India is making a big push for solar energy, with power capacity expected to double this year. But some of the gains, especially in north India, could be offset by a growing problem: air pollution. A new study, the first of its kind in India and one of a handful globally, has found that dust and […]
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Future technologies and improved cost efficiency in renewable energy will reshape geopolitics: Hamid Ansari
Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Wednesday said upcoming technologies like manufacturing of robotics and improved cost-efficiency in renewable energy will reshape geopolitics. “Every two years, for example, solar installation rates are doubling, and photovoltaic-module costs are falling by about 20 per cent,” Ansari said while delivering an address on ‘Some Thoughts on the World of […]
Global wind power installation expected to touch 800GW by 2021: GWEC report
Global wind power installation is expected to touch 800GW by 2021 from 490GW, led by Asian economies like China and India, says a new report released on Tuesday by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). The Global Wind Report: Annual Market Update, released in Delhi, said more than 54GW of clean renewable wind power was installed […]
Pollution cuts solar yield by 25%
India is making a big push for solar energy, with power capacity expected to double this year. But some of the gains, especially in north India, could be offset by a growing problem: air pollution. A new study, the first of its kind in India and one of a handful globally, has found that dust and […]
U.K. Conservatives Propose Energy Price Cap to Lure Voters Before June Election
The U.K. Conservative Party is pledging to cap the majority of household gas and electricity prices if Prime Minister Theresa May consolidates her position in the general election June 8. Energy regulator Ofgem would set a maximum price for the 70% of households that pay suppliers’ standard tariffs, according to a Sunday Times article that […]
Pathways to Terawatts of Solar Power and Gigawatt-Hours of Energy Storage
Experts Outline Pathway for Generating Up to 10 Terawatts of Power From Sunlight by 2030 The annual potential of solar energy far exceeds the world’s per-year energy consumption, but the goal of using the sun to provide a significant fraction of global electricity demand is far from being realized. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s […]
Does The 17% Dip in Clean Energy Investment in 1Q Set The Trend For 2017?
Clean energy investment fell 17% to about $54 billion in the first quarter of the year partly because of slower financial flows to wind and solar parks in the two biggest markets – the U.S. and China – according to the latest quarterly investment update from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, published last week. Also, the […]
NEXTracker Named Global PV Tracker Market Share Leader for Second Consecutive Year
NEXTracker, Inc., a Flex company, the global leader in solar tracker technology, recently announced that it has attained the number one global market share position for the second consecutive year among photovoltaic (“PV”) solar tracker manufacturers in 2016. According to GTM Research’s upcoming Global PV Tracker Landscape Report 2017, NEXTracker captured 30 percent of the […]
IEA examines critical interplay between digital and energy systems
The growing use of information and communications technology – digitalization – is increasingly permeating modern life, from the way people work and travel to the way they live and entertain. Digitalization is increasingly having an impact on energy systems, bringing both the potential for substantial efficiency and system improvements and raising new policy issues. The opportunities […]
Clean Energy Investment Drops 17% as China and U.S. Scale Back
Clean-energy investment fell 17 percent in the first quarter, keeping pace with last year’s decline, as the U.S. and China both scaled back support for wind and solar farms. The $53.6 billion funneled into projects such as renewable energy, efficiency and electric cars during the first three months of the year marked the lowest investment for […]