Low cost and durable, this new type of battery could solve the common issues currently facing renewable energy. By 2020, residents of California will …
Figures of the week: Access to affordable, sustainable, and modern energy in Africa
Last week, the International Energy Agency, the International Renewable Energy Agency, the United Nations Statistics Division, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization released the joint report Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2018. The report finds that the world is not on track …
California Solar Mandate Explained
Unlike other states that have opted to create massive solar fields, California’s plan is to integrate solar energy into the construction process of new homes, … The cost to rent a place in California continues to rise and this new mandate has some residents wondering if the new solar energy initiative will …
Renewables players dig in on price
If the purchase price is not increased, the amount of electricity produced from renewable energy will not reach the official target of 19,000 megawatts by 2036, as set out in the Power Development Plan (PDP), FTI chairman Suphan Mongkolsuthree said yesterday. Suphan made the comments after talks …
Actors Hired To Play Consumers In Bid To Thwart Renewable Energy in New Orleans
The nation’s largest, incumbent utilities continue to engage in some pretty shady behavior to try and stop the unstoppable renewable energy …
California’s Solar Roof Law Will Raise Housing And Energy Prices But Do Little To Reduce …
California’s new solar roof mandate will make housing more expensive, increase electricity prices, and transfer wealth upwards. What it won’t do is significantly reduce carbon emissions. The deployment of solar has been the main driver of high and rising electricity prices in California, which currently …
California first in nation to require solar panels on new homes
California passed a new statewide building code yesterday that requires all homes from 2020 onward to have rooftop solar and advanced energy …
Rooftop solar to be required on new homes in California
FILE– In this Oct. 16, 2015 file photo a solar panel is installed on the roof of the Old Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park in Sacramento, Calif.
Rooftop solar to be required on new homes in California
California regulators have approved a historic plan that will require most new homes in the state have rooftop solar panels that turn sunlight into …
Bangladesh Plans To Buy 2 Gigawatts Of Solar From India
The huge decline in solar power tariffs in India has caught the eye of its neighbor Bangladesh, which now hopes to import electricity generated by Indian solar power projects. A senior official of the Bangladesh government told Indian media outlets that his country is looking to buy 2 gigawatts of solar …