Germany publishes 20GW offshore wind law
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Court Ruling Again Stalls Trump Plan for Tariffs on Bifacial Solar
By [email protected] A court this week again rebuffed the Trump administration’s efforts to put tariffs on imported bifacial solar modules. A Wednesday ruling from the United States Court of International Trade means the federal government must continue to allow bifacial solar panels to enter the U.S. duty-free, despite the administration’s repeated attempts to include them…
Court Ruling Again Stalls Trump Plan for Tariffs on Bifacial Solar
By [email protected] A court this week again rebuffed the Trump administration’s efforts to put tariffs on imported bifacial solar modules. A Wednesday ruling from the United States Court of International Trade means the federal government must continue to allow bifacial solar panels to enter the U.S. duty-free, despite the administration’s repeated attempts to include them…
How to Jump-Start a Stalled Electric Vehicle Market
By [email protected] Buckle up. Electric vehicle sales are expected to take a big hit this year amid the current health and economic crisis. Industry analysts say the long-term prospects for EVs remain strong, but the jury’s still out on how quickly the market will rebound. The EV market outlook could have a major impact on…
After Bold Promise, New Jersey’s Energy Storage Plan Remains a Mystery
By [email protected] New Jersey looked like the promised land for energy storage. The state already has the seventh-largest U.S. installed solar capacity, ahead of nearby New York and Massachusetts. Gov. Phil Murphy campaigned in 2017 on a clean energy platform that pushed for a 100 percent clean grid by 2050. When Murphy won and took…
German energy players challenge RWE-Eon merger
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Michael Moore–produced ‘Planet of the Humans’ doc pulled from YouTube, director cries ‘censorship’
By National Wind Watch The Michael Moore–produced documentary “Planet of the Humans” was pulled from YouTube overnight due to a “copyright claim by a third party” – prompting writer-director Jeff Gibbs to denounced the removal as a “blatant act of censorship.” “It is a misuse of copyright law to shutdown a film that has opened…
FEDERAL JUDGE HALTS KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION, AGAIN
By H. Sterling Burnett For the second time in three years, Judge Brian Morris, of the United States District Court for Montana intervened to block construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.For the second time in three years, Judge Brian Morris, of the United States District Court for Montana intervened to block construction of the…
Spain’s Green Recovery Bill Pledges 350,000 Jobs Per Year, Sets 2050 Net-Zero Target, Halts All New Fossil Projects
By The Energy Mix The Spanish government is expected to table a draft law today that will aim for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, call an immediate halt to new coal, oil, and gas projects, and ground the country’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic in a green transition. With the release of the legislation,…
What part of ‘zero’ doesn’t Dominion understand?
By Ivy Main Photo courtesy os the Sierra Club. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Dominion Energy Virginia filed its 2020 Integrated Resource Plan on May 1. Instead of charting the electric utility’s pathway to zero carbon emissions, it announced its intent to hang on to all its gas plants, and…
Building all-electric homes – and why ditching gas isn’t as easy as it should be
By James Allston By creating a labyrinth of legal frameworks, regulators have made it all too hard for developers to think beyond installing the simplest possible hot water solutions. The post Building all-electric homes – and why ditching gas isn’t as easy as it should be appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For…
Soaring Cannabis Markets Forcing Energy Rethink
By aarushiy North America’s cannabis sector claims to be booming. Since states across the US, as well as Canada, have legalised its sale for recreational use. And tens of thousands of acres of land are pressed into service producing legal marijuana. This is not just in the traditional heartlands of northern California. But all over…
Illinois Opens Narrow Window for Critical Solar, Nuclear Relief Bills to Pass
By [email protected] Two long-delayed energy bills in Illinois that could make or break the state’s nuclear and solar industries have been left in limbo by the coronavirus pandemic. Now, following the Wednesday recall of lawmakers to a special session next week after a two-month absence, backers of the two bills will have a brief opportunity…
REC is now suing Q CELLS over split-cell manufacturing and junction box patent infringement
By Kelly Pickerel The patent infringement lawsuit war is heating up in the solar panel manufacturing world. Unrelated to the recently thrown-out patent infringement claim from Hanwha Q CELLS to REC Group over PERC manufacturing, REC has filed its own lawsuit against Q CELLS in China over half-cell manufacturing. REC confirmed in a press release…
‘We’ll fight them with last breath in our body’ #IRL
By National Wind Watch The Wind Turbine Action Group South Roscommon has vowed “to fight even more vigorously than last time” plans for a €100 million wind farm in parts of Dysart, Brideswell and Taughmaconnell. Over six years after the local community won a High Court battle overturning the approval for what was called the…