News & Articles on Solar Energy
While I have primarily worked with wind energy, I have long been a proponent of renewable energy in the broadest sense. This includes solar energy. My work in Canada, especially Ontario, stressed inclusion of solar energy because it had been previously overlooked. At one time Ontario was one of the leading jurisdictions in North America developing solar photovoltaics due in part to the programs I and others pushed. The political winds changed and these policies were abandoned and with it Ontario’s progress toward a renewable energy future.
China installed 7.21GW of solar in Q1 2017, curtailment issues remain
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Tom Kenning
The country’s cumulative deployment stood at 84.63GW by the end of Q1, of which 72GW is utility-scale. Last year, China added 34.24GW.
60GW of Solar Projects Might Shift to New Certification System in Japan
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Kenji Kaneko
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced the estimated number and capacity of renewable energy-based power generation projects that can shift to the new certification system after the revision of the feed-in tariff (FIT) policy April 21, 2017.
Danish CSP plant becomes fully operational
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The 26,929m2 concentrated solar power (CSP) plant now provides the city of Brønderslev with sustainable heating, but it will also enable power production as an add-on to a biomass-fuelled organic rankine cycle (ORC) system scheduled for completion in the second half of 2017.
Madison County Indiana gives OK for $12 million solar park
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The Indiana Municipal Power Agency plans to invest up to $12 million for the installation of 30,000 solar panels. The electricity produced would be the equivalent of what’s needed to power 1,200 homes.
Higher Penetration of Wind Energy in Ontario than in California
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Paul Gipe
The Canadian province of Ontario generated a higher percentage of its electricity with wind energy than California in 2015.
Indian Solar tariff crashes below grid power cost
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State guarantee helps private firm bid Rs 3.3 a unit for Madhya Pradesh plant.
Solar provides 4.3% of Japan’s electricity during 2016
By
Christian Roselund
Japan’s Renewable Energy Institute has published data on renewable energy’s contribution to the nation’s energy mix, using data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The METI data shows solar PV rising to 4.3% of electricity production over the course of 2016, a dramatic increase from 2015, when PV represented only 2.7% of production.
French solar roads – silly walks
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Craig Morris
France’s environmental minister Ségolène Royale is rolling out 1,000 kilometers of a technology that will both be bad solar and bad road.
Solar can already generate more energy than oil, says major scientific review
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Nafeez Ahmed
For every unit of energy invested, solar can now generate the same if not more energy than oil and gas.
Re-assessment of net energy production and greenhouse gas emissions avoidance after 40 years of photovoltaics development
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Atse Louwen, Wilfried G. J. H. M. Van Sark, André P. C. Faaij
As a result, we show a break-even between the cumulative disadvantages and benefits of photovoltaics, for both energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, occurs between 1997 and 2018, depending on photovoltaic performance and model uncertainties.
