Given the strong power demand growth of 9 GW every year, coal dispatch would continue to grow in the medium-term New Delhi: Energy from coal will shrink at 1.25 gigawatt (GW) every year as solar would continue to expand with the deployment forecast of 20 GW every year, according to the International Energy Agency’s Sustainable Development Scenario, S&P Global Platts […]
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Commentary: Is exponential growth of solar PV the obvious conclusion?
Solar PV has experienced exponential growth in recent years, with global installed capacity increasing ten-fold from 2010 to 2017 – annual capacity additions rose from less than 20 GW in 2010 to 40 GW in 2014 and a record-breaking 97 GW in 2017. At the same time, wind power has continued to expand, adding about 50 GW […]
EIA Outlook 2019: The ‘Extremely Conservative’ Case for Renewables Growth
Outside analysts see better long-term growth prospects for wind, solar and electric vehicles than the projections offered up in the government report. The U.S. Energy Information Administration last week published the federal government’s annual long-term energy outlook report. Top-level items focused on the surging production of U.S. oil and natural gas, which the EIA expects […]
Renewable energy set to witness 10,000 Mw capacity addition in FY20: Report
Renewable energy sector, especially wind and solar segments remain exposed to near term challenges Renewable energy is set to witness 10,000 megawatt (Mw) in fresh capacity addition in FY20, aided by project awards from central agencies and state-owned distribution utilities. By FY20, the share of renewable energy (RE) to overall power generation is tipped to […]
UK Solar Pipeline Nears 3.5 Gigawatts, Or 600 Megawatts — It Depends
The UK’s large-scale solar pipeline at the beginning of 2019 sat at nearly 3.5 gigawatts (GW) according to in-house research done by the team at Solar Media and headed up by solar industry expert Finlay Colville. Unlike clean energy pipelines in other countries, the UK solar industry does not receive quite as much attention — […]
Trendforce: China IGBT Market Scale will Reach RMB 52.2 Bilion in 2025 and HEV/EV will be the Largest Application Field
According to the latest report of Trendforce, titled “ 2019 China IGBT Industry Development and Market Report”, China IGBT market scale in 2018 is expected to be RMB 15.3 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 19.91%. As HEV/EV demand and industrial demand enjoy large growth, China IGBT market scale will continuously increase and it is […]
Is the Utility-Scale Solar Industry in a Finance Bubble?
“It can’t run red-hot forever.” Industry experts voice questions and concerns about dirt-cheap, shorter-term PPAs. The utility-scale solar market has gotten “frothy” in the last year and a half. A flood of new investors, like pension funds and insurance companies, now view solar as a stable asset. That “wall of money” going after a smaller […]
Trends Shaping the Global Solar Market in 2019
There are positive signs for the global solar market in 2019, following a year of upheaval. 2018 was a year of upheaval for the global solar PV market. According to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, it was the first year in which the global market contracted since before 2000. From Section 201 tariffs in the […]
Navigant Research Report Shows the Annual Global Market for the Deployment of Residential Energy & Non-Energy Solutions Is Expected to Reach Nearly $36 Billion in 2027
Energy suppliers can create new solutions-focused revenue opportunities beyond traditional energy supply BOULDER, Colo.: A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for emerging residential energy and non-energy solutions, examining key market drivers, barriers, trends, and business models. Historically, residential customer relationships with utilities have consisted of transactions to ensure the delivery of […]
Renewable energy: ‘Economic moats’ to drive further growth
The renewable energy sector in India has been dynamic in the last two decades, and especially over the last few years, with ambitious targets. That said, recent bottlenecks the sector has faced suggest that businesses in the sector require to focus on creating “economic moats” to enable the next phase of growth. The term “economic […]