The energy sector remains one of the least gender diverse sectors in the economy, despite recent efforts to promote and encourage women’s participation. Women face structural and cultural challenges and the lack of women in leadership positions in the clean-energy sector compounds the difficulty in recruiting and retaining female leaders. This is especially important given […]
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Polysilicon Price Decreases Rapidly in the First Week after Chinese New Year; Mono-Si and Multi-Si Wafers Restart the Fight: Price Trend
Prices of the first week after Chinese New Year generally dropped. Besides, the price trend of polysilicon gained most of the attention on the market. With the bigger decrease of polysilicon price, there were more spaces for price reduction on the downstream, reflecting the current weak condition on the market. Polysilicon Polysilicon price has started […]
4 Predictions for Blockchain in Energy in 2018
It’s going to be an exciting year for blockchain in energy. Blockchain dominated 2017. Even the energy sector couldn’t escape its grasp; it seemed that every day a new company entered the blockchain-in-energy space, raised millions via an initial coin offering, or deployed a new peer-to-peer energy trading pilot. Veterans of the utility sector are […]
Power: Core earnings stay muted for power generators
The muted performance by power producers in the December quarter was hit by under-recovery of fixed costs due to unavailability of coal at certain power plants. In tune with the recent quarterly trends, power producers reported muted performance in the December quarter. Core earnings excluding non-recurring revenues remained subdued. NTPC Ltd, the country’s largest power […]
DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED ENERGY NEEDS TO BE REDUCED
Considering the growing energy requirements of India, special attention must be given to techniques developed in the country so that dependence on importing energy is reduced. Solar energy, atomic energy and biomass can prove important towards meeting this aim. The former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and renowned nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar […]
Global Solar Tracker Shipments Grow 32% in 2017, NEXTracker Leads the Market
Consolidation will continue. According to new data from GTM Research, global solar tracker shipments hit a record 14.5 gigawatts in 2017. This represents growth of 32 percent year-over-year. The data comes from GTM Research’s new report, Global Solar PV Tracker Market Shares and Shipments 2018. The report notes that NEXTracker maintained its spot at the […]
BP’s Energy Outlook and the rising consensus on EV adoption
BP’s 2018 Energy Outlook, published last week, is a thoughtful look at how the world will produce and consume energy over the next 20 years. Remarkably, for something that wasn’t even in oil company outlooks just a few years ago, this year’s report includes a 10-page section looking closely at electric vehicle technologies and markets. […]
Global Energy Demand Could Grow 124% by 2100: Even Fossil Fuels Won’t Cut It
The “silly” demand coming for the earth’s resources. A forecast this month showed the world might need 124 percent more energy in 2100, raising questions over where the capacity will come from. Dr. Euan Mearns, writing on the Energy Matters blog, looked at the expected increase in population and per capita energy consumption between 2015 […]
Solar energy beats natural gas by a clear margin: All about the scope of renewable energy
In the way of finding the renewable energy sources, the researchers narrowed down to solar energy which can beat the use of natural gas. FUTURE OF SOLAR ENERGY IN INDIA Major economies of the world are focusing on the renewable energy sources like the wind and solar power. The countries in the tropical region have […]
VESTAS KEEPS LEAD IN ONSHORE WIND, SIEMENS GAMESA NARROWS GAP
Global commissioning of onshore wind turbines fell 12% in 2017, partly due to a slowdown in China, but is expected to bounce back 17% to 55GW in 2018 London, New York and Tokyo, February 26, 2018 – Developers commissioned just under 47GW of onshore wind turbines globally in 2017, with four manufacturers accounting for 53% […]