Results for: solar

February 22 2016

Japan Clean-Energy Panel Proposes 11% Solar Tariff Cut in 2016

Solar tariffs for approved applications could be cut to 24 yen (21 cents) per kilowatt hour from the current rate of 27 yen for the fiscal year beginning April 1, according to a proposal presented on Monday by the panel in charge of reviewing Japan’s clean-energy-incentive program.

February 18 2016

Japan Solar Installations to Peak This Year at 14.3GW, BNEF Says

The country’s solar market has been growing steadily thanks to the country’s incentive program for clean energy introduced in July 2012. Japan installed 7.1 gigawatts and 10.3 gigawatts in 2013 and 2014, respectively. The country also added as much as 12.3 gigawatts last year, according to estimates by BNEF.

February 17 2016

Scalia Vacancy Boosts Prospects for Obama’s Carbon-Cutting Plan

“The math changes completely,” said FBR Capital Markets analyst Benjamin Salisbury.

February 11 2016

States Urged to Work on Carbon Plan That Supreme Court Halted

"We will still continue to work with the states on a voluntary basis that want to move forward with us and continue to provide tools and outreach," Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy told lawmakers Thursday. "We clearly understand that the courts will be winding through the process of looking at that rule. We will respect that, but in the meantime we are going to continue to address greenhouse gases."

February 10 2016

Courtroom Setback Puts Pressure on Obama’s Other Climate Efforts

"The Clean Power Plan is one way to get there, but it’s not the only way," Mary Anne Hitt, director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, said in a telephone interview.

February 9 2016

Obama’s Clean-Power Plan Put on Hold by U.S. Supreme Court

The 5-4 order Tuesday halts the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan until at least the final months of Obama’s presidency -- and casts doubt on its ultimate fate before the nation’s highest court by suggesting concern among a majority of the justices.

February 4 2016

Factbook: A Landmark Year for US Energy Evolution

Clean energy, natural gas consumption and energy efficiency rise, as coal burn and CO2 emissions fall and power prices stay flat in watershed 2015, new study finds WASHINGTON, D.C. – New energy technologies in the US made further critical advances and locked in long-term gains in 2015, according to a new study from Bloomberg New […]

February 4 2016

Clean-Power Revolution Eclipsing Fossil Fuels on U.S. Grid

Developers installed 16 gigawatts of clean energy in 2015, or 68 percent of all new capacity, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said in its Sustainable Energy in America Factbook released Thursday with the Business Council for Sustainable Energy. That was the second straight year that clean power eclipsed fossil fuels.

February 4 2016

Sustainable Energy in America 2016 Factbook

OVERVIEW To download the full report in pdf, click here. Now in its fourth year, the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook series documents the revolution transforming how the US produces, delivers, and consumes energy. The 2016 Factbook provides an update through the end of 2015, highlighting a number of key developments that occurred as the long-term transformation […]

January 29 2016

Kyocera Cuts Full-Year Profit Forecast as China’s Economy Slows

Sales for the 12 months ending March 31 will probably total 1.48 trillion yen ($12 billion), compared with an October forecast of 1.53 trillion yen, the Kyoto-based company said in a statement. Full-year operating profit forecast was cut to 85 billion yen from 110 billion yen expected in October.