New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has issued aggressive targets for New York City electricity storage and solar capacity, totaling 100MWh of storage by 2020 and 1GW of solar … [Read full article]
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Indonesia To Add 5 GW Of Solar Capacity In 2 – 3 Years Offering FiTs
Plan on solar-powered electricity in Indonesia to grow markedly in the next few years using FiTs. As reported by SolarServer, the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources (ESDM) has issued … [Read full article]
Portugal Solar Impossible Without Subsidies Claims APREN
In spite of recent news from the government of Portugal stating solar subsidies are not needed to advance industry growth, José Manuel Medeiros Pinto, general secretary of the Portuguese Renewable Energy … [Read full article]
Solar Leads In Ukraine Renewable Energy Mix
Solar-powered electricity has claimed the biggest share in the renewable energy mix of Ukraine, closely trailed by wind energy production. As reported by pv-magazine, the total capacity of renewable energy … [Read full article]
Going Solar Together at a Temple, Mosque & Church
Originally published on EdenKeeper.org Interfaith solidarity in Malaysia’s culture is so strong it extends to providing free solar power, “regardless of creed or race.” A recent donation sees a Chinese … [Read full article]
Indonesia Solar Market Will Accelerate After Government Decree
When in Indonesia, add a government decree to the formula for boosting solar energy, and all things begin to look more attractive to clean electricity developers and investors. Until now, … [Read full article]
Solar First: Palestine Licenses West Bank Solar Power Plant
Palestine has licensed its first solar power plant in West Bank. According to pv-tech and Saur Energy International, the 5.7MW solar PV project represents the first utility-scale solar electricity project to … [Read full article]
Chile Passes Electricity Transmission Law Benefitting Solar
Chile has aggressively moved forward on an electricity transmission law which benefits solar, as well as other sources of energy. Following the Chilean Congress’s passage of a major electricity transmission … [Read full article]
Coal To Solar: Retraining Our Energy Workforce
As many celebrate the shuttering of coal-fired electricity generation facilities, a call for retraining this former energy workforce from coal to solar is opening the eyes of some. In a … [Read full article]
Ontario Now Accepting Micro-FiT Incentive Applications
Applications to the 2016 micro-FiT program in Ontario are now being accepted. As reported by pv-magazine, the Canadian province of Ontario would launch version 4.0 of its micro-FiT program, even … [Read full article]
Extension Request For Brazil Solar Farm Development Hits Roadblock?
According to Bloomberg, Brazil has rejected requests from developers seeking more time to complete the country’s first large-scale solar farms. Brazil’s energy regulator Aneel reportedly sent a statement to a group … [Read full article]
Chile Reports Excess Solar Electricity
Chile is reported to have an oversupply of solar electricity — so much it is said to be giving away free solar electricity. This is a problem many cloudier nations … [Read full article]
Metro de Santiago Boasts World’s First Solar-Powered Public Transit System
In an agreement announced this week by Total and SunPower, Chile’s Metro de Santiago is ready to feature the world’s first metro to run on solar electricity. The clean energy … [Read full article]