…
By James Fernyhough Whitehaven Coal – the kind of pure play thermal coal miner that investors are abandoning in droves – lost $94 million in the six months to December. The post Collapsing thermal coal price pushes miners deep into the red appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Nick Rosen More than half of energy-rich state’s total power generation capacity remains offline The electric grid, which is designed to enable energy trading rather than protecting domestic consumers, has collapsed in Texas due to extreme winter weather. The same thing could easily happen elsewhere in America. Houston’s mayor Sylvester Turner, a Democrat, wrote…
By Michael Mazengarb Barnaby Joyce calls for CEFC to fund “high intensity” coal plants, but the emissions threshold he proposes would make that impossible. The post Barnaby Joyce blunders attempt to open CEFC funds to “high intensity” coal plants appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
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By Joshua S Hill Oil major Total sets new target of growing its renewable energy capacity to 100GW by 2030. The post Oil major Total targets 100GW of wind and solar capacity by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Michael Mazengarb National Parks Association of NSW outraged by plan to build overhead transmission infrastructure for Snowy 2.0, saying damage to Kosciuszko is unacceptable. The post Outrage over Snowy 2.0 transmission line concession in Kosciuszko National Park appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Willian Santos The world entered a new era of accelerated transformation in the last 18 months that will continue to evolve and press forward for years to come. Most businesses are playing catch up trying to make sense of a new timeline where the 10 years that had been set aside for careful planning…
By Tariq Siddiqui The ChallengeOffshore wind (OSW) projects, like their cousin’s oil & gas projects are capital intensive and carry significant but manageable uncertainty and risk upfront ) due to lack of data in the early phase of the project (front-end), especially in the emerging markets like US offshore, where industry is still immature. The…
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By Richard Brooks Scarcity pricing is an economists dream and a Grid Operators nightmare. Texas is now living through the nightmare of scarcity pricing.I’ve learned there is more art than science in the economists tool box. The science shines through economic theory, piercing the veil of a “rosy picture”, to reveal the real risks when…
By Billy Ludt WEC Energy Group proposed plans for a solar + storage project and if approved, the Paris Solar-Battery Park in Kenosha County would be the largest facility of its kind in Wisconsin. The facility features 200 MW of solar generation and 110 MW of battery storage, which can store solar-generated power and discharge…
By Kelly Pickerel ENGIE North America and Solstice have completed an 11.2-MW portfolio of community solar projects in Commonwealth Edison service territory in Illinois. The projects are now open for enrollment to ComEd customers. “We are pleased to develop community solar projects that empower Illinois residents to take part in the clean energy transition,” says…