U.K. business Roof Tiles Technology Ltd has developed a solar tile with a claimed efficiency of 17.5% and power output of 175 W per square meter. The company’s founder, Antonio Lanzoni, said a PV system featuring the product would cost 25-30% more than a standard...
Read MoreGia Schneider and her brother Abe started Natel Energy based on a hydropower turbine their father designed. And after more than a decade of R&D, pilots, software development and a project for Apple, Natel is preparing for the next level of scale. “Our objectives have actually...
Read MoreA court this week again rebuffed the Trump administration's efforts to put tariffs on imported bifacial solar modules. A Wednesday ruling from the United States Court of International Trade means the federal government must continue to allow bifacial solar panels to enter the U.S. duty-free, despite...
Read MoreCommunity Energy today announced a deal with Big Rivers Electric Corporation creating 100 MW of new solar power in western Kentucky. Under two 20-year PPAs, Big Rivers will buy 100% of the output of two new solar farms under development by Community Energy. Located in...
Read MoreExcelsior Energy Capital, an independent North American renewable energy investor, and Unico Solar Investors, a solar energy systems developer and investor, are closing on a long-term programmatic joint-venture partnership to build, own and operate a 250-MW pipeline of commercial and industrial solar projects located across...
Read MoreThe U.S. Treasury Department released guidance Wednesday that offers onshore wind and solar projects more time to meet tax credit deadlines, an acknowledgment of the challenges brought by the coronavirus lockdown. Wind was the big winner: Onshore projects that started construction in 2016 and 2017 will...
Read MoreAmerican Electric Power has secured enough state regulator approvals to move ahead with a 1,485-megawatt wind power project in Oklahoma — even if Texas regulators end up denying its plans. AEP announced on Wednesday that it has received approvals from Louisiana and Arkansas regulators that will allow its $2...
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The U.S. got more energy from renewables in 2019 than it did from coal, a year sooner than that same milestone is expected for the electricity sector on its own, according to the Energy Information Administration. Last year the U.S. consumed 11.3 quadrillion British thermal units...
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Greed is good. At least, it’s good for decarbonization. This week on The Interchange podcast, we have a new edition of the fantasy decarbonization draft — this one focused on acquiring and restructuring public companies. We’re joining the ranks of corporate raiders like Carl Icahn, T. Boone...
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