A new business-based climate advocacy group stepped into the CO2 spotlight this summer. The Climate Leadership Council (CLC) took center stage with op-eds in the nation’s biggest dailies and a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal . The topic: supporting a carbon tax to reduce CO2 e...
As Elon Musk races to finish building the world’s biggest battery factory in the Nevada desert, China is poised to leave him in the dust. Chinese companies have plans for additional factories with the capacity to pump out more than 120 GWh a year by 2021, according to a report publish...
Virginia-based utility Dominion Energy’s plan to turn an abandoned coal mine into a pumped storage hydro facility is unique, but not new. North-Rhine Westphalia in Germany earlier this year said that it will turn its Prosper-Haniel coal mine into a 200-MW pumped storage facility. The ...
Do You Really Know Where Your Electricity Is Coming From? WattTime Joins Rocky Mountain Institute to Show You June 28, 2017 | By Gavin McCormick Four years ago, I was part of a group of graduate students from UC Berkeley and software engineers from Google and Climate Corporation who m...
Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on wind power solutions. We design, manufacture, install, and service wind turbines across the globe, and with close to 83 GW of wind turbines in 75 countries, we have installed more wind power than anyone else. Through our industry-leadi...
The service agreements cover Infigen’s entire operating wind portfolio comprising 368 MW Vestas turbines and 189 MW Suzlon turbines across six sites in Australia. The order thus underlines Vestas’ leading position within multi-brand services as well as its fleet-wide lifetime service ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Tom Kiernan, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) on President Trump’s Energy Week remarks: "We support President Trump’s strategic vision to seek American energy dominance. The wind industry -- America’s largest sourc...
Whether you are a property owner, landlord, tenant, contractor, or otherwise, it is essential to know the current and proposed laws surrounding energy performance certificates, or EPCs. An EPC is essentially a guide to how efficiently a property uses energy, the cost of running the pr...
After denying previous proposals, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has selected three projects to participate in a shared clean energy facilities pilot program, which was designed to make access to renewable power available to more state residen...
Salem, OR (June 29, 2017) – Today, the Public Utility Commission of Oregon (PUC) adopted community solar rules that will bring the state one step closer to enabling all Oregonians to directly participate in, and benefit from, local solar projects without having to place solar panels o...
Der Bundestag wird heute mit größter Wahrscheinlichkeit die notwendigen Änderungen im Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) zur Förderung von Mieterstrom beschließen. Das Förderangebot erleichtert Mietern den Zugang zu preiswertem Solarstrom vom Dach des Vermieters. Der Bundesverband Sola...
Greensmith Energy won the award in conjunction with AltaGas, a leading North American diversified energy infrastructure company. The awards were officially received at Greentech Media’s Grid Edge World Forum 2017, being held in San Jose, California, and due to end today. The two compa...
There have been several studies conducted by the Berkeley Lab on how solar panels increase home values . The most recent study , Selling into the Sun conducted by the Berkeley Lab, evaluated a data set of 3,951 homes spanning 12 years and 8 states. The conclusion was that solar homes ...
The International Trade Commission has distributed questionnaires to U.S. and foreign-based solar firms to inform the proceedings of Suniva, Inc. and SolarWorld Americas' Section 201 petition. It is critical that your company accurately and completely fill out the questionnaire to ens...
The Hydro Hall of Fame Class of 2017 features four new inductees, honored June 27 during the opening keynote session of HydroVision International 2017 being held in Denver, Colo. The four newest inductees include the following: Chris Thompson of Colorado Springs Utilities accepts the ...
