shaking up the market are the way we deliver homes and home battery storage
Self-build is driving innovation in the house building industry
Electric cars can now charge on sunlight day and night with Tesla Powerpacks
Tesla has been slowly deploying its solar products and energy storage systems on its own charging network in order to have their fleet drive on solar power, but the same products can also benefit all other electric vehicles.With that mindset, a company in the Netherlands just added Tesla Powerpacks to a universal charging station with
Accelerate coal retirements, 275MW of storage for PV at ‘unprecedented low prices’
Xcel Energy has filed a plan which would retire two coal plants, add significant capacities of renewables and gas – and deploy 275MW specifically in combination with PV. A Colorado-headquartered US utility behind some of the lowest prices quoted for solar-plus-storage projects in the US to date, Xcel has just filed its updated 2016 Electric
Finance Now Available for Solar and Battery Systems
For many who want to move more quickly to renewable energy, the significant upfront cost of a solar or battery solution makes it challenging to make a start.
Solar module prices set to fall 35% in 2018 – BNEF
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), the global average selling price (ASP) of solar modules is expected to decline by 35% in 2018, compared to previous forecasts of a 20% to 27% decline, due to the Chinese government curtailing solar growth through new policies initiated last Friday. The halt to utility-scale PV projects and
Renewables lobby questions economics behind Wylfa Newydd nuclear investment
The UK’s renewables lobby has scrutinised the government’s decision to directly invest billions of pounds in Hitachi’s proposed nuclear project, suggesting renewables to be a far cheaper and quicker way of decarbonising the country’s power.Yesterday energy secretary Greg Clark confirmed to parliament that the government had entered into negotiations with Hitachi’s nuclear unit Horizon Nuclear
‘Carbon bubble’ could spark global financial crisis, study warns
Advances in clean energy expected to cause a sudden drop in demand for fossil fuels, leaving companies with trillions in stranded assets
Why energy storage is key to a global climate breakthrough
When Vaclav Smil writes about energy, the world pays attention. “I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next Star Wars movie,” Bill Gates once tweeted.Smil is a professor at the University of Manitoba, and one of his key arguments is that the world is unlikely to transition away from
Solar a ‘new backbone’ of global power, Vattenfall says
Solar stands to be a “new backbone” of the power sector as it cements its status as the world’s “dominant new build generation technology”, Vattenfall’s head of solar and battery storage has said.Earlier this year the Swedish state-owned utility announced that it was to invest €100 million in European solar deployment over the next two
Everything You Need to Know About California’s New Solar Roof Mandate
Is the requirement really cost-effective? Solar lease or purchase? Will new homes be net zero? And answers to other burning questions.