IRENA: Transition to Renewable Energy May Create an Entirely Different World
This week at the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), political and business leaders from around the world outlined the far-reaching geopolitical implications of an energy transformation driven by the rapid growth of renewable energy.
PG&E Likely Seeking Bankruptcy by Jan. 29
The San Francisco-based utility is under investigation for any role its equipment might have played in the deadly wildfires of late 2018, only one year after getting blamed for an earlier, devastating rash of blazes.
MidAmerican Energy’s New Utility-Scale Storage System Complete and Operating
This week, clean energy developer Invenergy said that it completed, in just four months, the construction of a 4-MWh battery storage system in Knoxville, Iowa for MidAmerican Energy. The system began commercial operation in December.
The POWERGEN Call for Abstracts is Open
Abstracts that include and guarantee utility participation are going to get higher consideration than those that do not.
Launch of Belgium’s Largest Onsite Energy Storage Battery
The largest energy storage battery of its kind in Belgium has been commissioned at a print binding works in Puurs.
Manufacturing Solar Modules with Solar Energy: One Company’s Vision
In July at Intersolar North America, Lee Zhenguo, President of LONGi Group laid out his “solar for solar” vision and explained how one day he believes solar will be so cheap that it will be used to help fix some of the monumental environmental issues that plague the world today.
Gas 'Peakers' Seeing New Life as Temps Increase and Renewables Fluctuate
Europe’s heat wave is hastening the rise of the “peaker,” a natural gas-fired power plant that can switch on and off quickly and runs only when there’s high demand.
Energy Absolute Plans Thai 'Gigafactory' to Seize Battery Storage Market
A Thai-based renewable energy technology company, Energy Absolute, plans to invest $3 billion in a battery 'gigafactory', hedging on Southeast Asia’s uptake of electric vehicles and smart grids.
Trump Officials Helped Edit ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Report to Boost Coal
Trump administration officials pushed to highlight the value of coal-fired power plants in a government report on the “bomb cyclone” that plunged the Eastern U.S. into single-digit temperatures last January.
Tesla Trauma Shows Lithium Market Needs to Chill
That’s certainly not what’s happening in the stocks of companies that produce the element used in rechargeable batteries and psychiatric medications. News this week that Tesla Inc. sent a memo to some suppliers asking them for payment rebates to help it become profitable shook shares in lithium miners.