Apple Agrees to Buy Solar Power From Buffett’s Nevada Utility
Brian Eckhouse | January 26, 2017 Apple Inc. agreed to buy the output from a proposed 200-MW solar farm in Nevada to help power a data center in Reno.
Solar Boom: 5 Leading Reasons for the Industry’s Growth
Garret Crosby | January 26, 2017 Would you believe that there are now more people working in the solar industry than at oil rigs and gas fields?
3@3 on Solar PV: China, Alternative Facts, US Government
Jennifer Runyon | January 25, 2017 Today’s topics include the official numbers for China’s annual installed capacity for 2016, how the solar industry deceives…
Report: US Solar, Wind Jobs Up; Geothermal Jobs Down
Renewable Energy World Editors | January 23, 2017 From 2Q15 to 1Q16, U.S. wind power jobs increased 32 percent and solar jobs increased 25 percent…
Commercial Solar in California Shines as Residential Market Slows
David Rather | January 25, 2017 New data released by the California Solar Initiative provides insight into trends impacting the California solar market…
China to Take Leadership Position on Energy Storage in East Asia-Pacific Region, World Bank Says
Jennifer Delony | January 25, 2017 China likely will become the largest energy storage market in the East Asia & Pacific region, with a potential…
Massachusetts Utility Seeks Rate Recovery for Energy Storage Research, Demonstrations
Jennifer Delony | January 25, 2017 NSTAR Electric Co. and Western Massachusetts Electric Co., d/b/a in Massachusetts as Eversource Energy, last week asked…
EPA Freezes Grants, Tells Employees Not To Talk About It, Sources Say
January 24, 2017 The Environmental Protection Agency has frozen its grant programs, according to sources there.
Theresa May Seeks Clean Energy to Buoy Vision of Global Britain
Anna Hirtenstein and Jess Shankleman | January 24, 2017 U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May plans to try to turn the nation’s early adoption of clean energy into a global business after…
Masdar Clean Energy Investment Tops $2.7 Billion
Kelvin Ross | January 24, 2017 The chairman of UAE renewables company Masdar last week revealed that it has invested $2.7 billion in clean energy projects since it was formed in 2006.
Time-of-Use Means It’s Time for Storage
Seth Mullendore | January 23, 2017 Last September, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission approved a pilot program in which residential utility customers pay a drastically…
Top 5 Hybrid Energy News (Solar- and Wind-Diesel-Hybrid + Microgrids) – December 2016
Dr. Thomas Hillig | January 25, 2017 The December edition of our “Top 5 Hybrid Energy News” features Rio Grande Renewables, Demand Energy, CapStone Solutions, Naknek Electric Association…