Renewable Energy Magazine-General newsletter

Falling Battery Costs Will Enable World to Get Half of Needed Energy from Wind and Solar

Wind and solar are set to surge to almost “50 by 50” – 50 percent of world generation by 2050 – on the back of precipitous reductions in cost, and the advent of cheaper and cheaper batteries that will enable electricity to be stored and discharged to meet shifts in demand and supply.

AT&T Expands Renewable Energy Program with NextEra Energy 

AT&T has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources to purchase 300 MW of wind energy. It also announced a scholarship program for students interested in pursuing careers as wind turbine technicians.

Clean Energy Portfolios and stranded assets: An interview with Alex Engel of the Rocky Mountain Institute

The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched a really interesting report last month (21st May), The Economics of Clean Energy Portfolios, revealing that low-cost clean energy is threatening to leave conventional energy facilities, such as natural gas plants, as ‘stranded assets’, even at current historically low gas prices, even before they are built.