Ciel & Terre starts construction on world’s largest floating PV plant
By Emiliano Bellini on 28 June 2017
The French floating PV specialist is building a 70 MW solar facility in China’s Anhui province.
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China province powered by renewable energy only for 7 days
By Ren Zegang on 22 June 2017
State Grid Corporation of China is conducting a trial to supply all of Qinghai Province with hydro, wind and solar only for 7 consecutive days
How much do ultra-supercritical coal plants really reduce air pollution?
By Lauri Myllyvirta on 22 June 2017
It’s not the difference in coal technology that matters most in reducing emissions, but regulation.
Trump’s exit from Paris climate deal signals end of American Century
By Joe Romm on 1 June 2017
America’s time as leader of the free world is over. Now we’re the villain, thwarting the global effort to save humanity.
South Korea’s new president likely to curb thermal coal imports
By Tim Buckley on 11 May 2017
South Korea is Australia’s second biggest customer for thermal coal, but election of Moon Jae-In as president raises doubts about future of coal generation in that country.
Does 17% dip in clean energy investment set the trend for 2017?
By Bloomberg New Energy Finance on 19 April 2017
First-quarter decline in investment reflects partly falling cost of capital for renewables, allowing investors to install same capacity for less cash.
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India plans to slash renewable energy certificate prices
By Bloomberg New Energy Finance on 8 March 2017
Indian regulators want to lower the floor price of RECs – a move that could increase renewables demand and benefit sellers who have huge inventories of unsold credits.
Coal hit as China’s energy transition gathers pace
By Tim Buckley on 1 March 2017
China is now well past its 2013 coal peak, while the utilization rate for coal-fired generators declined to 47.5% – an all time low.
Saving coal is like saving Titanic, only harder
By Fereidoon Sioshansi on 24 February 2017
Coal’s long term prospects do not look good in the US, or for that matter anywhere else
BYD seeks 25% share of Australia battery storage market
By Giles Parkinson on 23 February 2017
China’s biggest EV and energy storage company targeting 25% share of Australian battery market, with new B-Box product range.
Know your NEM: Prices fall, but say goodbye to the good old days
There will be a cost to decarbonise the economy, its’ just a lot less than the cost of not decarbonising. Generation prices will stay high, network prices will be sticky, and the incentive for “grid defection” is going to continue.