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Renewable Energy Enables EU Climate Target Achievement At Lower Cost
Renewable energy can be developed in Europe at significantly lower cost than assumed in the modelling assessments accompanying the “Clean Energy for All Europeans”-Package. Since wind and solar energy are by far the cheapest energy sources for the low-carbon production…
US Wind & Solar Accounts For 10% Of March Electricity For 1st Time
For the first time ever, US wind and solar electricity generation exceeded 10% of the monthly total in March, according to figures published by the country’s Energy Information Agency this week. The EIA published a short update on its website…
US Solar Industry Creates Jobs 17 Times Faster Than Rest Of The Economy
A new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reveals that solar jobs in the U.S. (and other nations) are expanding quickly. As of November 2016, the American solar industry employed 260,077 workers. This is an increase of…
IRENA To Work With State Grid Of China To Accelerate Energy Transition
The International Renewable Energy Agency and the State Grid Corporation of China announced their intention last week to increase their cooperation with the intent to advance China’s energy transition. The State Grid Corporation of China is the world’s largest utility,…
Vivint Solar Expands Into Colorado
Just two days after US solar installer Vivint Solar announced that it had acquired $100 million in its latest round of financing, the company announced that it was expanding its residential services into Colorado. When I covered the news earlier…
Record Amounts of Green Energy Added to Global Grid in 2016
The world is still building new wind and solar farms at breakneck speed despite a slowdown in investment coming into the sector, new figures published today by REN21 reveal. A record 161GW of new clean energy capacity was added to…
Vivint Solar Secures new $100 Million Financing for Residential Solar Deployment
Vivint Solar, a well-known name in the US solar market for its expanding market penetration and perpetual financial struggles, has landed another round of financing, securing $100 million in new tax equity commitments from two repeat investors for the development…