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CLIR HITS 6 GW MILESTONE, TRIPLING ITS GLOBAL ASSET PORTFOLIO IN A YEAR

Leading wind farm optimization and monitoring firm sees significant growth across 2019, onboarding a number of key global asset owners as investor focus moves to performance and revenue certainty Vancouver: New figures from Clir Renewables, the leading cloud-based AI platform that provides asset managers and owners with tools to maximize annual energy production, surpassed a […]

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California Finalizes Plan Shifting Key Energy Storage Incentive Toward Blackout Resilience

January 22, 2020 Anand Gupta

State to spend half a billion dollars by 2024 helping vulnerable customers install on-site batteries, a big change for the market. California regulators have finalized plans to direct more than half a billion dollars in behind-the-meter battery incentives over the next four years to customers most at risk of being impacted by the state’s increasingly […]

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Trump Administration Lowers Import Tariffs on Chinese Batteries

January 18, 2020 Anand Gupta

The drop from 15 percent to 7.5 percent will improve project economics, but uncertainty lingers. The White House halved import tariffs on batteries manufactured in China as part of the larger trade deal signed this week. The tariff on batteries, just part of $300 billion in Chinese goods targeted by the White House last year, […]

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Polysilicon Industry Awaits Certainty on US-China Trade Deal

January 18, 2020 Anand Gupta

U.S. producers of the solar feedstock offer cautious optimism after the trade agreement includes polysilicon. The trade deal signed between the United States and China this week brought a jolt of positivity to U.S. polysilicon manufacturers, who have for years struggled to stay competitive while tariffs hampered access to the Chinese market, which accounts for […]

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BlackRock Sends Huge Warning Shot at Companies Ignoring Climate Risk

January 16, 2020 Anand Gupta

The world’s largest asset manager predicts a “fundamental reshaping of finance” as the climate threat comes into sharper focus. In a move that will resound across the world of energy investing, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, this week warned of a “fundamental reshaping of finance” as the impacts of climate change become better understood. […]

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PepsiCo To Achieve 100% Renewable Electricity In The U.S.

January 16, 2020 Anand Gupta

New Green Power Pledge Builds Upon Action In Europe And Mexico Global Headquarters Completes Solar Energy Installation PURCHASE, N.Y.: Some of America’s favorite snacks and beverages – from Lay’s and SunChips to bubly, Gatorade and Pepsi – will soon be made using electricity from renewable sources, such as wind and solar. PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) today […]

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Trump Approves First Solar’s Mega-Farm in California Desert

January 16, 2020 Anand Gupta

The Trump administration on Wednesday will announce the authorization of a roughly 3,000-acre solar farm near Palm Springs, California, after developers scaled back its size to help avoid threatened desert tortoises and cultural artifacts. First Solar Inc.’s 450-megawatt Desert Quartzite project in eastern Riverside County has been praised by some environmentalists for its careful design […]

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Solar Industry Asks Trump to Allow More Cell Imports to Spur Domestic PV Manufacturing

January 16, 2020 Anand Gupta

U.S. trade officials are preparing a midterm review of the Trump administration’s solar tariffs, with a range of potential outcomes. It’s been almost exactly two years since the Trump administration placed a 30 percent import tariff on solar cells and modules. And in large part, the industry has coped. Market conditions like module oversupply and […]

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ACORE Examines Policy Options That Most Effectively Put Renewable Energy to Work

January 15, 2020 Anand Gupta

With growing emphasis on climate policy heading into the 2020 election season, ACORE has released a white paper assessing notable climate policy approaches for their impact on renewable energy growth and investment, including a federal high-penetration renewable energy standard or clean energy standard, a technology-neutral tax credit, and carbon pricing regimes. The new report, Advancing […]

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Ceremonial Groundbreaking Kicks Off Construction Of Sunpin Solar’s 98 MW Titan Solar 1 Project

January 15, 2020 Anand Gupta

IRVINE, Calif.: Sunpin Solar, a California-based solar developer, held a groundbreaking ceremony on January 10th, 2020, celebrating the start of construction on its 98 MW Titan Solar 1 Project in Ocotillo Wells, California. This is Sunpin Solar’s second large utility-scale solar project in California, following the successful completion of the 96.75 MW ColGreen North Shore solar project in Riverside County, California in […]