The proposal zeroes out the DOE loan program and ARPA-E budget. An official said funding will focus on “basic science” and clean energy technologies “that make sense to us.” The Trump administration’s budget for fiscal year 2020 again proposes eliminating programs that fund renewable energy, including the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy and the Department of […]
US Democrats unveil carbon-neutral ‘Green New Deal’
Washington: Congressional Democrats have unveiled an unprecedented plan to reverse climate change and eliminate all US carbon emissions within 10 years, by taking drastic steps that would require transformational action across the economy. The “Green New Deal” introduced by liberal congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a rising Democratic star in the House, and Senator Ed Markey on […]
Renewables May Prove Cheaper Than 96% of Coal Plants Worldwide by 2030
“Over time, these coal-fired power plants will just become more and more unviable.” The uphill battle confronting coal seems to be getting steeper. A new global analysis of 6,685 coal plants finds that it is now cheaper to build new renewable generation than to run 35 percent of coal plants worldwide. By 2030, that percentage increases dramatically, […]
Trump’s Reversal of Clean Power Plan Won’t Hurt Renewables, But It May Boost Coal
The Clean Power Plan is out, the Affordable Clean Energy rule is in The Trump administration on Tuesday introduced a plan for the nation’s coal plants that loosens regulations set out by the previous administration. Under the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, a rework of President Obama’s signature Clean Power Plan (CPP), states will have […]
Struggling US Polysilicon Producers Are a Forgotten Casualty in the Solar Trade War With China
Polysilicon production, once dominated by America, has been taken over by China. It’s a direct consequence of tariffs and failed negotiations In January, Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office next to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and delivered a verdict thesolarindustry had anticipated for months: A 30 percent tariff would be levied on imported […]