renewables

Utility Dominion Energy has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for 1GW of onshore wind and solar as part of wider clean energy plans in the US state of Virginia.

This month’s episode of the Solar Media Podcast is now available to listen to, with discussion centring around record low solar prices and tumbling LCOE forecasts.

Renewables will stand alone as the only generation class to experience growth in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic delivers the most seismic shock to the power sector since the Great Depression.

US-based utility Duke Energy intends to double its renewables capacity to 16GW in the next five years.

Renewables generators have been reminded that power produced during extended periods of negative pricing cannot receive subsidy payments under European regulations.

Oil and gas major Shell is to ramp up its renewable energies division in order to decarbonise its operations and strive towards a net-zero-by-2050 target.

The latest episode of the Solar Media Podcast sees Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe discuss how the clean energy economy is responding to Covid-19 while Andy reports from PV Expo in Tokyo, which itself felt the effects of the virus outbreak.

The UK government has paved the way for utility-scale solar to once again compete in renewables auctions after it completed a dramatic policy U-turn.

Japanese trading giant Marubeni has picked up Taiwanese solar portfolio developer and operator Chenya Energy, intending to ramp up its floating solar exposure as a result.

PV Tech’s Carrie Xiao gets the details behind TBEA Sunoasis’ new strategy targeting hybrid-powered microgrids, and how its product suite is driving that market.