Three new wind farms in Ireland, Sweden, and the United States will produce more than 670,000 MWh annually and support AWS’s goal to power 100% of its global infrastructure with renewable energy SEATTLE: Today, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced three new renewable energy projects as part of its long-term goal to power all Amazon Web Services […]
PFS partners USICEF for financing solar projects
Infrastructure finance company PFS has joined hands with the US-India Clean Energy Finance (USICEF) to leverage funds for solar projects in India. It is an innovative facility which presents PFS with an opportunity to finance and deploy high-impact development projects which can contribute in achieving India’s distributed energy target of 40 GW by 2022, PFS […]
Idaho Power Signs Super-Low Solar PPA to Buoy 100% Clean Energy Plans
Unlike most of the cheapest solar power-purchase agreements seen in the U.S., utility Idaho Power’s project comes in a fledgling state market. Idaho Power announced plans to transition its generation to 100% clean energy by 2045, accompanied by a 120-megawatt solar power-purchase agreement that rivals some of the lowest prices seen in the U.S. market […]
Report: Local Wind and Solar Plants Beat Out Majority of US Coal Plants on Cost
A new report provides more evidence that wind and solar economics are edging out coal. It would be cheaper to build local wind and solar projects than continuing to operate 74 percent of U.S. coal plants, according to a new report from Energy Innovation, a clean energy advocacy and research organization, and Vibrant Clean Energy. […]
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, […]