Tesla Delivered 76,000 Cars in 2016, Missing its Goal
While the auto industry will start to report December and year-end sales totals today, Tesla Motors issued its year-end delivery and production results yesterday. The Silicon Valley car maker, now completing its ninth year of production, delivered 22,230 electric cars…
Solar Power Becoming World’s Cheapest Form of Electricity Production, Analysts Say
Solar power is becoming the cheapest way to generate electricity, according to leading analysts. Data produced by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) showed the cost of solar in 58 lower-income countries – including China, Brazil and India – had fallen…
Spain Announces Tender for 3 GW of Renewables
Spain’s government has announced it will launch a technology neutral auction for 3 GW of renewable energy capacity at the start of this year. The announcement came from energy minister Alvaro Nadal on Dec. 14 as he spoke to the…
Green Infrastructure Investment Set to Plummet 95 Per Cent by 2020
UK investment in renewables looks set to plummet by up to 95 per cent over the next three years, the think tank Green Alliance has warned in a new analysis of the latest government data on the UK’s infrastructure investment…
Allete Clean Energy Planning Expansion of North Dakota Wind Farm
Allete Clean Energy (ACE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allete, Inc. has announced it will work with Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU) to expand the Thunder Spirit wind farm in North Dakota. Allete Clean Energy has agreed a 25-year power purchase agreement with…
Costa Rica Ran Almost Entirely on Renewable Energy in 2016
Costa Rica ended 2016 on a particularly green note. The Central American nation ran entirely on renewable energy for more than 250 days last year, the country’s power operator announced. Renewables supplied about 98.1 percent of Costa Rica’s electricity for…
Antic: No Plans for Electricity Price Increases
There are no plans whatsoever at this time for electricity price increases, says Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic. The priorities of the national electric power company EPS are completely different, Antic said during a tour of the Nikola…