Panorama

BNEF Analysis Shows Wind and Solar are Cheapest Sources of Power Generation

Monday, 19 November 2018 REM Every six months, BloombergNEF runs its Levelized Cost of Electricity analysis, an assessment of the cost competitiveness of different power generating and energy storage technologies – excluding subsidies. ...

ScottMadden Energy Industry Update forecasts growth opportunity in efficient US electrification

Monday, 19 November 2018 Robin Whitlock

Management consultancy specialising in energy, ScottMadden Inc, has released its latest edition of The Energy Industry Update (EIU) which explores current thinking about electrification in the US.

Innovator Tempus Energy successfully challenges fossil fuel bias in UK power market

Thursday, 15 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Following a case against the British Government brought by cleantech innovation company Tempus Energy, a groundbreaking ruling by the European Court has decided that £5.6 billion in subsidies for fossil ...

Guarantees of Origin Will Play Important Role in Energy Transition

Thursday, 15 November 2018 REM Planned and designed to be an incentive to the development of renewable energies, Guarantees of Origin will gain importance as demand for renewable energy increases. According to AleaSoft, the price of ...

China

ABB enables world’s first HVDC grid to enable integration of renewable energy in China

Thursday, 15 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Technology company ABB has delivered the Zhangbei high-voltage direct current (HVDC) grid in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area of China in order to ensure supply of stable and reliable electricity during ...

Australia

New South Wales publishes Transmission Infrastructure Strategy

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 Robin Whitlock The New South Wales Government has released its Transmission Infrastructure Strategy, which aims to improve the flexibility of the National Electricity Market (NEM) by improved connections with South Australia, ...

Duke Energy Issues $1 Billion Green Bond Offering

Tuesday, 13 November 2018 REM Duke Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, has completed its inaugural issuance of $1 billion in green bonds that will finance eligible green energy projects – including zero-carbon solar ...

HyperSolar to build pilot production plant

Tuesday, 13 November 2018 Robin Whitlock HyperSolar, a company that is engaged in developing technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water, has announced its intention to build a pilot production plant to demonstrate the commercial ...

Underfloor Heating from Green Energy Keeps Hens Laying

Friday, 09 November 2018 REM A North Wales hill farmer is keeping his 16,000 hens happy and laying thanks to underfloor heating from ‘green’ energy stored in the earth. Llyr Jones, who farms 1600 acres 1,000 feet up in the hills ...

Australia

Victorian Government extends Renewable Energy Target (RET)

Friday, 09 November 2018 Robin Whitlock

The government of the Australian State of Victoria has announced it will extend the Victorian Renewable Energy Target to 50 percent by 2030 in order to provide the certainty the industry needs.