Bridging the Geothermal Financing Gap: Mitigating costs & project development risks
The uncertainty surrounding the success of initial drilling for geothermal reservoirs, combined with substantial drilling costs, makes many potential, good quality geothermal...
NREL Researchers Assess Where to Gear-up US Manufacturing & Supply Chain Capabilities for Advanced Drivetrain Technologies
The drivetrain of a wind turbine converts the power of the wind into electrical energy. Now, innovative technologies, such as medium-voltage and permanent-magnet generators, silicon-carbide (SiC)...
US Solar PV Pipeline Grows to 43 GW: Enough to Power More than Six Million Households
The pipeline of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects awaiting completion within the United States has grown by 7% during the past 12 months, and now exceeds 43 gigawatts (GW), which is enough to power...
NREL Reports Soft Costs Now Largest Piece of Solar Installation Total Cost
Two detailed reports from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) find that solar financing and other non-hardware costs — often referred to as "soft...
New Report Highlights Values of Geothermal in Today's Renewable Power Market
As states, such as California, move ahead with more aggressive Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, state officials are finding they need to consider...
AWEA Statement Regarding Duke Energy MBTA Settlement
Although AWEA cannot speak to the specifics of this case as they are not public, based on our understanding of the settlement agreement this is a clear example of a wind company taking...
SEIA Applauds FERC Small Generation Interconnection Rule
Saying it will help to spur solar deployment nationwide, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) praised a new rule recently approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that...
New Material Used in Thin Solar Cells
Scientists in Stuttgart had a breakthrough in their search for more advantageous materials and processes in the manufacture of efficient thin-film solar cells. A team of researchers at the Zentrum...
Small Wind Power Market to Reach $3 Billion by 2020, with China in the Lead
With growing incentives announced by various governments and larger end-user awareness, the small-wind power market is expected to increase massively, from $609m in 2012 to $3 billion by 2020, at...
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INDUSTRY NEWS
December 09, 2013
Solar Grid Storage, the leading pioneer in solar storage deployment, has contracted with several of nation’s most respected solar project...
December 09, 2013
More than 60 advanced biofuel companies and four leading trade organizations today wrote to leaders of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance...
December 09, 2013
Canada's RESCo Energy In. has been officially named Draker's Certified Canadian Service Partner. The solar companies have entered into a...
December 06, 2013
3TIER®, a global leader in renewable energy assessment and forecasting, has announced the public release of wind and solar annual averages...
December 06, 2013
First Wind, an independent U.S.-based renewable energy company, has announced that the company has reached an agreement with Burlington Electric...
December 06, 2013
Conergy Canada is continuing its role as a global leader in the solar energy industry while establishing itself as a leader in the larger energy...
December 06, 2013
Vestas has received a 24-MW order for 12 V100-2.0 MW wind turbines from juwi Wind Canada Ltd., for four projects in Nova Scotia, Canada....
December 05, 2013
Michael Mendik has been tapped as the general manager of U.S. technology for SMA America Production, LLC, the Denver-based manufacturing division...
December 05, 2013
First Wind, an independent US-based renewable energy company, has purchased a Wind Iris Lidar to optimize the performance of its wind turbines....
December 05, 2013
Invested and developed by a famous local EPC, a 2MW PV power plant in Chicago, IL, USA was officially put into operation recently, which is...
