Results for: solar

September 23 2019

Japan’s Solar Auction Shows Price Trumps Experience, Scale

Japan’s latest solar auction saw many of the winning bids consisting of small projects backed by bidders who aren’t necessarily established market players, showing that economies of scale don’t always work and experience may not be crucial in Japan.

September 13 2019

Bullard: T. Boone Pickens Saw How Fast Energy Markets Could Change

T. Boone Pickens, the legendary American oil entrepreneur who died this week at 91, was known for his aggressive corporate plays in the 1980s and the oil and gas investing strategies that earned (and sometimes lost) him billions since the 1990s. He also had a vision for America’s energy future. His 2008 Pickens Plan thoughtfully delineated which resources needed to flow, and where, to make the U.S. energy-independent.

September 6 2019

A Decade of Renewable Energy Investment, Led by Solar, Tops USD 2.5 Trillion

Global investment in new renewable energy capacity over this decade — 2010 to 2019 inclusive — is on course to hit USD 2.6 trillion, with more gigawatts of solar power capacity installed than any other generation technology.

August 6 2019

Solar Sails Unfurl in Bid to Make Shipping Green: Q&A

Arrays of solar sails affixed to the ships that carry global trade over the world’s oceans could be one of the answers to making the shipping industry cleaner and greener, according to Greg Atkinson, founder and chief technology officer of Eco Marine Power Co.

August 6 2019

Sustainable Finance Market Outlook 2H 2019

There was a 120% increase in social bond finance issued in 1H 2019 vs 1H 2018, according to our latest Outlook.

August 1 2019

Zindler: Time Running Short for Trump’s Anti-Climate Agenda

For those losing sleep during this stifling summer over the very real prospect of human extinction, here’s a sliver of good news: Despite numerous attempts, President Donald Trump has laid only a tiny glove on the U.S. low-carbon power and transportation industries thus far.

July 31 2019

Energy Storage Investments Boom As Battery Costs Halve in the Next Decade

BNEF’s annual Energy Storage Outlook revises up its forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, and sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale.

July 23 2019

BP Sees Electric Cars Charging 100% in 5 Mins by 2021: Q&A

BP Plc said it is focused on reducing the amount of time that drivers need to spend at refilling station forecourts, as the oil major expands its footprint in electric vehicle charging.

July 10 2019

World Clean Energy Investment Slips in 1H 2019, Despite Billion-Dollar Financings of Solar in Dubai and Offshore Wind in Taiwan

Hiatus in renewable energy project deals in mainland China pulls down global investment in clean energy by 14% to $117.6 billion in first half of 2019.

July 9 2019

Key to Limitless Power by 2030 Lies Within the Sun: Q&A

The ST40 fusion reactor built by U.K.-based Tokamak Energy Ltd., with its inner and outer vacuum chambers, “poloidal and toroidal” field coils and inner plasma, is designed to bring about the same process that fuels the sun – and point the way to the generation of clean, safe and abundant heat and power on Earth.