By Joshua S Hill Despite countless warnings and mounting economic evidence to the contrary, countries continue to expand the number of new coal-fired power plants, a push which is currently being led by China, Japan, and South Korea, according to the latest figures from CoalSwarm released last week Read Full Article Here For more great…
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) On Thursday, EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a new rule that will allow coal-fired power plants to emit more than 35 percent more global warming pollution than the current law allows. The proposal came on the eve of a climate summit in Poland that started over the weekend where…
By Joshua S Hill Sonnen and Tiko combine to use household batteries to provide primary balancing power for German network, meaning consumers can perform the tasks of big conventional power plants. The post Sonnen, Tiko virtual power plant allows consumers to displace conventional power plants appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more…
By [email protected] This week, we’re road tripping across Europe. In Poland’s coal country, diplomats are breathing in smog-filled air, preparing to strengthen a global climate deal. In France, angry protestors are rioting in the streets over a gas tax as part of the president’s climate policy. And in the U.K., Britons may leave the European…
JinkoSolar has supplied 55.7MW of its high-efficiency modules to the Garissa Solar Power Plant in Kenya, which is expected to be one of the largest solar power plants in central and eastern Africa once it is completed. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By [email protected] As the Trump administration pushed forward its plan to support certain types of energy generation for grid resilience, the president’s “beautiful, clean coal” took a front seat in news coverage, while nuclear largely stayed in the shadows. With a 44-page document released this week, four Pennsylvania state legislators hope to change that. The…
By Tina Casey Coal power plants around the world just can’t compete with natural gas and renewable energy, and that’s especially — and ironically — true in the Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By Sophie Vorrath Proposed 4GW solar and wind project in NSW – that would produce twice the output of the state’s soon-to-be retired Liddell coal power plant – is seeking to add pumped hydro as its energy storage component. The post Biggest wind and solar project on main grid seeks to add pumped hydro appeared…
By Giles Parkinson Energy Locals partners with Tesla for virtual power plant, lifting hopes that original 250MW plan can be achieved. But local solar manufacturer Tindo left out, and not happy. The post Tesla teams up with Energy Locals for S.A. virtual power plant appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great…
By Joshua S Hill French President Emmanuel Macron gave a speech on Tuesday in which he announced a raft of new energy policies, including a promise to close the country’s remaining four coal-fired power plants by 2022 and 14 of the country’s 900 MW first-generation nuclear reactors by 2035. Read Full Article Here For more…
By Joshua S Hill Germany electric utility Greenpeace Energy has proposed a takeover bid for the lignite open-cast mines and power plants currently belonging to German electric utilities company RWE, to shut them down by 2025, and replace them with renewable energy projects such as wind and solar boasting a total output of 8.2 gigawatts….
By Offshore Wind Floating Power Plant (FPP) has commenced the testing of the power take-off (PTO) system of its wave energy converter at Aalborg University, FPP told our sister site MarineEnergy.biz. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read Full Article Here For more…
By Bob Burton Latest power generation costs data reveals that coal industry’s preferred climate escape route of promoting CCS on coal power plants has disappeared as a financially viable option. The post New renewables cost data shuts door on coal power’s CCS escape route appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great…
By Joshua S Hill California regulator paves way for gigawatt-scale lithium ion batteries from Tesla and others to replace ageing natural gas power plants. The post California paves way for gigawatt-scale Tesla battery to replace gas appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Steve Hanley A 25MW/50MWh storage battery supplied by Tesla has been installed in record time as part of the Gannawarra solar power plant in Victoria, Australia Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica