Results for: solar

September 28 2017

Tesla Is Sending Battery Packs to Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico

Dana Hull for Bloomberg Markets Tesla Inc. is sending to Puerto Rico hundreds of its Powerwall battery systems that can be paired with solar panels in an effort to help the battered island territory restore electric power, the company said Thursday. Some of the systems are already there and others are en route. The equipment is […]

September 27 2017

Liebreich: In Energy and Transportation, Stick it to the Orthodoxy!

By Michael Liebreich Chairman of the Advisory Board Bloomberg New Energy Finance Those of you who attended this month’s Bloomberg New Energy Finance EMEA Summit in London will have witnessed “Breaking Clean”, the last of my State of the Industry keynotes. These seem to have become something of an institution: there have been 14 of […]

September 27 2017

Vivint Jumps After Analyst Says It’s Beneath `Liquidation Value’

Vivint Solar Inc. rose the most in nearly a month after Guggenheim Partners said the Blackstone Group LP-backed rooftop company is trading below it’s “liquidation value.” While she doesn’t expect Vivint to break up, Sophie Karp, a New York-based analyst at Guggenheim, found it a worthwhile metric to quantify the “valuation floor,” according to a research […]

September 26 2017

Would Scrapping U.S. Subsidies for Renewable Energy Revive Coal?

Tim Loh If federal subsidies for renewables get phased out, will U.S. coal stage a comeback? In other words, will wind and solar get crowded out? That was the question posed by one industry veteran at the Platts Coal Marketing Days conference in Pittsburgh on Tuesday and here’s how a panel of experts responded: Eric […]

September 26 2017

New Energy Pioneers: Thermondo

  Heating change fast & easy Founded: 2012 CEO: Philipp Pausder HQ: Germany   What does Thermondo do? Thermondo upgrades home heating systems. They have not only digitized the processes of heating retrofitting, allowing customers to get their new heating systems delivered faster and at a lower price, but also decreased household emissions. How are they disrupting their […]

September 25 2017

EU Power Generators Warn Plan to Cut Use of Coal May Backfire

A group representing power generators across the European Union warned that the bloc’s plans to limit the use of coal may backfire, encouraging utilities to seek returns on new fossil-fuel plants instead of putting money into clean energy. European Commission is considering a law that would effectively block many coal-fired plants from getting support payments under the […]

September 24 2017

Want Free Parking? Drive an Electric Car in Dubai

Dubai, with its 14-lane highways and car-dependent residents, will provide free parking and toll-free driving to encourage motorists to shift to electric cars as a way of cutting carbon emissions in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates. The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority aims to have 32,000 electric cars on local roads by 2020 and 42,000 by 2030, Chief […]

September 22 2017

Imposing Solar Tariffs May Cost U.S. Taxpayers $1.23 Billion

Chris Martin Imposing tariffs on solar components imported into the U.S. will drive up prices for solar developers. It could also cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $1.23 billion. The U.S. offers incentives to encourage people to use clean energy, paying owners of solar-power systems a tax credit equal to 30 percent of the total […]

September 22 2017

Free-Trade Deals May Soften Tariffs on Solar Panels

U.S. free-trade deals with Canada and other countries may soften the impact of tariffs on imported solar panels now that Suniva Inc. has convinced the government it was hobbled by foreign competition. The U.S. International Trade Commission voted 4-0 Friday in favor of a complaint filed by the bankrupt solar manufacturer, which is seeking duties that would […]

September 22 2017

Nuclear Experts Head to China to Test Experimental Reactors

China is becoming the testing ground for a new breed of nuclear power stations designed to be safer and cheaper, as scientists from the U.S. and other Western nations find it difficult to raise enough money to build experimental plants at home. China National Nuclear Power Co. this month announced a joint venture to build […]