Despite the challenging economic conditions created by COVID-19, 2020 was a record year for clean energy development in the United States, with the country nearly doubling the capacity installed in 2019. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the U.S. installed 35 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable generating capacity in 2020, enough to power 9 million […]
Indian Envoy Holds Talks Over Renewable Energy, Agricultural Trade With Kansas Guv
Washington : India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu had a virtual meeting with Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, during which they held discussions over renewable energy, agricultural trade and educational partnerships. The discussion was on “expanding India’s ties with the state,” Sandhu said in a tweet. “Discussed renewable energy, agricultural trade, educational partnerships and […]
Sterling & Wilson Solar Announces Change in Global CEO
Kerlink, Cloud Energy to Build IoT Solutions For Rural Vietnam
Kerlink is teaming up with Vietnamese IoT startup Cloud Energy in building new solutions to meet demand for IoT services in rural areas around Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), expanding on their earlier collaboration on smart-building and energy-management projects in the city of nearly 9 million people. The two companies recently developed and deployed a […]
Sundrop Farms Uses Solar to Grow Tomatoes in The Australian Desert
For some 300 days a year, Sundrop Farms 127m tall central solar power tower shines on the tomato farm near Port Augusta (at the northern end of South Australia’s Spencer Gulf). Around it, there are 12.5 hectares of mirrors reflecting the sun on to its collector. This enables Sundrop Farms to grow tomatoes in the […]
Elliott Management Keen on Selling 300-MW Aussie Solar Platform – Report
US investment manager Elliott Management Corporation is looking for buyers for its Australian solar power generation portfolio totalling roughly 300 MW, The Australian reports. The specific portfolio of assets owned by Elliott Green Power Australia is estimated at over AUD 500 million (USD 386.2m/EUR 316.9m). According to the report, the US group has engaged corporate […]
Around 200 GW of Energy Storage in US Interconnection Queues at End of 2020
A solar-plus-storage installation in North Carolina. More than one-third of the solar in the interconnection queues is proposed as a hybrid plant. A record amount of solar capacity and energy storage is currently in US transmission interconnection queues, according to a new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). At 462GW, solar accounts for […]
Electric 3-Wheelers Likely to Account for 30% of New Sales by 2025: ICRA
Globally, EVs now account for 4.4 per cent of new car sales during CY2020 and their share is likely to cross 5 per cent level this calendar year, as per ICRA. The penetration levels in cars and trucks, however, are likely to remain low in the medium-term The electric two and three-wheelers volume are expected […]
What is Carbon Lock-in and How Can We Avoid It?
Put yourself in the shoes of a government planner, power company executive, school superintendent, manufacturer or homeowner. You need to buy an expensive piece of equipment that could be used for decades to come. Spending on projects like power plants, boilers, buildings, vehicles and other types of infrastructure is always an exercise in current budget […]
Joe Biden Pushes $174-Billion Electric Vehicle Plan, Says US Losing Race to China
The US President added that the American auto industry is “at a crossroads” and that the “real question is whether we’ll lead or fall behind”. Joe Biden said that the auto industry’s future is electric and “there is no turning back”.During a visit to the Ford Motor plant in Michigan on May 18, United States […]