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August 2 2018

World Reaches 1,000GW of Wind and Solar, Keeps Going

Bloomberg NEF data indicate that the world has attained the landmark figure of 1TW of wind and solar generation capacity installed. We estimate that the second terawatt of wind and solar will arrive by mid-2023 and cost 46% less than the first. New output from the BNEF database shows that there were 1,013GW of wind […]

July 30 2018

Distributed Systems Putting Power in Hands of Users: Q&A

By Richard Stubbe, Bloomberg New Energy Finance editor. This article first appeared on the Bloomberg Terminal. Distributed energy systems are part of the world’s ongoing energy shift, along with digitalization and decarbonization. They allow their owners and operators to put power into the grid, from microgrids or rooftop solar systems, as well as consuming it. […]

July 25 2018

Henbest: Power System Will Dance to Tune of Wind, Solar, Batteries

By Seb Henbest Lead author, New Energy Outlook Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Bloomberg NEF Are wind and solar projects just “badly behaved coal plants”? I ask because this perhaps best reflects the argument against the two main renewable energy technologies that critics have put forward in recent years. Yes, those skeptics admit, […]

July 23 2018

Here’s How One Family Office Bought a Wind Farm. Now You Can Too

This article is by Brian Eckhouse for Bloomberg Markets. It appeared first in Bloomberg Markets Special Report | Family Offices. After years of building an industrial real estate business in Puerto Rico, the older members of Raoul Slavin Juliá’s family were ready to sell their assets and retire. It was 2004, years before the island […]

July 16 2018

GE Uses AI to Increase Responsiveness of Thermal Power: Q&A

By Bryony Collins, Bloomberg New Energy Finance editorial team. This article first appeared on the Bloomberg Terminal and is available to BNEF clients on the web. General Electric said it is using artificial intelligence to make thermal power plants “more dynamic” and able to quickly respond to changes in the supply-demand balance on the U.S. grid. With […]

July 13 2018

Orlandi: Solar, Storage, and the Path to Achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

By Itamar Orlandi Head of Frontier Power Research Bloomberg NEF UN delegates are meeting this week in New York to take stock of progress towards the sustainable development goals. This year’s focus is on ensuring access to affordable and reliable energy, safe and resilient cities and water. Our recent report titled ‘Powering the Last Billion’ […]

July 9 2018

Solar Energy Investment Set to Fall in 2018, on Cutback in China and Lower Equipment Costs

However, overall clean energy investment was steady in the first half of the year, thanks to a strong second quarter for wind power investment, led by the U.S. and China. London and New York, July 9, 2018 – A mixed picture for global clean energy investment in 2018 is emerging, with dollar investment in […]

July 2 2018

ABB’s Jouret Seeing Positives as Vehicles Go Electric: Q&A

By Richard Stubbe, Bloomberg New Energy Finance editor. This article first appeared on the Bloomberg Terminal and is available to clients here. The electrification of transportation is already showing some surprising and positive results, according to Guido Jouret, chief digital officer for ABB Ltd. Chargers are getting better, buses are playing an important role, and batteries are […]

July 2 2018

China Remains Largest Country-source of Green Bonds, with $30 Billion Issuances in 2017

Chinese global issuance of green bonds declined 12% in 2017 compared to the previous year, according to data tracked and tagged by Bloomberg. Issuers continued to be large, state-owned financial institutions but participation is growing from corporations and municipalities. With monetary policy and lending rules expected to tighten across the Chinese economy in 2018, BNEF […]

June 29 2018

McCrone: Ugly Duckling of Clean Energy Has Chance to Make Splash

By Angus McCrone Senior Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance Jutting out into Dublin Bay is a peninsula where Ireland’s capital city puts some of its less lovely buildings. There is a water treatment works, a gas-fired generating plant and two faded red and white, 680-feet high chimneys from a former coal-fired power station – now, […]