California Solar Nears 10 GW, Weary of Huge Solar Projects
California is home to half of all US solar systems and could get all its electricity from solar without having to build more enormous projects.
California is home to half of all US solar systems and could get all its electricity from solar without having to build more enormous projects.
The Asian Development Bank plans many more Green Bonds; and Vestas issued the first pure-play corporate green bond.
This year will be a break-out year for energy storage in the US.
The company is filling the gap left by utilities with microgrid-as-a-service - which can be scaled to basically be the next-generation grid!
The news all points in the same direction - we are nearing the tipping point for solar PV and onshore wind.
While many are skeptical that India's outsized goal for solar is realistic, investors have pledged enough money to double it.
Utilities must deliver their plans by the end of this year - on how they will transition to distributed energy supplied from thousands of small generators.
Amazing! solar has grown from 2 GW in 2010 to 25 GW in 2015.
This shows the value of a utility that's proactive, even proposing a new target of 65% renewables by 2030.
You wouldn't expect these watershed projects to be in Australia, given the federal government's antipathy toward renewable energy.