Analysis suggests current federal policies will lead to a price rise after 2030 but a more ambitious target would keep bills lower Australia could get 90% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2040 without an increase in power prices, according to an analysis by the energy and carbon consultancy RepuTex. Under current government policies, […]

Potential for ‘major recession’ could cut regional power demand by 1000TWh by 2023 says Wood Mackenzie Up to 150GW of wind and solar projects across the Asia Pacific could be delayed or cancelled over the next five years if a coronavirus-led recession extends beyond 2020, according to latest Wood Mackenzie analysis. Wood Mackenzie predicted a […]

Two German institutes together with other companies signed an agreement to implement the project in Mekong Delta Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the German research institute, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), have signed an agreement together with other partners from the private and public sector to implement a new project […]

This week in Spain, the government submitted an ambitious plan to reach 75 per cent renewables by 2030 as part of its efforts to help the world cap average global warming at well below 2°C. Australia is being urged to do the same. The new report released by the independent think tank ClimateWorks last weekend maps out […]

City Electric Supply on renewable energy & COVID-19 The massive, two-decade-long growth behind renewable energy looks to level off in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be flat for long. Here’s what we know. In mid-January, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasted an addition of 13.5 GW to the […]

While a pathway to deeper decarbonisation requires total energy investment up to $130 trillion (€119 trillion), the socio-economic gains of such an investment would be massive, according to IRENA’s Global Renewables Outlook. Transforming the energy system could boost cumulative global GDP gains above business-as-usual by $98 trillion (€90.2 trillion) between now and 2050. It would nearly […]

The solar industry has long viewed operations and maintenance (O&M) as basic tasks: checking solar panel output and inverter status, dispatching trucks for repairs and conducting annual maintenance, periodic cleaning and vegetation management. The biggest concern was mainly how much electricity can be generated based on the amount of sunlight hitting the panels. But with […]

Climate change has become a major concern in this century. The Paris Agreement sets forth efforts to limit the global temperature rise to “well below” 2 °C in the present century, compared to pre-industrial levels. To realise the climate targets of the Paris Agreement, a complete transition in the global energy landscape is essential. Wind energy […]

German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) recently announced an aggressive plan to go head-to-head with energy companies by tapping a projected 350 gigawatt-hours of storage capacity from its electric car batteries. Volkswagen’s move signals not only a pivot toward EVs going mainstream, but also a potential fundamental change to EV business models. “Bidirectional charging is likely to become an […]

Electric vehicle (EV) sales in India have risen sharply over the year, with two-wheeled modes of transport accounting for the vast majority of sales in the world’s second-most-populous country. Sales of EVs in the country hit 156,000 in the 2019-20 financial year, figures from the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) showed Monday, up […]

An outbreak of Covid-19 at a wind power facility in North Dakota has forced it to temporarily close, the latest example of how the pandemic is impacting the renewable energy sector.  Over the weekend, North Dakota’s Department of Health said there were 110 confirmed cases of coronavirus in people connected to the LM Wind Power […]

In the latest example of how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the renewable energy sector, wind turbine firm Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has withdrawn financial guidance for the 2020 financial year. In a statement dated April 21, SGRE said the “uncertainty associated with COVID-19” was “compounding challenges in India and Northern Europe.” SGRE joins Danish wind […]

Renewable energy could power an economic recovery from Covid-19 by spurring global GDP gains of almost $100tn (£80tn) between now and 2050, according to a report. The International Renewable Energy Agency found that accelerating investment in renewable energy could generate huge economic benefits while helping to tackle the global climate emergency. The agency’s director general, Francesco La Camera, […]