Lux Research report highlights oil’s dominant position, fails to note electric cars are better vehicles in “almost every way.”
Ontario’s virtual power plant from home solar and storage
Twenty homes within PowerStream’s territory have embarked upon a project that could change the face of electrical consumption in Ontario.
Community-owned solar to be installed on Edinburgh council roofs
Edinburgh Council has revealed plans to install community-owned solar panels on 25 council building rooftops across the Scottish capital.
Negative impacts of rooftop solar will fall on US utility investors
PV has been increasing at a rate of 50% a year has led many US utilities to question the impact that continued expansion will have investors and ratepayers.
Where battery storage will provide most peaking capacity
Coal-fired power plants have been the backbone of US electricity production for decades, but 25% of them will be retired by the end of this decade.
Energy storage will replace many peaker spinning reserve plants
The move to battery storage is inevitable, and enables the incorporation of much larger amounts of intermittent energy such as wind and solar.
The first 100% green grid is online, figuratively speaking
A major obstacle to Germany’s going “green” has been the necessity of using conventional power plants to back up intermittent renewable energy sources.
Germany’s green grid is one of world’s most reliable
In terms of grid reliability, the only nations that rival Germany are Japan (another “green” leader) and Singapore.
Germany’s renewables did it again, a new record!
A new record in Germany as renewable energy produced about 81 TWh, or 31% of the nation’s electricity during the first half of 2014.
What does solar energy mean to Germany’s big utilities?
Renewable sector is flexing its muscles in Germany, with solar production up 28% and wind up 19% during the first half of 2014.