FRANKFURT: Germany’s power network operators (TSOs) will hike by 5.5% next year the fee consumers have to pay to support the country’s shift toward renewable energies, they said on Tuesday, confirming what a source earlier told Reuters. The surcharge is a key part of Germany’s policy to switch to lower carbon sources of energy, known […]
Ten years of PGE customers leading the nation in renewable power adoption
PORTLAND : Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR) and its customers are celebrating a decade of being the nation’s leaders in renewable energy during this year’s National Clean Energy Week. With more than 204,000 customers voluntarily enrolled in its Green FutureSM program, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently announced in its 2018 […]
China’s renewable power capacity up 9.5% year-on-year in June
The country added 1.82 GW of hydropower capacity, 9.09 GW of wind capacity and 11.4 GW of solar capacity in the first six months of this year, the National Energy Administration said at a news briefing on Thursday BEIJING: China’s total renewable power capacity rose 9.5% to 750 gigawatts (GW) in the year to June […]
Freak weather poses new risk to India’s renewables goals
Conditions are damaging renewable energy projects, threatening businesses that survive on thin margins. India’s ambitious plan to take the leadership position among nations as one of largest producers of renewable energy may have run into some unfavorable weather. Freak climatic conditions are damaging renewable energy projects, threatening a business which survives on wafer-thin margins. A […]
Report to AP Cabinet panel: TDP govt ‘procured about 23% very high cost renewable power’
According to the report, wind energy is available at prices between Rs 2/kWh and Rs 3/kWh, which is evident from the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) bid of Rs 2.43/kWh in Gujarat. The previous Telugu Desam Party (TDP) government in Andhra Pradesh purchased renewable energy at very high costs and unnecessary payments of back […]
Ignoring Centre’s advise, Andhra to go ahead with PPAs review
Amaravati: Ignoring the Centre’s advise to exercise restraint on the issue of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), the Andhra Pradesh government on Monday decided to go ahead with the review of all PPAs. Principal advisor to Chief Minister, Ajeya Kallam, said that all PPAs signed during the term of the previous Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will […]
Government expresses confidence in achieving renewable power target of 175 GW by 2022
The government has set a target of installing 175 GW of grid-connected renewable power capacity from various renewable energy sources by 2022. New Delhi: New and Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh Thursday expressed confidence that the government will not only achieve the target of installing 175 GW of renewable power by 2022 but also cross […]
Monthly U.S. renewable power output surpasses coal for first time -EIA
The share of renewable energy sources in U.S. power production has surpassed that of coal for the first time on a monthly basis, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Renewable sources, including utility-scale hydropower, wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass, accounted for 23% of the country’s total electricity generation in April, versus 20% from […]
Britain to launch new scheme to pay households for unused renewable power
LONDON: Britain will launch a new scheme to pay households producing energy from renewable sources, such as solar panels, for their surplus electricity, the government said on Sunday. Around 800,000 homes in Britain have solar panels installed and the scheme will replace a feed-in-tariff system which ended in April. “The new smart export guarantee will […]
Falling Renewable Power Costs Open Door to Greater Climate Ambition
New IRENA report on costs for renewable power reaffirms renewables as low-cost solution to boost global climate action Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Renewable power is the cheapest source of electricity in many parts of the world already today, the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. The report contributes to the […]
