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Bringing Reliable, Renewable Energy to the People of Puerto Rico
Courtesy of RMI.By Max Lainfiesta, Nathaniel Buescher, & Michael Liebman
Income inequality is palpable on the streets of the United States in cities and towns alike. On one block you may have neighborhoods with maintained…
Bidding war for Victoria’s transmission networks
A bidding war to buy AusNet and its Victorian electricity and gas assets has broken out between Canadian-headquartered Brookfield and Australia’s largest gas pipeline operator, APA Group. September 22, 2021 Bella PeacockJust 24 hours after…
Residential Energy Storage Market Is Projected to Reach USD 17.5 Billion by 2024
According to a recent market research report by MarketsandMarkets, the residential energy storage market is projected to reach USD 17.5 billion by 2024 from an estimated USD 6.3 billion in 2019, at a CAGR of 22.88% during the forecast…
Solar Rights Alliance Strives To “Save Rooftop Solar” In California
I recently wrote an article about the threat to rooftop solar net metering — and thus rooftop solar power growth — in California. Then, a few days later, one of our editors found and published “347 Organizations Sign Letter to Protect…
Potash mine to build wind, solar and battery micro-grid for most of its power needs
Potash Australia CEO Matt Shackleton said several alternative configurations for the microgrid were presented and assessed, and the configuration chosen will help deliver the “greenest” sulphate of potash (SOP) projects in Australia.More…
Suite of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles to enter Australian market following Warrego fanfare
Australian startup H2X is banking on bringing automotive manufacturing back to Australia with hydrogen. After its Warrego ute was met with startling fanfare last week, pv magazine Australia caught up with the company’s corporate affairs…
Diesel-Killing Locomotive Of The Future Runs On Solar Power
The creators of the solar-powered locomotive of the future were aiming to set a Guinness record for speed last weekend, and that is more than just your ordinary attention-getting stunt. Demonstrating the functionality of PV panels on rail…
Secrecy and high level splits: ‘coal-keeper’ uproar but expert says politics won’t stop the…
When the Energy Security Board was formed at the behest of Australia’s energy ministers in 2019, it was tasked with redesigning the country’s energy systems to transition away from fossil fuels to an infinitely more complicated…
Batteries Helping Build the Next Generation of Solar Use
In the 2020s solar power enjoys a dual status in the global energy market. It’s at once a technology available for mainstream use today, while also being widely regarded as the technology of the future. This dynamic may appear simple at…
Tesla Has Over 580 Patents, Reflecting Its Focus On Technology, Safety, & Innovation
Nikkei Asia has published an interesting read on Tesla’s patent numbers, which now number in the hundreds and cover a wide variety of topics. It seems like Tesla has a new patent for something every other day.
Nikkei conducted the study in…