Corporate Sourcing of Renewables Growing, Taking Place in 75 Countries
Copenhagen, Denmark – Companies in 75 countries actively sourced 465 terawatt hours (TWh) of renewable energy in 2017, an amount close to the overall electricity demand of France, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). With the continued decline in the costs of renewables, the report suggests, corporate demand will continue to increase as companies seek to reduce electricity bills, hedge against future price spikes and address sustainability concerns....
Innovative Solar-Plus-Sharp SmartStorage Microgrids Installed in Santa Rita Union School District
SALINAS, Calif. - Generate Capital, MBL-energy, and Sharp Electronics Corporation’s Energy Systems and Services Group (Sharp) announced today that the solar PV plus SmartStorage® energy storage systems have been installed at six sites within the Santa Rita Union School District (SRUSD) in Salinas, California. The systems will provide up to seven hours of power at each school during a grid outage and will also offset the school’s energy and demand usage resulting in substantial savings on its uti...
Pasadena, California Fire Department Switches to Neste MY Renewable Diesel
The Pasadena Fire Department, a California city northeast of Los Angeles, has switched much of its fleet of apparatus from operating on petroleum diesel to using Neste MY Renewable Diesel™. The department plans to transition all its fleet apparatus to renewable diesel by 2019. Neste MY Renewable Diesel is a low-carbon diesel produced from 100 percent renewable and sustainable raw materials, such as waste animal and fish fat, vegetable oils and used cooking oil. It emits up to 80 percent less...
Renewable Energy Jobs Reach 10.3 Million Worldwide in 2017
Abu Dhabi, UAE — The renewable energy industry created more than 500,000 new jobs globally in 2017, a 5.3 per cent increase from 2016, according to the latest figures released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). According to the fifth edition of Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review, launched at IRENA’s 15th Council in Abu Dhabi today, the total number of people employed in the sector (including large hydropower) now stands at 10.3 million globally, surpassing the 10 millio...
Moxie Solar Illinois Opens Headquarters in Dixon, Illinois
DIXON, IL- Moxie Solar Illinois LLC, in partnership with the City of Dixon, Lee County, Small Business Development Center of Dixon, Lee County Industrial Development Association, and Dixon Chamber of Commerce and Main Street, is proud to announce the opening of its headquarters and regional distribution center located in the former Walter C. Knack building in Dixon, IL. Dixon is the county seat of Lee County, and the boyhood home of former US President Ronald Reagan. Approximately 100 miles...
Nevada Solar Applications Through the Roof Following Passage of Net Metering Bill (AB 405)
LAS VEGAS – The rooftop solar industry is shining once again in Nevada. NV Energy’s most recent annual plan noted a strong increase in applications for its SolarGenerations rooftop solar program following key state policy changes in 2017 that put the market back on track. SolarGenerations applications went from 287 in 2016 to 3,308 in 2017, with most applications coming in the second half of the year, after AB 405 was signed into law. This represents an 11-fold year-over-year increase an...
Global Solar PV Inverters Market Will Decline from $6.3bn in 2017 to $3.7bn by 2022, Says GlobalData
The global solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters market will decline from $6.3bn in 2017 to $3.7bn in 2022, with Asia-Pacific (APAC) relinquishing its leading regional share to the Americas over the forecast period, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s report: ‘Solar PV Inverters - Update 2018’ states that solar PV inverters will hold an aggregate global market value of $22.2bn between 2018 and 2022, with an average annual value of $4.4bn during the same pe...
The Evolution of Solar Power in 2017
The Evolution of Solar Power is the result of a cooperation between SolarPower Europe and renewable energy software company Greenbyte. The interactive map reveals the cumulative installed solar power capacity per country, continent and the world between 1992-2017. Now let’s dig into some of those figures and see what has happened in the past twelve months. Established solar power nations China and USA kept their impressive growth with over 25% new capacity added in 2017 respectively. Also not...
Siemens Gamesa Overtook Vestas Wind Systems as Top Wind Equipment Manufacturer in 2017, says GlobalData
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (SGRE) claimed the top spot for the wind turbine manufacturing sphere in 2017, managing to install an impressive 9.43 gigawatts (GW) and overtaking Vestas, which ranked second with 7.52 GW of installations in 2017, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. SGRE gained ground with a 26.4% rise over the previous year’s installations, while Vestas saw a 14% fall in installations in the same period. Goldwind came in third, followed by Genera...
AWE and Queen’s University Belfast Finish WaveRoller Tank Tests
AW-Energy and Queen's University Belfast joined forces in 2017 on a half-a-year collaboration to develop the WaveRoller solution further. The project, which ended in January 2018, concentrated on recording the loads of different WaveRoller components, mainly the foundation and the panel. - The main purpose of the tests was to understand the extreme loads better and compare them to the ones used in the design, says AW-Energy Marine Engineer Matti Vuorinen. The tests covered a wide...
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