Want The Cheapest Electricity? Build Solar And Wind Farms, Not Coal Power Plants
falling technology costs have pushed the cost of the renewable energy sectors below coal and gas, even in China and India, where until recently, coal was king. as electric vehicle manufacturing scales up to match and eventually supersede production of
SolFit takes aim at new-build market with maiden integrated PV contract win
Integrated solar PV provider SolFit is to supply its in-roof PV system for 166 new-build homes as part of a new contract win.Solarcrown Commercial is to install solar on the roofs of 166 homes to be built by Countryside Properties,
World has no capacity to absorb new fossil fuel plants, warns IEA
Watchdog says new projects must be low carbon or existing plants must be cleaned up
It’s Time to Think Seriously About Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage
As the cost of lithium-ion batteries continues to fall, businesses gain a competitive edge with behind-the-meter energy storage.
‘Substantial’ pipeline of renewables could fill the gap left by Moorside collapse
Energy secretary Greg Clark has said the UK’s “substantial” pipeline of renewable energy projects could offer a replacement to the capacity lost by the scrapping of Toshiba’s plans for a new nuclear power station in Cumbria.The Japanese company announced last
Batteries will replace California gas plants as PG&E proposal approved
A proposal by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), one of California’s three main investor-owned utilities (IOUs) to deploy large-scale energy storage to replace peaking natural gas plants has been approved by the state’s regulator.Last week, the California Public Utilities Commission
Energy minister signals shift on export tariff plans, declares it ‘wrong’ to provide solar for free
Solar power “should not be provided to the grid for free” according to energy and clean growth minister Claire Perry, potentially heralding a change of stance from the government as it plans the future of small scale renewables.Perry was answering
My Letter from The Minister
You may recall my leap into political activism when I wrote to my MP suggesting the sudden removal of the Feed-In-Tariff was not sensible. I blogged about it here.
Solar ‘charging ahead’ but ‘unprecedented’ investment action required, IEA warns
Solar PV is “charging ahead” across the world as it outpaces other renewables, but far more significant action is required if a climate crisis is to be averted, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned.This morning the IEA has released