Results for: solar

January 22 2018

Corporations Purchased Record Amounts of Clean Power in 2017

Despite looming policy uncertainty in the two most active markets, corporations globally purchased 5.4 gigawatts of clean power through long-term contracts, surpassing 2015’s record. London, Washington D.C. and Hong Kong, January 22, 2018 – Corporations signed a record volume of power purchase agreements, or PPAs, for green energy in 2017. The increase in activity was […]

January 22 2018

U.S. Solar Has a $1.5 Billion, Long-Shot Plan to End a Trade War

While President Donald Trump prepares to announce his decision on new solar panel import tariffs, the U.S. industry is quietly trying to broker a sweeping deal to settle a different trade dispute with China involving an estimated $1.5 billion held by Washington. Since 2012, the U.S. has been collecting duties on panels imported from China. […]

January 19 2018

Saudis Have Their Eyes Set on Latin America in a Big Clean-Energy Push

Abdul Latif Jameel Co., a Saudi Arabian industrial group involved in everything from auto imports to real estate, is turning its attention to Latin America’s clean-energy market. The company is focusing on government-organized auctions, where developers vie for long-term contracts to sell power, according to Roberto de Diego Arozamena, chief executive officer at Abdul Latif Jameel’s […]

January 19 2018

Hurricanes, Floods Squeeze Insurance for Wind, Solar: 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. The risk of natural catastrophe could reduce the availability of insurance coverage for some renewable energy projects in the Caribbean and Southeast U.S., according to GCube Underwriting Ltd., which has insured around […]

January 16 2018

Runaway 53GW Solar Boom in China Pushed Global Clean Energy Investment Ahead in 2017

World clean energy investment totalled $333.5 billion last year, up 3% from 2016 and the second highest annual figure ever, taking cumulative investment since 2010 to $2.5 trillion.  London and New York, January 16, 2018 – An extraordinary boom in photovoltaic installations made 2017 a record year for China’s investment in clean energy. This over-shadowed […]

January 16 2018

The Force Is With Clean Energy: 10 Predictions for 2018

By Angus McCrone, Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance It’s January, so that means it’s time for BNEF to look forward in time – and try to predict what 2018 will hold for the clean transition in energy and transport. Luckily, there is a new Star Wars film out, and I have tracked down the […]

January 15 2018

Surging Power Bills Spark Rush for Household Solar in Australia

Australia, one of the world’s biggest users of rooftop solar panels, likely added the most new capacity on record last year as electricity users sought to ease escalating power bills. A preliminary estimate by Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator of 1.05 gigawatts installed last year would be a record for the country, the government body said in an emailed […]

January 9 2018

Tesla Powers Up New York Gigafactory Solar Roof Assembly Line

  Tesla Inc. has kicked off production of its long-awaited electricity-producing shingles that Elon Musk says will transform the rooftop solar industry. Manufacturing of the textured-glass tiles began last month at Tesla’s Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York, according to an emailed statement from the Palo Alto, California-based company on Tuesday. It comes about four […]

January 4 2018

China’s Rooftop Solar to Boom In 2018 With Deregulation

This article first appeared on the BNEF mobile app and the Bloomberg Terminal. Rooftop solar installations to reach 24 gigawatts in 2018 Rooftop solar 20% cheaper than regulated retail power China’s distributed solar, wind, gas generation capacity poised to grow Source: BNEF As part of ongoing electricity market deregulation, distribution-grid-connected (DGC) generators will be allowed […]

December 27 2017

Autonomous Cars Need Tougher Batteries, Lithium-Ion Pioneer Says

Battery makers must rethink their technology if predictions for a wave of self-driving vehicles pan out, according to one of the inventors of the lithium-ion battery. In addition to focusing on making batteries more powerful to extend the driving range of single-owner cars, manufacturers will also need to develop devices that can withstand the rigors […]