Articles by
Bernard Chabot
Renewables International: Renewable electricity in California in 2013
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Bernard Chabot
Bernard Chabot is back today with an update of his overview of power data from California for 2013 as a whole. The statistics are taken from CAISO, but you may find slightly different data elsewhere. For instance, the state considers wind power generated in places as far off as Wyoming and Alberta (Canada) and imported to the state towards the fulfillment of its RPS target.
Renewables International: Statistical overview German PV history 2000-2013
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Bernard Chabot
It's safe to say that Bernard Chabot has just put together the most comprehensive, detailed overview of Germany's PV market – still the largest in the world historically, though it fell to fourth place last year. Whether you want to know about system size (90 percent of German arrays are smaller than 30 kW) or the history of feed-in tariffs (which have dropped by 75 percent since 2004), you have come to the right place.
Renewables International: German renewables generate a terawatt-hour of wind power in two days
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Bernard Chabot
In a remarkable display of how renewable energy has come of age in Germany, renewables--primarily wind and biomass--generated one billion kWh in two days.
Renewables International: The full details on Japan’s feed-in tariffs
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Bernard Chabot
You may have already heard the news about Japan's first year of feed-in tariffs, but our Bernard Chabot was provided with the raw data in English straight from METI. Here, he shares them with you.
Solar Server: Germany meeting goals, controlling PV market by feed-in tariff reductions, “reform” unnecessary
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Bernard Chabot
Renewable Energy Consultant Bernard Chabot has published his latest analysis of the German solar photovoltaic (PV) market and policies, showing that PV market control is possible by carefully adjusting feed-in tariff rates.
The Art of Advanced Renewable Tariffs Systems (ARTs) Design: Some Lessons from Past and Ongoing Experiences
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Bernard Chabot
International energy policy consultant Bernard Chabot's detailed briefing on how to define a targeted fair and sufficiently attractive profitability for investors through Feed-in Tariffs using the Profitability Index Method (PIM).
Renewables International: German wind + solar push power prices way down on Sunday
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Bernard Chabot
Based on our best estimate, Germany managed to get 34 percent of its electricity from wind and solar over a 24-hour period on Sunday – measured in gigawatt-hours, not gigawatts. Prices on the exchange were quite negative.
Renewables International: How Wind and Solar PV Production Complement Each Other from Winter to Summer and How to Improve this Advantage? Analysis and Conclusions for France and Germany
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Bernard Chabot
Sustainable renewable energy (RE) policies must be based on a wise mix between technologies and applications. In the case of variable but predictable RE technologies such as wind power and solar PV, the optimum ratio between their installed power depends from the present and future profiles of the electricity demand, the productivity of each technologies and their respective delivered kWh costs.
Renewables International: Two strategic lessons from distributed PV in Germany
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Bernard Chabot
French energy expert Bernard Chabot takes a look at the distribution of PV arrays in Germany by system size based on the latest data up to July 2013.
Windtech: New IEC3A Wind Turbines
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Bernard Chabot
Commercial availability of the new IEC3A wind turbine models, which have been specifically designed for high productivity in low and light wind conditions, opens new opportunities for onshore wind power development worldwide.
Renewables International: Renewable Energy for Electricity in California in 2012 and its Future Role
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Bernard Chabot
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has published on August 1, 2013 the 2012 data for the whole California power system [1]. This analysis completes the preliminary analysis from the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) data already published [2]. A larger view is given on the potential future role of renewables within the Californian energy and environment context and within the solutions for mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions to lower the threats of global warming and climate change in the Golden State, in USA and in the world.
Renewables International: Properly designed feed-in tariffs
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Bernard Chabot
French energy expert Bernard Chabot explains how easy it is to properly design feed-in tariffs, especially for solar, and proposes "advanced feed-in tariffs."
