Fitch sees significant growth potential for green hydrogen in Asia-Pacific...
Asian Power: Amid increasing viability of the technology, government support and investor interests in several markets, substantial growth opportunities abound for the green hydrogen sector in Asia...
View ArticleNextEra Energy to add 700MW of battery storage at existing California solar...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): NextEra Energy Resources LLC expects to place in service nearly 700 MW of fully contracted battery storage projects in California before the end of 2022, it said...
View ArticleMichigan utility DTE Energy to add 420MW of solar in next two years
MiBiz: DTE Energy plans to significantly expand its solar energy portfolio in the next two years to support growing corporate demand for renewable energy contracts. The Detroit-based utility announced...
View ArticleIEEFA report: In a deepening debt hole of $34 billion, Indonesia’s PLN must...
September 3, 2020 (IEEFA) — Utilities globally started changing the way they do business years ago, but Indonesia’s PLN power company stands out as a laggard, focused on a confused menu of piecemeal...
View ArticleWood Mackenzie: Annual U.S. battery storage installations will top 1GW in 2020
Greentech Media: Even as the coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy into free fall this spring, the energy storage industry delivered its second-best quarter ever in terms of megawatts installed....
View ArticleVattenfall wants to close 1.6GW Moorburg coal plant in Germany
Clean Energy Wire: Swedish utility Vattenfall wants to shut down its youngest and most efficient coal-fired power plant in Germany because it is unprofitable. After participating in the first hard coal...
View ArticleIEEFA U.S.: Georgia solar+hydro electricity output tops in-state coal...
Fresh data from the Energy Information Administration points to the monumental nature of the transition under way in the U.S. utility sector and localizes it dramatically in Georgia, where...
View Article8minute Solar Energy signs contract for another major solar+storage project...
Renewables Now: 8minute Solar Energy has inked a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Clean Power Alliance (CPA) for the output of a 300-MW solar project in California that will be coupled with...
View ArticleNextEra planning massive 500MW solar, 500MW storage project in Kansas
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): NextEra Energy Resources LLC has plans to install up to 500 MW of solar generation and up to 500 MW of battery storage in a county just southwest of Kansas City,...
View ArticleCoal-dependent Polish utility PGE commits to 100% zero emissions by 2050
Platts: Poland’s largest utility, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA, is planning to phase out coal and offer zero emission energy by 2050, CEO Wojciech Dabrowski said Sep. 15. “PGE, as the largest...
View ArticleColorado utility selects solar plus storage project to replace Drake...
KOAA News: Colorado Springs Utilities customers will soon receive more of their electricity from the sun. The city-owned utility announced plans Wednesday for a 175-megawatt (MW) solar farm to be...
View ArticleHawaiian Electric seeks approval for 300MW of new solar, 2,000MWh of storage
PV Tech: Hawaiian Electric has submitted eight contracts representing nearly 300MW of solar energy generation and about 2,000MWh of energy storage to be built on the islands of Oahu and Maui. The...
View ArticleIEEFA Vietnam: Áp lực tài chính với EVN gia tăng
Ngày 22/9/2020 (IEEFA Việt Nam): Tập đoàn Điện lực Việt Nam (EVN) đang đứng trước rủi ro tiềm ẩn về tài chính trong bối cảnh áp lực thanh toán cho các hợp đồng mua điện dài hạn từ các nhà máy điện độc...
View ArticleIEEFA report: Vietnam’s new power development plan must optimize renewables...
22 September 2020 (IEEFA Vietnam): Implementing Vietnam’s soon-to-be-launched next Power Development Plan will ultimately depend on the country’s ability to mobilize more innovative sources of offshore...
View ArticleSolar takes largest share as Maine regulators okay 546MW of new renewable...
Greentech Media: Maine utility regulators have announced the results of the state’s largest renewables procurement to date, with solar developers coming away with the majority of winning bids. Solar...
View ArticleMoody’s: State renewable standards in U.S. a driving force behind renewable...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): A Sept. 22 research note by Moody’s shows the extent to which state policy mandates are driving long-term growth in the renewable energy sector. Moody’s said the...
View ArticleEntergy, Mitsubishi team up to boost hydrogen, battery storage in U.S....
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): In another indication of growing U.S. utility interest in energy from hydrogen and in large-scale battery storage, Entergy Corp. and Mitsubishi Power Americas...
View ArticleAnalysts see looming problems for gas-fired power plant financing
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Buoyed by renewable energy builds, financing for power generation assets sped up in the summer months after slowing during March and April. Natural gas-fired...
View ArticleIndia’s NTPC takes a step away from coal, plans 32GW clean energy portfolio...
Mint: State-run NTPC Ltd will not set up greenfield coal-fueled power projects as part of its pivot towards green energy, said the company’s chairman and managing director, Gurdeep Singh. NTPC, India’s...
View ArticleEIA: Coal’s share of U.S. electricity generation through July 2020 down to 17.9%
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): U.S. generation inched [up] 0.2% year over year in July, driven by growth in gas-fired and renewable generation but offset by decreases in coal-fired and nuclear...
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