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Utility Solar Market Drives Q2 Growth as Pandemic Causes Drop in Rooftop Solar Installations

September 11, 2020 - in Energy, News, Renewables

Note: The Q3 2020 U.S. Solar Market Insight covers installation volumes in Q2 2020 and forward-looking trends. The second quarter of 2020 was the first full quarter in which the U.S. solar industry was exposed to the risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic.…

Cities Investing the Most in Solar Energy

September 4, 2020 - in Energy, News, Renewables

The U.S. solar industry has grown significantly in the last decade as solar power has become more affordable, efficient, and accessible. Since 2014, the…

Adani ranked as the largest solar power generation owner in the world

September 2, 2020 - in Energy, News, Renewables

DALLAS, Texas  - The latest ranking of global solar companies by Mercom Capital ranks the Adani Group as the #1 global solar power generation…

Neste delivers sustainable aviation fuel to San Francisco International Airport – first company to deliver it via pipeline

July 7, 2020 - in Energy, Renewables

Neste, the world's largest producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from waste and residue raw materials, has delivered its first batch of sustainable aviation fuel to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via pipeline,…

IRENA Outlines Agenda to Put Energy Transformation at Heart of Sustainable Economic Recovery

June 29, 2020 - in Energy, Renewables

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 24 June 2020 Governments can align immediate economic stimulus needs with medium to long-term decarbonisation and sustainable development objectives by targeting policy measures and public spending towards the energy transformation,…

Infographic: Wind and Solar Shares 5 Year Outlook, Study Forecasts 169% Price Gains

June 5, 2020 - in Energy, News, Renewables

Wind and solar stocks expected to grow 169% by 2025 Fastest growing sector 80% of Germans expect growing importance of wind and solar energy By 2025, publicly traded companies from the solar and wind energy sectors could boast share price gains of up to 169%.…

COVID-19 Erases Five Years of Solar Job Growth

May 18, 2020 - in COVID-19, Energy, News, Renewables

WASHINGTON, D.C. – New analysis shows that the U.S. solar industry will employ 114,000 fewer workers by June 2020, compared with previous forecasts that projected the industry would employ 302,000 Americans over the same time period. With an expected workforce…

REC Solar and DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express announce completion of solar microgrid project

May 7, 2020 - in Energy, News, Renewables

Completion of first project phase provides reliability, savings and more to leading Hawaiian-based freight hauler New microgrid system combines solar and battery storage for a zero-emissions energy system with a backup power supply CHARLOTTE, N.C. –Today,…

Wärtsilä gas engines to burn 100% hydrogen

May 6, 2020 - in Energy, News, Renewables

The technology group Wärtsilä is developing the combustion process in its gas engines to enable them to burn 100% hydrogen fuel.Wärtsilä has researched hydrogen as a fuel for 20 years, and has tested its engines with blends of up to 60% hydrogen and 40%…

3D-printed concrete to help build offshore wind energy infrastructure

May 1, 2020 - in Energy, News, Renewables

Illustration of a 3D-printed concrete suction pile anchor for connecting floating wind turbines to the seabed via mooring lines. (Credit: RCAM Technologies)   WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Wind off the coasts of the U.S. could be used to generate more than…