Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and a Saudi Arabian prince are among the names signed up to support the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, an initiative launched as COP21 climate talks begin today in Paris.
A trade association representing some of Germany’s energy storage industry has welcomed the renewal of a support scheme for batteries, but says that establishing “fair market conditions” for storage would be more important.
Germany’s Fraunhofer ISE has made a modest, 70-panel installation of new crystalline PV cell and module technologies produced by the institute on the outside of one of its laboratories.
Sonnenbatterie, Germany’s market leader for residential energy storage, has launched an energy trading platform that the company believes in time could make it even bigger than today's existing utility companies, rebranding as Sonnen in the process.
SolarCity’s chief operating officer Tanguy Serra has been promoted to the newly created role of president, while the company’s chief financial officer Brad Buss has announced his retirement.
Renewables with energy storage can help build low carbon energy networks in the developing world – but the twin technologies still face competition from natural gas while they gradually mature, according to an electric power systems maker and integrator.
Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE) and a branch of the state-owned China General Nuclear Power Group have signalled their shared intent to develop clean energy facilities in regions including Europe.
Australia’s Green Party has proposed a pathway to reaching a “90% by 2030” renewable energy target for the country, also proposing to double energy efficiency from current levels.
Fresh questions have been raised over measures to prevent “dumping” of cheap solar products from China into the EU, following the news that two more Chinese exporters have been removed from the undertaking.
