Results for: solar

August 25 2017

China’s Solar Appetite Eats Into India’s Clean Energy Effort

Indian solar projects banking on a continuous supply of ever-cheaper panels are now under threat as China’s appetite props up prices. The global spot market price for solar panels in the second quarter fell at the slowest pace since the three months ended in December 2015, according to data compiled by PVinsights. While the decline […]

August 24 2017

Batteries Can Cut Power Bills for 5 Million U.S. Businesses

More than a quarter of U.S. businesses could lower their monthly power bills if they installed batteries to reduce peak energy demand. Companies that have demand charges of at least $15 per kilowatt would benefit from installing battery systems, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Clean Energy Group found in a study of over 10,000 […]

August 24 2017

Trump’s Coal Push May Be the Disaster Insurance the Grid Doesn’t Need

If all hell breaks loose on the U.S. power grid — a terrorist blows up a key natural gas pipeline, say, in the midst of a frigid winter — how will Americans keep the lights on? The answer is coal, according to a growing collection of the industry’s leaders and lobbyists. Their pitch conveys an […]

August 24 2017

Comcast Solar Marketing Deal Prompts Partner Sunrun to Soar

Sunrun Inc., the residential solar company that’s boosting market-share, rose to a 52-week high Thursday after saying it will tap a partnership with the biggest U.S. cable-TV company to add new customers. Comcast Corp. and Sunrun agreed to a 40-month partnership after a trial showed that cable customers had interest in solar products, according to […]

August 24 2017

Largest Green-Bond Fund for Emerging Markets Nearing $2 Billion

The World Bank’s International Finance Corp. and European asset manager Amundi SA are targeting year-end to raise $2 billion for what is expected to be the world’s largest green-bond fund dedicated to emerging markets. The fund aims to marry the goals of investors seeking more high-yield opportunities and development banks seeking to expand the green […]

August 24 2017

U.S. Lays Groundwork for Saving Coal Plants With Grid Report

The Energy Department, in a long-anticipated report on the security of the U.S. electric grid, makes the case for rescuing the nation’s coal industry from widespread plant shutdowns, but stops short of an assault on renewable power that environmentalists had feared. The study, commissioned by Energy Secretary Rick Perry who has warned that policies favoring solar […]

August 24 2017

Why Energy Traders Got the Eclipse So Wrong

Grid operators and traders thought they were totally prepped for the historic U.S. solar eclipse. There was just this one thing they didn’t completely factor in: “irregular human-behavior patterns.” That’s the technical definition, from the folks who manage the electricity network at the Southwest Power Pool, for the conduct of millions of Americans who were outdoors […]

August 23 2017

Europeans Are Abandoning Their Utility Companies in Droves

Home energy use is finally exciting to people. Unfortunately for the traditional utilities, it’s not because of them. A combination of new technology and a push toward low-carbon energy has caused customers at Europe’s largest and most-established utilities to flee. The average annual rate of leavers is nearly 12 percent, more than double the rate […]

August 23 2017

Hanergy to Partner With Audi to Put Solar Cells on Car Roofs

Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd., the Chinese solar equipment maker whose shares were suspended more than two years ago after they lost almost half their market value in a single day, said its U.S. unit, Alta Devices Inc., will work with Audi AG to outfit the rooftops of select models from the German car maker […]

August 23 2017

Sungevity Brand Returns Via Solar Spectrum-Horizon Merger

Solar Spectrum, a clean-energy company backed by private equity firm Northern Pacific Group, bought residential system provider Horizon Solar Power. They will sit together under the Sungevity brand, the Oakland, California-based solar company that filed for bankruptcy in March. Terms weren’t disclosed in a statement Tuesday. Solar Spectrum in April bought assets from Sungevity. The merger […]