By Ben Schultz Exxon being held accountable? It seems so…The New York Supreme Court is bringing out the big guns to prosecute Exxon for misleading shareholders about the financial risks it faces from climate change. Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here For more great articles: The Energy Collective – The world’s best…
By Richard A. Kessler in Fort Worth National advocacy group and Wilson Sensini law firm argue in a white paper that a ‘high-penetration’ RES can dramatically increase deployment of renewables Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
By [email protected] Spain has connected more solar to its grid in the first nine months of 2019 than the last 10 years put together. Data released by grid operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE) shows that around 1,541 megawatts of solar PV capacity has been plugged into the grid so far this year. Spain enjoyed…
By [email protected] Even by the standards of the generally well-informed clean-energy customers in California’s Bay Area, Todd Karin is a savvy one. Karin works as a postdoctoral researcher in the energy storage and distributed resources division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Last year, he chose to add solar and storage to his home, first buying…
By National Wind Watch It was a scary moment in Ocean Gate Friday morning around 11:00 am when a blade from a windmill came flying down from the sky and onto a residents front lawn on East Arverne Avenue. The turbine blade hit a service line and then fell onto the front lawn, Ocean Gate…
By [email protected] Common sense tells you to reach for a white shirt in the morning when you know a scorching day of heat is coming. Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory say similar thinking should go into what kind of paint goes up on the exterior walls of buildings in warm climates. The research team…
By Julian Wettengel German cabinet settles on climate action plan which includes target of 98GW of solar by 2030, and zero emissions target for 2050. The post Germany adopts major new climate law, sets 98GW solar target for 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By André D. Henderson Sr. “The primary problem with the new valuation methodology for coal is requiring it to be valued based on the sales price of a different commodity (electricity) where an arm’s-length sale of the coal does not otherwise exist,” Skavdahl wrote.The judge stated that he had considered targeting the subsections of the…
By Kelsey Misbrener SolarEdge has filed three additional lawsuits in China against Huawei, citing patent infringement on its inverters and power optimizers. The company is seeking damages and an injunction. The recently filed lawsuits follow the filing of three other lawsuits in Germany by SolarEdge in June and July 2018 against Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.,…
Swift implementation of a two-page action plan to increase public acceptance of wind farms and legal certainty for developers could boost the German onshore wind sector, according to the country’s industry association. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Wind Power News & Analysis RSS Feed
By Isuru Seneviratne This is a (long but) great article on Germany’s disastrous Energiewende project.”Germany’s Federal Court of Auditors is even more forthright about the failures. The shift to renewables, the federal auditors say, has cost at least 160 billion euros in the last five years. Meanwhile, the expenditures ‘are in extreme disproportion to the…
48V Full Hybrid is a Prius killer. New research by IDTechEx in its report, “48V Mild Hybrid and 48V Full Hybrid Vehicles 2020-2030” reveals that the 48V mild hybrid powertrain is a done deal. Started in 2016, now a flood of car models have this, to keep them legal in the face of tightening emissions…
By [email protected] (Byron Hurd) EV upstart Rivian may use a subscription service to give customers more flexibility in their vehicle ownership experience and open up a direct-sales path to customers without running afoul of dealer franchise laws. Rivian planned to utilize a direct-sales approach from the very beginning, but as Tesla has demonstrated, that path…
By Kelsey Misbrener Ameren Missouri is looking to spread solar generation across the state in a new way. As part of the Neighborhood Solar program made possible by a law passed by the Missouri General Assembly in 2018, Ameren Missouri will install solar generation facilities in parking lots, on roofs and in available open spaces…
By [email protected] The Trump administration has nominated James Danly, who has worked as a corporate energy lawyer since graduating from law school in 2013 and as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s General Counsel since 2017, as the new nominee to fill the FERC commission seat left by Republican Kevin McIntyre, who died early this year. At…