Despite demand fluctuations, Wood Mackenzie says the global supply chain of wind turbines will spend approximately $600 billion by the end of 2028. According to new analysis the energy consultancy group, annual average wind turbine [Read more]
By Perry Lindstrom This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 17, 2020. As part of its most recent Annual Energy Outlook, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) conducted three alternative policy [Read more]
Approximately $2.1 billion in cumulative disclosed corporate-level investment was deployed into off-grid energy access markets between 2010 and 2019, according to consultancy firm, Wood Mackenzie. Currently, about 420 million people now use standalone off-grid solar [Read more]
By Katherine Antonio, David Fritsch, Michael Scott This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 7, 2020. Despite projected growth in natural gas and renewable energy use to generate electricity through [Read more]
Calgary’s Greengate Power Corporation and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) announced on Monday their agreement to further fund the $500 million Travers Solar project. The funding will go towards development and construction of the Travers Solar [Read more]
Solar power system prices will fall over the next decade, thanks to advances in module efficiency, manufacturing, labour practices and software, according to a report by Wood Mackenzie. The consultancy firm says the 2020s will [Read more]
By Michael Waldron, Lucila Arboleya This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Nov. 1, 2019. The financing gaps and opportunities differ starkly by scenario. Under today’s policy settings, the region’s investment needs [Read more]
By Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency Division, and David Shipworth, Chair of UsersTCP. This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Oct. 31, 2019. The choices made by individuals are having a significant effect [Read more]
By Isabelle Turcotte This article was published by Pembina Institute on Oct. 9. 2019. Warnings on the urgency with which we need to act to avoid the worst impacts of climate change are multiplying. A 2019 report found [Read more]
By Richard Bowers This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 26, 2019. As of the end of 2018, 29 states and the District of Columbia had adopted renewable portfolio standards (RPS), polices [Read more]
By Bill Sanchez This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 5, 2019. In 2018, US utility-scale electricity generation facilities consumed nearly 39 quadrillion British thermal units(quads) of energy to provide [Read more]
By Abagail Anderson, Richard Bowers This article was published by the United States Energy Information Administration on July 31, 2019. As of the beginning of 2019, 41 states had at least one installed wind turbine. [Read more]
By Slade Johnson and Kien Chau This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 26, 2019. Between 2010 and the first quarter of 2019, U.S. power companies announced the retirement of [Read more]
The truth is: if we care about Alberta’s energy industry and the people who work in it, everyone needs to start working together. Polarization, spurious accusations, and name-calling will not make new energy projects move [Read more]
Battery storage is attractive to power generators as it leads to higher overall utilization of power system assets. This translates into a lower risk of overcapacity and higher average revenues. Shutterstock photo. Battery storage systems [Read more]
According to the US Energy Information Administration, wind, natural gas and solar will make up the bulk of new utility-scale electric generating capacity additions. Repower photo by Jan Oelker. Wind to account for 46% of US [Read more] [Read more]
30% increase in solar PV module cost raises total installed costs by about 10% The timing and magnitude of adding wind- and solar-powered electricity generators to the U.S. grid are sensitive to federal policies, especially federal [Read more]
In 2014, large-scale solar PV systems generated 15 million MWh, and small-scale PV systems generated 11 million MWh Electricity generation from solar resources in the United States reached 77 million megawatthours (MWh) in 2017, surpassing [Read more]
Almost all growth in use of off-grid power has occurred in last 5 years New data from IRENA shows that about 115 million people worldwide currently rely on the basic energy services provided by solar lights, [Read more]
475 MW of capacity that came online in Feb., 81% was wind, 16% solar photovoltaic, and remaining 3% hydro and biomass The U.S Energy Information Administration(EIA) expects nearly 32 gigawatts (GW) of new electric generating [Read more]
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