Results for: solar

October 13 2017

Canada Wants to Solve U.S. Nuclear Problems With Faraway Dams

Written by Joe Ryan and Jim Polson. This article first appeared in Bloomberg Markets.  The key to replacing aging nuclear plants in the U.S. Northeast may lie 1,000 miles away, along a remote river tumbling through the Canadian wilderness. In boreal forests above the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Hydro-Quebec is building a series of dams […]

October 12 2017

How to Turn Trash Into Energy in 12 Hours

Written by Jess Shankleman. This article first appeared in Bloomberg Technology.  The U.K. might soon be powering its lights with energy that comes from the trash. A Danish energy company is working on new machines that sort household trash from recycling, while rapidly breaking down organic materials like food to create power from biogas produced by […]

October 11 2017

China Gobbles Amazon Rainforest Ore to Clean Its Polluted Skies

Written by R.T. Watson. This article first appeared in Bloomberg News. A bid by China to clean up pollution in its biggest cities and industrial towns is fueling a push to mine resource riches on the other side of the globe in the Amazon rainforest — one of the most environmentally sensitive areas on Earth. […]

October 11 2017

Wind and Solar’s Future Depends on Taxes, Not Clean Power Plan

Written by Joe Ryan, Brian Eckhouse and Ari Natter. This article first appeared on Bloomberg Technology.  The Trump administration’s decision to end the Clean Power Plan may be deeply symbolic, but the battle that matters most for renewable energy will be over taxes. Wind and solar have been the fastest growing sources of electricity in the […]

October 11 2017

Killing Obama’s Power Plan Hasn’t Stopped the Renewable Boom Yet

Written by Mark Chediak. This article first appeared in Bloomberg Markets.  For a look at what the death of the Clean Power Plan means for renewable energy, consider this: Since President Donald Trump signed the order to roll back the emissions-curbing rule, almost $30 billion has been spent on solar and wind projects. In the third […]

October 10 2017

New Energy Pioneers: Sunna Design

Smart Solar Streetlights Founded: 2011 CEO: Thomas Samuel HQ: France   What does Sunna Design do? Sunna is the only company in the crowded and commoditised solar street lighting market that has successfully combined public street lighting with pay-as-you-go energy services for rural households consumers in the vicinity of the streetlight. It has proved after 5 years and […]

October 10 2017

Japan’s Hydrogen Goals Need More Than Panasonic Fuel Cells

This article first appeared on the BNEF mobile app and the Bloomberg Terminal. Japan’s residential fuel cell installed base: 220,000 units Japan’s 2020 residential fuel cell target: 1.4 million units Japan residential fuel cell cumulative installations Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Note: Years are Japanese fiscal year running from April through March. ‘Expected’ represents BNEF’s […]

October 10 2017

Green Power a Victim of Own Success in Australia as Costs Plunge

Written by Perry Williams. This article first appeared in Bloomberg Technology.     Plummeting costs for renewable energy in Australia may tilt the government toward scrapping subsidies designed to encourage use of the technology. A sharp decline in the cost of solar and wind power has raised the prospect of ending the incentives as renewables are […]

October 6 2017

Hydropower-Focused Brookfield Sees More Sunshine in Future

Written by Brian Eckhouse. This article first appeared in Bloomberg News.  Brookfield Asset Management Inc., the owner of just a half-megawatt of solar power, is going all in on sunshine. Eight months after agreeing to acquire almost 4 gigawatts of solar and wind power from fallen clean-energy giant SunEdison Inc., Brookfield is now said to […]

October 6 2017

Proposed U.S. Solar Tariff Is a ‘Farce,’ Sunrun Chairman Says

Written by Brian Eckhouse and Mark Chediak. This article first appeared in Bloomberg News.  For those on Wall Street who thought a controversial proposed tariff on solar panels might indirectly benefit Sunrun Inc., Ed Fenster just burst your bubble. “There are definitely no benefits to us,” Fenster, the national rooftop solar installer’s chairman, said in an […]