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Balcony solar took off in Germany. Why not the US?

April 25, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on April 25, 2025. By Akielly Hu Raymond Ward wants to see solar panels draped over every balcony in the United States and doesn’t understand why that isn’t happening. [Read more]

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China’s solar capacity installations grew rapidly in 2024

April 22, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 22, 2025. By Katherine Antonio Utility-scale solar power capacity in China reached more than 880 gigawatts (GW) in 2024, according to China’s National Energy Administration. China [Read more]

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Chicago switches its 400+ City buildings to 100 per cent clean power

January 9, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 9, 2025. Eight years ago, the City of Chicago vowed to eventually run all its operations on carbon-free power. Now, it has fulfilled that promise, [Read more]

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Puerto Rico town celebrates ‘first-of-its-kind’ solar microgrid

March 20, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on March 16, 2023. By Joseph Winters Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, is celebrating a milestone this week as it completes the final phase in a project to boost its energy [Read more]

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As millions of solar panels age out, recyclers hope to cash in

March 20, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on March 18, 2023. By Jon Hurdle, Yale Environment 360 In Odessa, Texas, workers at a startup called SolarCycle unload trucks carrying end-of-life photovoltaic panels freshly picked from commercial [Read more]

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The world needs more diverse solar panel supply chains to ensure a secure transition to net zero emissions

July 11, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on July 7, 2022. Ensuring a secure transition to net zero emissions will require increased efforts to expand and diversify global production of solar panels whose [Read more]

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Renewables to account for most global generation increases, but coal use remains high

October 18, 2021 Energi Staff

By Kenneth Dubin This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 15, 2021. In the Reference case of our International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021), where we assume current laws and regulations continue into [Read more]

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World’s longest-operating solar thermal facility retiring most of its capacity

September 27, 2021 Energi Staff

By Singfoong “Cindy” Cheah This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 20, 2021.  The Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) facility in California’s Mojave Desert retired five of its solar plants [Read more]

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Renewables the second-most prevalent US electricity source in 2020

July 29, 2021 Energi Staff

By Mickey Francis This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 28, 2021. In 2020, renewable energy sources (including wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy) generated a record 834 billion kilowatthours (kWh) of [Read more]

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Renewables dominate future electric capacity additions

March 1, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Jan 20, 2021. Canada’s Energy Future 2020: Energy Supply and Projections to 2050 (EF2020) is the latest long-term energy outlook from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). [Read more]

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Smoke from California wildfires decreases solar generation

October 2, 2020 Energi Staff

By Stephen York This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 30, 2020. In the first two weeks of September 2020, average solar-powered electricity generation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), [Read more]

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Most of Hawaii’s electric battery storage systems paired with wind, solar power systems

March 20, 2020 Energi Staff

By Kien Chau This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 20, 2020. Nearly all of Hawaii’s utility-scale battery storage capacity is installed with onshore wind turbines or solar photovoltaic (PV) [Read more]

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Innisfail Solar to be Alberta’s first merchant solar project

October 30, 2019 Energi Staff

Last week, Elemental Energy announced it purchased the 25 MW Innisfail Solar Project located in Red Deer County.  By its forecast 2020 completion date, it will the the first merchant solar project in Alberta. “The [Read more]

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Pembina Institute says clean energy future cheaper than gas

October 17, 2019 Energi Staff

Research by Pembina Institute shows that when paired with battery storage and energy efficiency, electricity from solar and wind is capable of generating electricity with the same reliability and lower cost than gas plants. Pembina [Read more]

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Renewables will provide nearly half of world electricity by 2050: EIA

October 2, 2019 Energi Staff

By Michelle Bowman This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 2, 2019. In 2018, 28 per cent of global electricity was generated from renewable energy sources, most (96 per cent) [Read more]

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Policies critical to boosting renewables in energy mix

October 2, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Oct. 1, 2019. As the contributions of solar PV and wind power to electricity systems keep growing around the world, governments and industry must address [Read more]

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2019 renewable power capacity additions to hit double-digit growth

September 24, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Sept. 20, 2019.  After stalling last year, global capacity additions of renewable power are set to bounce back with double-digit growth in 2019, driven by [Read more]

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Travers Solar project approved, will power over 100K homes

August 28, 2019 Energi Staff

Greengate Power Corporation announced on Tuesday that it has received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission to construct and operate its $500 million Travers Solar project. Construction of the project located in Vulcan Country will [Read more]

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Canada solar power generation highly seasonal: NEB

February 20, 2019 Energi Staff

Canada solar power generation is highly seasonal, particularly in the north as the amount of sunlight hours can be radically different between winter and summer.  Getty Images/Bloomberg photo by James MacDonald. Canada solar power generation [Read more]

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Economics of Solar Power in Canada report issued by NEB

November 28, 2018 Energi Staff

The National Energy Board issued its Economics of Solar Power in Canada report which offers anyone considering solar power installations information on the financial costs of switching to the renewable energy source. Economics of Solar [Read more] [Read more]

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by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Oil finally has a competitor (electricity) Alberta already has a Plan A. It’s called the Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan. To understand how risky it is, you need to understand OPEC’s “Oil and Gas [Read more]

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