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Solar Power Forecast: Record-Low Costs Expected to Keep Plummeting as Technology Improves
The already-plummeting costs of installing solar power could fall an additional 60 percent over the next decade, the head of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said Monday. IRENA director general Adnan Amin told Reuters that the organization expects an…
World’s Largest Coal Miner Launches 200 Megawatt Solar Power Tender
The solar blitzkrieg in India has now attracted the world’s largest coal miner as well. Earlier this month, Solar Energy Corporation of India issued a tender on behalf of Coal India Limited for setting up two solar power projects of…
Still No Takers For One Of India’s Cheapest Solar Projects
Solairedirect, an international solar developer backed by French energy major Engie, is currently behind schedule for setting up a 250 megawatt solar power project in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh as there are no buyers identified for the power…
Clemson University Set To Test World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed an agreement with Clemson University in South Carolina to test the world’s most powerful wind turbine, a 9.5 megawatt wind turbine, helping to elevate the United States as one of the world’s leading testing…
Open Ocean Wind Farms Could Power the World
Two Californian scientists have worked out how to achieve a wind-powered world that provides the entire planet with wind energy without spoiling the view with turbines on every hilltop. The answer: take wind farming onto the high seas. The force…
51-Turbine Skookumchuck Wind Energy Project Moves Forward
Thurston County is requesting proposals for qualified firms to prepare a State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) for review of a planned 51-turbine wind-powered electrical generation project on 19,654-acres of land that straddles the Thurston and Lewis county boundary, less than…
TransCanada Selling Ontario Solar Power Holdings in Move Against Renewable Energy Trend
TransCanada Corp. is offloading its only solar power holdings in a $540-million deal as it moves against the industry trend of investing more in renewables. The company said Wednesday it was selling the eight facilities in Ontario with 76 megawatts…