Supportive policy in China, North America and Europe has led to rapid development of public and residential electric vehicle charging markets. As electric vehicles climb to 13.8 percent of new vehicle sales globally by 2030, these regions will see their EV charger markets grow as well. From a...
Read MoreThe head of SoftBank's renewable energy subsidiary, SB Energy Global, says his firm is committed to growing its presence in international clean energy markets despite ongoing financial struggles at the parent company — and new ones stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. "SoftBank is not exiting the solar...
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Australia based Neometals and India’s Manikaran Power—which announced their collaboration on India’s first lithium refinery last year—have also doubled the proposed refinery capacity to 20,000 tonnes per annum of lithium hydroxide.Having announced their collaboration last year, Neometals, an Australian company with an interest in the...
Read MoreThe American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is holding its first virtual conference, SOLAR 20/20: Renewable Energy Vision, June 24-25, 2020. Originally set in Washington D.C., participants will now be joining virtually and engaging in important discussions on policy, technological advances, finance, storage, grid interconnectivity, community...
Read MoreThe Department of Commerce will investigate potential tariffs on steel components used in electrical transformers, equipment that is used in the transport of all types of electric generation. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday that the department aims to determine whether the import of those goods...
Read MoreThe Renewable Energy Policy Pathways Report, released from the REBA Institute, finds that expanding competitive supply options appears to have the greatest technical potential to provide the fastest and most cost-effective path to increase customer renewable energy access. In addition, the expansion of utility subscription programs...
Read MoreThe rescheduled Midwest Solar Expo will return for its seventh year on June 15-17, 2020, as the solar industry’s first ever fully-immersive 3D virtual conference, becoming one of the world’s first B2B conferences to leverage event technology which captures the same conference experience as a live...
Read MoreVestas, the world’s leading manufacturer of wind turbines, posted an operating loss for its first quarter of 2020 on Tuesday — but that doesn't tell the full story, with nearly every other metric looking positive. Costs, largely attributable to the indirect impact of coronavirus, dragged on what otherwise...
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While the solar and storage pairing is still relatively new, the growth over the next five years will be significant globally. As against just 5% in 2019, by 2025 more than 25% of all behind-the-meter solar systems will be paired with storage.Renewable energy is growing...
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India Ratings says the power demand declined for March and April 2020, taking a hit on generation from thermal sources as renewables continued to enjoy ‘must run’ status.After signs of improvement over November 2019-February 2020, the all-India energy demand in March 2020 decreased 8.9% year-on-year...
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