Tag: renewable energy
As Private Funds Fuel Solar Boom, Tax Breaks, Rebates Play Critical...
While Goldman Sachs and others in private enterprise pour billions into solar projects, a patchwork quilt of state incentives and tax breaks...
Solar Industry Takes Steps to Add Minorities as Workers and Consumers
The transition to a carbon-free future risks deepening racial inequality.
But two organizations will be trying to prevent this...
Investors Back Big Batteries Needed to Spread Solar, Wind Energy
Solar and wind energy aren’t spreading slowly because big oil is plotting against them, no matter what conspiracy theorists say. A far...
Green Goals Clash as Maryland Nixes Solar Projects That Would Have...
Maryland denied permits for two solar projects citing threats to a stream in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, highlighting tradeoffs that arise when...
California Facing Power Shortfall As Green Transition Closes Plants, Damps Demand
The “too much of a good thing” rule may be proving true in California’s electricity market as the state faces looming power...
California Clean Energy Job Growth Soars, Outpacing Gains in Fossil Fuel...
More than half a million Californians are working in clean energy industries, outnumbering jobs in the fossil fuel industry by almost five...
Egypt Solar Projects Start Commercial Operations, Highlighting Renewable Potential
Two solar projects in Egypt with a combined 130 megawatts of capacity began commercial operations, a sign that the country is starting...
Merchant Bank Sees Opportunities In Carbon-Curbing Technology
Turquoise International, a merchant bank focusing on energy efficiency and the environment, will manage a Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 following their...
Blockchain-Based CleanTech Marketplace Shows Major Benefits and Opportunities, LO3 Report Shows
A test case by Brooklyn-based energy technology firm LO3 Energy has found that buying and selling locally produced renewable energy within towns...
Utilities Face a Choice to Stand in the Way of Renewables...
America’s utilities are facing a choice when it comes to renewables: Jump in and profit or dig in their heels and risk...
Portugal’s Record-Breaking Solar Auction Shows Costs of Renewables are Falling
Portugal’s latest solar auction was one for the record books, resulting in the world’s lowest cost photovoltaic power contract.
Texas Power Shortages, Pricing Spikes Boost Appetite for Renewables & Storage
Electricity prices in Texas spiked to $9,000 per megawatt hour (Mwh) this week as temperatures hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit, fueling demand for...
White House Delay of Mass. Offshore Wind Farm Slows U.S. Effort...
The Trump administration’s delay of a permit for what would be the first large U.S. offshore wind farm puts the country farther...
Net Metering, Incentive that Spurred Residential Solar Growth, Faces Pushback
Net metering may not be the hottest topic at the backyard barbecue, unless the party is at one of the growing number...
Death Toll for Petrol: BNP Says Pivot to Renewables, Dump Fossil...
In a report with a section titled The Death Toll for Petrol, BNP Paribas issued a clear call for a pivot to...
Amazon Says It Wants 100% Renewable Future, But Employees, Industry Analysts...
This week Amazon unveiled plans for a wind farm in Ireland and a solar project in the U.S., the latest steps by...
Sunnova IPO Disappoints, While Signs Point to Rising Solar Investments
Sunnova Energy’s disappointing debut on the New York Stock Exchange won’t deter investors from supporting solar, as signs point to rising demand...
Geothermal Electricity Poised for Takeoff as Technology Advances
While wind and hydropower have emerged as the biggest renewable energy sources in the U.S., they aren’t the only ones. Geothermal, harnessing...
In the Heart of the Oil Patch, Wind Takes Lead in...
Wind energy generation surpassed coal last month in Texas for the first time, thanks in part to cooperating weather and tax breaks...
New York Takes U.S. Lead on Offshore Wind Power
New York agreed to the biggest-ever offshore wind power deal in U.S. history, a pact stemming from rising interest among Northeastern states,...
Trump Administration’s Fossil Fuel Bias Isn’t Deterring Clean Energy Investors
Clean energy investors are unruffled by the Trump Administration stuffing Environmental Protection Agency advisory boards with oil-industry advocates. Momentum is on their...
Clean Energy Spending Poised to Rise After Dropping to 6-Year Low
Worldwide clean energy investment is primed to rebound after falling to a six-year low, offering opportunities for social impact and green energy...
Startups Eyed by Oil and Gas Giants Seeking Reinvention
As the world’s energy giants push into wind, solar and other renewable sources, they are tasked with another kind of exploration: seeking...
How Skilancer Solar Is Fusing AI and Robotics For Next-Gen Cleantech
Clean energy pundits vouch that solar power will eventually leave its dirtier counterpart -- coal -- in the dust.
Texas Goes Green: Renewable Energy Taking Hold in America’s Oil Patch
Renewable power investing is ramping up in Texas, and not only because of increased demand for sparked by hydraulic fracking. The wind-down...
Norway’s Sovereign Fund Tightens Ban on Coal Assets, While Seeking Renewable...
On Our Radar: Deals we are paying attention to for their impact on industry.
Coal assets aren’t going away, but renewable-energy infrastructure ones are seeing...
This CEO Wants to Make Geothermal Energy Affordable for Mass Market
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Dandelion Energy, Inc., a spin out from Alphabet’s secretive research facility...
Stephen Kisker: “Renewable energy almost sells itself.”
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