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February obliterated global heat records, NASA confirms
February was Earth's most unusually warm month on record, blowing away the record that had been set just one month prior.
The new findings, contained in preliminary data released Saturday by NASA and backed up by information from other research groups, show that the combination of a record strong El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean and ( Read more... ) -
The world's first solar-powered airport is no longer paying for electricity
Last year, we brought you news of the first airport in the world to run on 100 percent solar energy, and now Cochin International Airport in southern India has hit a major milestone: it's stopped paying for its electricity altogether, from reports of solar market research and actually contributes energy back to the grid thanks to the tens of ( Read more... ) -
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2016
Renewable Energy Investments: Major Milestones Reached, New World Record Set
According to UNEP's 10th "Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2016", prepared by the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Bloomberg ( Read more... ) -
The world's first solar-powered airport is no longer paying for electricity
Last year, we brought you news of the first airport in the world to run on 100 percent #solar energy, and now Cochin International Airport in southern India has hit a major milestone: it's stopped paying for its electricity altogether, and actually contributes energy back to the grid thanks to the tens of thousands of solar panels spread across the ( Read more... ) -
SEIA: 2015 is just the beginning of America’s solar boom; Capacity to quadruple to nearly 100 GW by
2015 will go down as a banner year for solar energy, SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch, sums up in the U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA; Washington, D.C.) blog.
SEIA expects new U.S. solar installations to reach a record-breaking 7.4 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2014. “And yet, the 2015 record is already looking like a distant ( Read more... ) -
GTM Research: Grid-scale energy storage balance of systems costs will decline 41% by 2020
Today, grid-scale #energy storage balance of system (BOS) costs average USD 670 per kilowatt. These costs include hardware like inverters and containers, soft costs like customer acquisition and interconnection, and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) expenses.
According to the latest report from GTM Research (Boston, Mass., US) “Grid- ( Read more... ) -
Corporate Solar Funding = $25.3 Billion In 2015
According to a report from Mercom Capital Group, the amount of global corporate funding in the solar sector in 2015 was $25.3 billion. This figure was down slightly from $26.5 billion in 2014. Some of funding sources were: debt financing, public market financing, yieldcos, and venture capital/private equity (VC).
“Overall it was a good year for the ( Read more... ) -
US Coal Production Falls To Lowest Levels Since 1986
The US has seen its coal production levels fall to their lowest levels since 1986, dropping 10% in 2015 as part of a longer downward-trend.
Figures published by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) earlier this month show that coal production has continued to decline since 2008, and in 2015 only reached (an expected) 900 million short tons ( Read more... ) -
Printable Solar Panels May Be Coming to a Device Near You
The future of power is just a step away.
Australian scientists claim they are extremely close to having printable #solar panels available for market.
Scientists from Australia's national science agency, known as CSIRO, along with two Australian universities, Melbourne and Monash, have been developing the power cells which are printed on plastic as ( Read more... ) -
Fresh Climate Data Confirms 2015 Is Unlike Any Other Year in Human History
Over the past few days, a bevy of climate data has come together to tell a familiar yet shocking story: Humans have profoundly altered the planet’s life-support system, with 2015 increasingly likely to be an exclamation point on recent trends.
On Monday, scientists at Britain’s national weather service, the Met Office, said our planet will finish ( Read more... )