Panorama

Energy Web Foundation Surpasses 100 Affiliates

Thursday, 14 March 2019 Dan McCue The Energy Web Foundation, a global non-profit organization focused on accelerating blockchain technology across the energy sector, has officially signed more than 100 affiliates. In addition to developing ...

New Report States Annual Revenue for Renewables in Mining Sector Expected to Generate Roughly $122 Million by 2027

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 REM A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for renewable technologies at mining locations, providing market forecasts for capacity and revenue, broken out by technology and region, ...

Corporate clean energy buying surged to new record in 2018

Tuesday, 29 January 2019 Robin Whitlock Corporations purchased 13.4 gigawatts of clean power through long-term contracts, more than doubling 2017’s total, helped by demand from new industries and previously untrodden markets, finds BloombergNEF ...

Clean energy investment exceeded $300 billion in 2018

Monday, 21 January 2019 Robin Whitlock Global clean energy investment reached a total of $332.1 billion in 2018, down 8 percent on 2017, although it was the fifth year in a row in which investment exceeded the $300 billion mark, according to ...

Four Sino-Finnish Energy Sector Pilot Projects Announced

Thursday, 17 January 2019 Dan McCue

Four Sino-Finnish energy sector pilot projects were announced on January 14, 2019, in connection with the state visit to china of Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö.

Abu Dhabi

IRENA Assembly Set for Record Participation of 125 Ministers

Thursday, 10 January 2019 REM Heads of state and governments, more than 120 ministers and representatives from 160 countries will gather this week to engage in high-level discussions to accelerate renewable energy deployment in support ...

Developing nations now leading on global clean energy

Tuesday, 27 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Surging electricity demand, sinking technology costs, and innovative policy-making have allowed developing nations to seize the mantle of global clean energy leadership from wealthier countries, finds ...

BNEF Analysis Shows Wind and Solar are Cheapest Sources of Power Generation

Monday, 19 November 2018 REM Every six months, BloombergNEF runs its Levelized Cost of Electricity analysis, an assessment of the cost competitiveness of different power generating and energy storage technologies – excluding subsidies. ...

China

ABB enables world’s first HVDC grid to enable integration of renewable energy in china

Thursday, 15 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Technology company ABB has delivered the Zhangbei high-voltage direct current (HVDC) grid in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area of china in order to ensure supply of stable and reliable electricity during ...

According to BNEF EV Company Fundings Bright Spot as Clean Energy Investments Slide

Tuesday, 09 October 2018 REM Global clean energy investment[1] was $67.8 billion in the third quarter of 2018, down 6 percent from the same period last year, according to the latest figures from research company Bloomberg NEF (BNEF). ...