Results for: solar

August 14 2015

Latin America’s Hottest Renewables Market Gets Government Boost

Developers led by SunEdison Inc. and Enel Green Power SpA invested $2 billion in Chile’s clean-energy industry in the first half of the year, more than double the pace of the same period a year ago, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

August 13 2015

The Direction of Japan’s Post-Fukushima Energy Policy: Q&A

Has clean energy gained ground?

August 11 2015

Daiwa Lease Completes Floating Solar Power Plant in West Japan

The facility has more than 4,000 panels supplied by Jinko Solar Co. floating on a reservoir, Daiwa Lease said in a statement Tuesday.

August 5 2015

Democrats’ Walkout Fails to Stop Measure Blocking Climate Rules

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James Inhofe corralled Republicans from his committee Wednesday to meet off the Senate floor, and they approved the bill without Democratic support. The measure had been introduced by West Virginia’s Shelley Moore Capito.

August 4 2015

Why the Group Most Affected by Obama Power Plan Doesn’t Hate It

You wouldn’t know it to hear from the power producers themselves.

August 3 2015

Obama’s Climate Push Sets Up Battle Reminiscent of Obamacare

“No challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations than a changing climate,” Obama said at a White House ceremony Monday. “We’re the first generation to feel the effects of climate change, and the last generation that can do something about it.”

August 3 2015

Obama’s Carbon Rules Press Other Nations Before Paris Talks

Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency on Monday will finalize measures that force states and utilities to use less coal and more wind power, solar and natural gas. The plan, estimated to cost $8.4 billion, is expected to go into effect in the next month or two but is likely to face a legal challenge that could stall its implementation.

August 2 2015

Obama’s Climate Legacy Takes Shape With Move on Power Plants

The Environmental Protection Agency will finalize measures that promise to upend a century of electrical power generation, as it prods states and utilities to use less coal and more wind, solar and natural gas. The plan, estimated to cost $8.4 billion, is among the most complex in agency history and is expected to face a series of contentious legal challenges from states and coal producers.

July 31 2015

Orix Starts Building 4 Solar Power Stations in Western Japan

The plants will each have a capacity ranging between 4 megawatts and 12 megawatts, Orix said in a statement Friday. In total, the projects will have combined capacity of 25 megawatts.

July 31 2015

Sharp Has Loss at Energy Business as Solar Boom Falters

The operating loss was 3.9 billion yen ($31 million) in the three months ended June 30, compared with profit of 100 million yen a year ago, Osaka-based Sharp said in a statement.