The decreasing cost of distributed generation and storage technologies is changing the way value is created in the energy sector, according to a new report launched by SolarPower Europe in Brussels today.
The Indian government is promoting small-scale solar and wind hybrid systems (SWES) in rural areas without electricity through a new programme following the success of similar projects in the US and Europe.
According to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the renewable energy sector has employed 8.1 million people worldwide — a 5% increase from last year.
The net benefits of rooftop solar PV and distributed energy resources (DER) have been tallied by US residential installer and utility and grid service operator newcomer SolarCity and the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) in a new report that claims such resources produce US$7-14 million in benefits annually for Nevadans.
Eastern US transmission organisation PJM Interconnection’s latest energy auction for capacity in 2019/20 saw 335MW of solar procured, nearly double that of the preceding year.
Sumitomo Corporation, Japan’s leading general trading company, is implementing a 60MW solar PV project in Minamisoma, Fukushima, at a ¥22 billion (US$ 201 million) investment.
Brazil's Metropolitan Company of Waters and Energy (EMAE) has expressed interest in selecting partners to foray into various renewable energy initiatives including solar PV.
A report published under the US Department of Energy’s Path to SunShot series by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory reveals how solar power could deliver US$400 billion in environmental and public health benefits throughout the US by 2050.
Three Saudi Arabian developers are thought to have put in the lowest bids for a public bid opening of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy's (MASEN) Noor PV I scheme – a tender to select an IPP to develop three PV plants with an aggregate capacity of 170MW.
