New Storage Technologies Open Doors For Wind And Solar On April 30, 2015, Tesla Motors unveiled its Powerwall and Powerpack lithium ion batteries for homes and utility-scale applications, which could facilitate an increased role for wind and solar energy resources that have so far been limited by a need for storage options to address the … Continue reading New Storage Technologies Open Doors For Wind And Solar→
Hawaii Commits to 100% Renewable Energy — and Needs This Company’s Help …..The recently passed bill actually buys Hawaii more time to meet its goals. The previous Hawaii Electric Plan set a 70% renewable target by 2030, while House Bill 623 doesn’t expect the 70% threshold to be met until 2040. Of course, that means … Continue reading Hawaii Commits to 100% Renewable Energy — and Needs This Company’s Help→
NextEra ‘bullish’ on US non-utility RE market NextEra Energy, the largest US solar and wind power generator, has identified non-utility buyers of renewable energy as a “big piece of our business over the next three to five years,” says Mike O’Sullivan, senior vice president of development. “I’m bullish about it. I would be very surprised … Continue reading #NextEra ‘bullish’ on US non-utility RE market→
The Navy Yard sets off toward its own ‘smart-grid’ power network Behind the scenes at the Navy Yard, with its new corporate headquarters and restored 70-year-old buildings, another transformation is taking place that is largely invisible to the public, but that could have far-reaching implications. Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp., the agency redeveloping the Navy Yard, … Continue reading The Navy Yard sets off toward its own ‘smart-grid’ power network→
Why Energy in 2025 Will Be Almost Unrecognizable In 2005, who would have thought that by 2015 the U.S. would be nearly independent of oil outside of North America, an electric vehicle would have won Motor Trend’s Car of the Year, and solar energy would be one of the fastest growing forms of new energy … Continue reading Why Energy in 2025 Will Be Almost Unrecognizable→
Scientists Find Breakthrough Technique To Harvest Solar Energy But They Still Have A Problem One major obstacle to harnessing the true potentials of the sun’s energy is that there is no efficient means of harvesting and storing it. A breakthrough made by University of Copenhagen student Anders Bo Skov, however, could pave way for scientists … Continue reading Scientists Find Breakthrough Technique To Harvest Solar Energy But They Still Have A Problem→
The World’s First Solar Road Is Producing More Energy Than Expected In its first six months of existence, the world’s first solar road is performing even better than developers thought. The road, which opened in the Netherlands in November of last year, has produced more than 3,000 kilowatt-hours of energy — enough to power a … Continue reading The World’s First Solar Road Is Producing More Energy Than Expected→
Southern California Edison could hike electricity rates If you don’t use much electricity, get ready to start paying more. If you use a lot of electricity, get ready to start paying less. That’s the gist of a proposed decision released last week by officials at the California Public Utilities Commission, who largely endorsed a utility … Continue reading #Southern_California_Edison could hike electricity rates→
How your next home might run off a battery ROCKVILLE, Md. — The future of home energy sits in Josh and Susan Fried’s basement near shelves of old tools and canned soup, an unadorned box the size of a wine cooler filled with a dozen silent batteries. Annoyed by blackouts, the retired dentist and his … Continue reading How your next home might run off a battery→
NextEra Energy: Solar Ambitions Are A Major Boon For The Company NextEra Energy operates a sizable distributed solar generation segment, although the vast majority of the company’s profits still come from other forms of energy generation. Regardless, the company’s distributed solar segment will likely play a much larger role in its overall business operations moving … Continue reading NextEra Energy: Solar Ambitions Are A Major Boon For The Company→
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