Rio Tinto sources Voltalia solar power for South Africa mine
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Rio Tinto’s South Africa unit will source solar power from a plant built by France’s Voltalia, the mining firm said on Thursday, the latest to seek alternative…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Rio Tinto’s South Africa unit will source solar power from a plant built by France’s Voltalia, the mining firm said on Thursday, the latest to seek alternative…
Solar Panels Remain Stuck In Warehouses As European Energy Crisis Darkens Jack McEvoy on September 27, 2022 Large quantities of unused solar panels are stuck in European warehouses because…
By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colo. (Reuters) – Solar power has outpaced wind power over the last five years in terms of global capacity additions, notching up a more than 200%…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz is planning to build a wind farm in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony, by 2025 that is able to produce a hundred megawatts of…
(Reuters) – U.S. solar energy project developers will struggle to access equipment supplies for at least the next year, delaying their ability to tap generous new subsidies, because panel imports…
Solar Company Joins Multibillion Green Investment Spree In Republican States John Hugh DeMastri on August 30, 2022 First Solar announced plans to invest $1.2 billion into production of U.S.-made photovoltaic…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Energy infrastructure company Orion-E has reached an agreement with energy trader Bolt to build solar photovoltaic plants in Brazil with a combined capacity of 500 megawatts…
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The number of jobs in the U.S. solar energy industry rose 9% last year to more than 255,000, with most workers employed in installation and…
MADRID – Portugal’s Galp Energia has bought the 24.99% it does not already own of Titan Solar, a renewable energy joint venture created with Spanish engineering firm ACS in 2020,…
Even Democrats Are Wondering Why The Biden Admin Isn’t Blacklisting Chinese Solar Companies Over Slave Labor Jack McEvoy on July 13, 2022 Democratic lawmakers wrote a letter to U.S. customs…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Paulette Carpoff, 51, of Martinez, to 11 years and three months in prison for her role in the biggest criminal…
CAIRO – Arab states could come close to achieving renewable energy targets for 2030 if they complete planned utility-scale solar and wind projects according to projected timelines, a report published…
US Solar Companies Rip White House For Helping CCP, Consider Legal Action Thomas Catenacci on June 8, 2022 Domestic solar panel manufacturers accused President Joe Biden of aiding the Chinese…
‘Build Back Beijing’: Biden Waives Solar Tariffs In Massive Win For Chinese Industry Thomas Catenacci on June 6, 2022 President Joe Biden is set to use his executive authority Monday…
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden will issue a proclamation on Monday that will allow solar panels to be imported to the United States from Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam…
Biden Admin Gives Big Handout To Solar, Wind Projects As Gas Prices Soar Thomas Catenacci on June 1, 2022 The Biden administration unveiled a policy Tuesday evening making it cheaper for…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Alan Hansen, 51, of Vacaville, was sentenced today to eight years in prison and ordered to pay $619,415,950 million in restitution for participating in a billion-dollar Ponzi…
SRECs are certificates that represent the environmental attributes of solar power and prove solar energy was generated on the purchasers’ behalf. For every megawatt hour of solar renewable electricity generated,…
IRVINE, CALIF., May 16, 2022 — Global renewable energy company and service provider BayWa r.e., today announced it has entered into 10-year agreements with REV Renewables to provide operations and maintenance…
FROM SOLAR GRID TO CATTLE SHED: How Greenpeace’s Dream Of A Solar-Powered Village Fell Apart In Just A Few Years Thomas Catenacci on May 15, 2022 A Greenpeace-funded solar energy…
(Reuters) – California is asking solar companies, utilities and others to weigh in yet again in a long-standing process to reform the state’s key rooftop solar power incentive, the state’s…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s biggest opposition party on Sunday proposed installing solar panels for free onto residential housing, staking out its renewable energy credentials as it seeks to challenge the…
(Reuters) – The U.S. solar industry is warning of a big slowdown in project installations this year as global supply chain disruptions and the threat of new U.S. tariffs on…
Consumers Set To Get Crushed As Energy Utilities Switch To Solar, Wind Thomas Catenacci on April 21, 2022 Consumers are expected to shoulder significantly higher energy costs as U.S. utility…
(Reuters) – The U.S. has accelerated the permitting of wind and solar projects on federal lands under President Joe Biden, but his administration needs more staff and less administrative red…