Green Energy

The push for renewable energy is critical in addressing climate change, with wind power at the forefront. As the leading emitter of greenhouse gases, China has embarked on a transformative journey towards greener alternatives, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060. This ambitious goal is propelled by the rapid growth in wind power, driven by technological […]

WASHINGTON D.C. — Following is a statement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), on President Biden’s State of the Union address:  “Tonight, the president made clear that generating electricity from diversified energy sources is the only way we’ll be able to meet America’s increasing demand for electricity. “Last year, […]

Hawaii’s main utility is poised to radically revise how it compensates households for the power their batteries send to the grid, a move critics fear will stunt the potential for using that energy to prevent blackouts and hinder the state’s transition to 100% clean energy. Hawaiian Electric Co., which serves every island except Kauai, will […]

The energy transition is progressing, and photovoltaics (PV) is playing a key role in this. Enormous capacities are to be added over the next few decades. Experts expect several tens of terawatts by the middle of the century. That’s 10 to 25 solar modules for every person. The boom will provide clean, green energy. But […]

Solar accounted for most of the capacity the nation added to its electric grids last year. That feat marks the first time since World War II, when hydropower was booming, that a renewable power source has comprised more than half of the nation’s energy additions. “It’s really monumental,” said Shawn Rumery, senior director of research […]

South Korea-based Standard Energy has developed a battery with just 1% degradation after 20,000 testing cycles. The company uses vanadium-ion batteries (ViB). It showcased the ViB at the recent Smart Energy Week in Tokyo. The company’s chief project and marketing officer, Gyucheol Lee, said that 10 years ago, the company was developing vanadium-redox flow batteries. […]

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. A movement is afoot to block utility-scale renewable energy development across the US, even though the cost of wind and solar power is cheaper than electricity from other sources in many areas. Energy analysts worry that the movement is accelerating, despite the impact on ratepayer […]

A breakthrough in sodium-ion battery technology could soon lead to a solution for grid-level energy storage. Nanowerk reported on a January study published in Advanced Functional Materials in which Harvard University’s Dr. Xingcai Zhang and a team of researchers used tea leaf waste to create an affordable and sustainable sodium-ion battery anode. The outlet cited […]

Rooftop solar is Australia’s cheapest source of electricity. The consumer can get electricity from rooftop solar at less than a fifth of the average cost per kwh of buying it from a retailer. Unsurprisingly, rooftop solar output is growing fast. In 2022, one-in-three homes had solar panels. Total rooftop solar capacity exceeded 30 gigawatts, compared […]

From concerns about financing to potential impacts on the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale, developers of offshore wind projects had to navigate some rough waters in 2023. That stormy weather included efforts by companies to renegotiate their contracts with utilities due to rising construction costs, higher inflation and supply chain disruptions, and the war […]