The Business Case for Fuel Cells 2014: Powering the Bottom Line for Business and Communities
From high efficiency to scalability, fuel cells provide a distinct advantage over incumbent energy generation technologies, which is why top companies, governments, and the military are adopting fuel cells for everyday use.
The new EU climate and energy proposal:
What are the consequences?
The decisions of the European Council indicate the desire for greater integration of European energy markets, with an integration target of 10% by 2030.
Upcoming Tradeshow, Conference & Exhibition Summary - Jan, Feb, Mar 2015
The end of the year is a very busy time for Renewable Energy Tradeshows, so come January the schedule slows down a bit.
Utility of the Future
According to a new study by Berkeley Lab, distributed solar photovoltaics (PV) are the most immediate threat to investor-owned utilities and their shareholders, by depleting revenue from demand growth and need for capital investments in traditional power plants.
Denmark Aims for 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Denmark, a tiny country on the northern fringe of Europe, is pursuing the world’s most ambitious policy against climate change. It aims to end the burning of fossil fuels in any form by 2050 — not just in electricity production, as some other countries hope to do, but in transportation as well.
Now a question is coming into focus: Can Denmark keep the lights on as it chases that lofty goal?
Lest anyone consider such a sweeping transition to be impossible in principle, the Danes beg to differ. They essentially invented the modern wind-power industry, and have pursued it more avidly than any country. They are above 40 percent renewable power on their electric grid, aiming toward 50 percent by 2020. The political consensus here to keep pushing is all but unanimous.
Their policy is similar to that of neighboring Germany, which has spent tens of billions pursuing wind and solar power, and is likely to hit 30 percent renewable power on the electric grid this year. But Denmark, at the bleeding edge of global climate policy, is in certain ways the more interesting case. The 5.6 million Danes have pushed harder than the Germans, they have gotten further — and they are reaching the point where the problems with the energy transition can no longer be papered over.
U.S. Department Of Energy Loan Program Breaks Even
The controversial government program that funded failed solar company Solyndra, and became a lighting rod in the 2012 presidential election, is officially in the black.
According to a report by the Department of Energy, interest payments to the government from projects funded by the Loan Programs Office were $810 million as of September - higher than the $780 million in losses from loans it sustained from startups including Fisker Automotive, Abound Solar and Solyndra, which went bankrupt after receiving large government loans intended to help them bring their advanced green technologies to market.
The report's findings are more of a political victory than a financial one. It took the program three years to break even after Solyndra's failure, while during that same time the Standard & Poor's 500 index increased 67 percent.
Still, the federal loans program is a success for taxpayers, judging by the numbers in the new report, the DOE said. After Solyndra's 2011 collapse, the program was sharply criticized by Republican lawmakers as a waste of public money and a fountain of cronyism. The outcries mounted as others in the program failed, and the DOE issued no new loans between late 2011 and this year.
"Taxpayers are not only benefitting from some of the world's most innovative energy projects... but these projects are making good on their loan repayments," Peter Davidson, executive director of the Loan Programs Office, said in an interview on Wednesday. Davidson took over the loan program in May of 2013.
Trina Solar Ranked No. 1 Solar Manufacturer on SVTC's 2014 Solar Scorecard
Marks 3rd Consecutive Year as Top Global PV Manufacturer for Environmental and Social Commitments
EDF EN Canada Starts Construction on the Mont-Rothery Wind Project
Mont-Rothery Wind Project, consisting of 37 turbines supplied by Senvion, is expected to be placed into service at the end of 2015.
Solar Industry Applauds New U.S.-China GHG Agreement
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today hailed a major new effort by China and the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) as part of efforts to fight damaging climate change.
Agreement with Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy to Conduct Demonstration Project for Grid Stabilization
Online Testing of New System for Grid Control to Prevent Major Power Outages
Complexity of offshore consenting hampers cost reduction, says TUV SUD PMSS
Consenting studies reveal a pressurised planning process
----Increase in wind farm size has not yielded anticipated cost per MW reduction
---- Recommendations offered to reverse the trend of wind farms taking longer and costing more to consent
Photon Energy N.V.: Communication infrastructure leading the charge for renewable energy in Australia
Photon Energy launches ground-breaking solar storage project
SEIA Embraces Efforts to Double Renewables Worldwide by 2030
"Here in America, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Vision for the growth of our industry, we can quadruple wind power by 2030 and save consumers money doing it, if policymakers keep supporting state renewable standards and federal tax incentives to attract the necessary private investment."
Genera Energy Named to Biofuels Digest Hot 40 List
Biomass feedstock industry leader makes Biofuels Digest's 2014-15 list of the hottest small companies in the advanced bioeconomy for the first time
INTERSOLAR EUROPE 2015: THE INFORMATION AND STRATEGY PLATFORM FOR THE SOLAR INDUSTRY
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