Photo: DongFang Electric Corporation Global wind turbine order intake reached new highs in H1 2024, with 91.2 gigawatts (GW) of activity, a 23% increase year-over-year, thanks to the Asia-Pacific region. Globally, investment by wind energy developers in H1 2024 totaled $42 billion, a 3% increase year-over-year, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. Much…

Photo: CGTN Global solar installations are set to beat most industry forecasts, with 593 gigawatts (GW) expected to be added by the end of 2024, according to a new report by energy think tank Ember. Global solar growth is beating industry projections This is a 29% increase compared to the previous year, maintaining strong growth…

Photo: Beam Offshore wind technology company Beam has deployed the world’s first AI-driven autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) – a breakthrough in offshore wind inspections. The cutting-edge tech was put to the test at Seagreen, Scotland’s largest offshore site, which is a joint project between SSE Renewables, TotalEnergies, and PTTEP. This new AI-driven autonomous underwater…

Solar power in New Mexico. (2023, December 24). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_New_Mexico A new International Energy Agency (IEA) report roadmaps how it’s feasible to triple renewables and double energy efficiency globally by 2030 “with the right enabling conditions.” At last year’s COP28 in Dubai, nearly 200 countries set ambitious goals to accelerate the transition away…

Photo: Enel North America Enel North America has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with food and beverage giant Tate & Lyle North America for clean power from Texas wind. The deal brings approximately 256,000 megawatt hours from Enel’s Ranchland Wind + Storage Plant in Texas to power all of Tate & Lyle’s…

Photo by Cindy Shebley on Pexels.com The Federal Reserve cut interest rates, and while it’s meant to support the broader economy, here’s how it helps homeowners go solar. Last week, the Fed cut interest rates by a half point, lowering the benchmark lending rate to 4.75-5.25%. Over the past few years, higher interest rates meant…

By MaltaGC - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59191707 The UK has marked a historic moment in its energy transition by shuttering the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in Nottinghamshire, its last remaining coal power plant. “This is the final chapter of a remarkably swift transition from the country that started the Industrial Revolution,” said Phil MacDonald,…

Greenlane, through a joint venture between Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), NextEra Energy Resources, and BlackRock, hosted a groundbreaking event at Greenlane’s flagship charging site in Colton, CA, on Sept. 9. The event marks the beginning of the construction of the company’s first commercial EV charging corridor, which will run from the Los Angeles to…

Photo: First Solar First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) inaugurated its new $1.1 billion fully vertically integrated thin-film solar factory in Lawrence County, Alabama.  The factory adds 3.5 gigawatts (GW) of fully vertically integrated nameplate solar manufacturing capacity to the US, and it’s expected to create over 800 jobs. The project was first announced in November 2022…

Blink Charging has entered into a strategic collaboration with Create Energy, a Tennessee-based renewable energy company, to deliver energy management products and solutions. Blink said this alliance will allow customers to integrate their energy assets through one centralized platform. According to the companies, this collaboration will offer…