Energy storage is heralded as the critical technology that will make widespread adoption of renewable energy possible. Storage bottles sunlight, addressing a key drawback to solar energy — that it can’t provide electricity when the sun isn’t shining. Energy storage also cures additional utility ailments from grid resiliency to power smoothing. Due to a rise
A positive view of renewables from an oil publication In April, 2010, BP took the front page, and held it for months, as it struggled to plug the blowout on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico that would cough up 3 or 4 million barrels. The Deepwater Horizon disaster was a bitter reminder of
It looks like affordable home energy storage could finally be coming available in the UK Maturing and more affordable storage technology promises to “revolutionise” the UK solar PV market, according to a panel at today’s Solar Finance and Investment Conference. Ray Noble, consultant to the Renewable Energy Association, said that while some storage technologies were
This article argues that Australia has all the ingredients to be the world’s leading market on battery storage: Lots of solar, high prices, and a consumer base that is independent, cost conscious and distrustful of incumbents. It’s from Renew Economy. There is no doubt that Australia is going to be at the leading edge of
A solar powered rapid charger which can recharge an electric vehicle in 40 minutes has been installed in Dorset The unit at Poole Civic Centre is the first of its kind in the UK to be installed by a council as part of a government scheme. It draws its power from solar panels and is
Fossil industry faces a perfect political and technological storm The IMF says we can no longer afford the economic wastage of fossil fuels, turning the green energy debate upside down as world leaders plan a binding climate deal in Paris The political noose is tightening on the global fossil fuel industry. It is a fair
Even before she got behind her desk in Whitehall, Amber Rudd, the new energy secretary, was promising to “unleash a new solar revolution”. A million people now live in homes with solar panels on the roof, and she says that number needs to increase further. Yet the residents of one small town in Cornwall need
A new report shows that renewable energy investment in the United Kingdom hit a record high in 2014, with electricity generated from renewables increasing by 20% as well. In fact, in 2014, not only did renewable energy investment hit a record of £10.7 billion, but renewable jobs increased by 9% as well. Nevertheless, the authors
Up to 200,000 business and household customers in New South Wales face extended blackouts of up to a week, or even more, following the dramatic storms in the Sydney region and to its north. And the impact could have as galvanising an effect as Hurricane Sandy had on the New York region of the United
POMONA, Calif. — The future of American energy, according to one widely held view, will include solar panels and wind turbines continuing to proliferate, churning out ever more electricity and eventually eclipsing fossil fuels to help offset the forces of climate change. With the cost of renewable technologies falling sharply, that vision is starting to
