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Spanish power group Iberdrola, one of the world's largest investors in clean-energy projects, pledged to ramp up its investments in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. Iberdrola’s total investments in 2020 will hit €10 billion ($10.7 billion), up…

Large-scale solar and wind projects face possible coronavirus-related delays, but perhaps no part of the U.S. renewables industry has felt the outbreak's sting more quickly than home solar developers and installers.  The solar industry has pushed to remain an…

Climate change didn’t stop while the world turned its attention to combating the coronavirus. On this week's episode of Political Climate we discuss: will leaders seize the moment to tackle more than one crisis? The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and…

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is to release research showing solar panels could be landfilled safely amid growing concern over the disposal of renewable energy components. Solar panels have a range of recycling options but none are perfect. The…

The U.S. renewables industry were left out of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill passed last week, but the battle is far from over. Congress is already considering further legislation to rescue the economy from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

European governments are stretching auction and tender timelines and suspending penalties for delayed projects in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Germany, France and Ireland have all taken action to ensure existing projects, at various stages of…

Sunrun maintained its position as the largest residential installer in the U.S. in the last quarter of 2019. As coronavirus emerges as a potential threat to demand, the Wood Mackenzie solar leaderboard data through Q4 2019 provides a snapshot of the state of…

U.K. developer Solarcentury sold its residential solar business to the Swedish firm SVEA Solar and continues to look for a buyer for its utility-scale operations. While the residential market accounted for only 10 percent of Solarcentury’s total revenue,…

Residential solar company Sungevity quietly laid off hundreds of employees last week, eliminating most of its workforce as the U.S. solar industry grapples with the coronavirus outbreak's fallout. Sungevity eliminated 395 positions, according to a March 27…

Rarely has such a crucial enterprise for the future of human civilization led to such little commercial success. Long duration energy storage holds great potential for a world in which wind and solar power dominate new power plant additions and gradually…

As New York struggles with the country’s worst outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the state’s grid operator has taken an extreme step that other parts of the country may have to consider in the weeks ahead: asking critical employees to live and work at…

The growing mismatch between Germany’s renewables capacity and the strength of its electricity network is leading to curtailment, crazy pricing and challenges for neighboring nations. Although Germany is generating record amounts of clean energy in the…

Northland Power, the Canadian renewables operator, announced the acquisition of the long-gestating but still early-stage wind NaiKun project off the west coast of Canada — giving a dash of energy to the otherwise somnolent Canadian offshore wind market.…

Spanish utility giant Iberdrola has revealed a multi-pronged floating offshore wind strategy, announcing two pilot projects and hinting at grander ambitions for the future. Iberdrola, which controls U.S. utility Avangrid and ranks among the world's largest…

Utility-scale wind farms can do a lot more than just feed electricity into the grid. Could unlocking wind farms' ability to provide ancillary grid services help to stimulate California's moribund wind market? In tests conducted at the Tule wind farm last year,…

Residential and commercial energy storage installations are taking a hit as the U.S. tackles the coronavirus pandemic. The behind-the-meter storage segment will install 31 percent less capacity in 2020 than previously forecast, according to a new analysis by…

Virginia utility regulators once again rejected large parts of utility Dominion Energy’s grid modernization plans, including $752 million of proposed investment to deploy smart meters over the next decade. The move underscores the increased scrutiny…

American solar manufacturers are deciding whether to keep workers on the line during the coronavirus crisis or let facilities go dark for an unknown period of time. Many are choosing to stay in operation despite the risks. The solar industry — like many…

Europe's solar renaissance looks set to continue blossoming despite the impact of the coronavirus and falling power prices, experts and investors say. A combination of new competitive tenders and the increasingly favorable economics of solar power-purchase…

This is a special crossover episode between The Energy Gang and the Climate 2020 podcasts. Coronavirus brought the 2020 election to a screeching halt. Climate was once a top issue, but it’s been overtaken by a virus and a looming economic apocalypse. …