Greentech Media · Page 54

Mid-Atlantic grid operator PJM has submitted a plan that wind and solar industry groups say might shield them from the most harmful effects of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order that has upended the country’s biggest capacity market.  That…

Despite the renewable energy industry’s concerns about the impacts of COVID-19, some deals are still getting done. Lightsource BP, a United Kingdom-based developer backed by oil major BP, said Thursday it had closed on a $250 million financing package…

Two flow battery companies are about to complete a months-long effort to combine forces. It's a rare instance of elective M&A in this challenging sector of the energy storage industry, where acquisitions often happen after a bankruptcy or insolvency. North…

With cases recorded in more than 140 countries, the novel coronavirus has become a global health crisis.  In the U.S., bars and offices have been closed, conferences cancelled, and kids kept home from school in an attempt to slow the spread. President Trump…

As the 2020s progress, flexible energy portfolios will grow significantly as resources on either side of the meter proliferate in the U.S., Europe, Asia and beyond. The degree to which this wave of new flexible resources can be tapped for grid-balancing will…

The novel coronavirus pandemic and its resulting economic disruptions could delay U.S. wind and solar projects from being started or completed by the end of 2020, threatening their access to federal tax credits that are critical to their financing.  Clean…

This week: how coronavirus could accelerate or decelerate the energy transition. We’re facing an oil shock amid a pandemic, supply chains are still in disarray, economic gears are grinding to a near halt, and countries are scrambling to put stimulus packages…

If a wind farm breaks down during the COVID-19 global pandemic, who will be there to fix it? So far, much of the focus on the outbreak's impact on the renewables industry has been on factory shutdowns and the challenges of developing and building new projects…

Two years ago, when New York state announced the first round of winners in its annual renewable energy procurements, upstate wind farms were the star of the show — including one of the largest wind projects ever put forward east of the Mississippi River.…

Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa has closed a second factory in Spain after another employee tested positive for coronavirus. Earlier this week the company confirmed that a power electronics plant and validation center in Madrid had closed temporarily. On…

The Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA) plans to be the first public transit agency in the United States to operate a 100 percent battery electric bus fleet. Today AVTA operates 49 e-buses from Chinese bus manufacturer BYD in Southern California, with…

The battery sector is turning to artificial intelligence for clues on how to improve recharging rates without increasing the degradation of lithium-ion batteries. Last month, a team from Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the…

Every industry in the world faces dangers and disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic. Not all of those industries are tasked with keeping the lights on. U.S. power utilities and generators face an array of risks in the weeks ahead, from energy 'demand…

Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday won court approval for its $23 billion plan to emerge from bankruptcy by mid-summer, after California Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to drop his opposition to it in the face of plunging stock markets and the economic impacts of the…

The Czech Republic’s prime minister, Andrej Babis, has said the European Union should abandon the Green Deal and focus on fighting the spread of the coronavirus, in an early sign of policy battles ahead. Announced in December, Europe's Green New Deal seeks…

Since it was first introduced last year, Illinois’ Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA), the state’s proposed 100 percent renewable energy bill, has been built around an escape from grid operator PJM capacity market, the country's largest. If the idea made sense…

Savvy business leaders must plan for the unexpected even when business is good. So it was that, when Sunrun briefed investors last month on its record solar installations in the fourth quarter of 2019, CEO Lynn Jurich fielded a question from Michael Weinstein…

Solar topped natural gas and wind to claim a record share of new U.S. electric generating capacity last year, at nearly 40 percent, boosted by a vibrant residential sector that looks healthier than it has in years. 2019 was a landmark year for the…

Energy players were counting their blessings as Spain this week entered a 15-day state of emergency to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease. Insiders said the sector was set to fare much better than others, such as travel or leisure, which were…

It seemed that nothing could slow the global renewable-energy juggernaut. Nothing, that is, until COVID-19. From the solar factory floors of China’s Jiangsu province to wind farm country in West Texas, the clean-energy industries are struggling to gauge the…