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Germany Onshore Wind Auction Fetches ‘Unexpected Low’ Price
Germany’s first competitive wind power auction under its new feed-in tariff regime has defied expectations by delivering an average bid price of just 5.71 Euro cents. The country’s Federal Energy Network Agency – or Bundesnetzagentur – announced on Friday it…
Brilliant or Bizarre: The world’s strangest sources of biofuel
Seemingly biofuel can be made out of almost anything, from chocolate to human fat. But what are the weirdest biofuel sources out there? Biofuel can be made from a variety of weird and wonderful sources, and researchers and companies around…
Utility-Scale Solar Grew 72% Per Year Between 2010 & 2016
Utility-scale solar installations—including both photovoltaic (PV) and thermal technologies—grew at an average rate of 72% per year between 2010 and 2016, faster than any other generating technologies. Utility-scale solar (plants with a capacity of at least one megawatt) now makes…
Deliveries Of Tesla Powerwall 2 Have Begun In Australia
One of the most commonly asked questions about battery storage is the timing of the first deliveries of the Tesla Powerwall 2. It seems, according to the Tesla Facebook page, that it has finally begun. This first delivery was made…
Jordan Refugee Camp Becomes First in the World to be Powered by Renewables
Up to 20,000 Syrian refugees living in the Azraq refugee camp have been given access to free clean power thanks to the world’s first solar farm to be deployed at a UN refugee camp. The UN’s refugee agency, the UNHCR,…
Scottish Offshore Wind Farms Given Second Life Following Court Ruling
A legal ruling in Scotland has given second life to as much as 2.3 gigawatts worth of offshore wind farms that had previously been halted due to concerns over their impact on migratory seabirds. Back in July a judge in…
Dams Significantly Impact Global Carbon Cycle, New Study Finds
There are an estimated 84,000 dams in the U.S., blocking more than 17 percent of rivers in the nation. Dams are interrupting wildlife habitats, damaging the ecosystem and impacting the global climate cycle, according to a new study in Nature…