Thanks to falling costs, unsubsidized onshore wind and solar have become the cheapest sources of electricity generation in nearly all major economies in the world, including India and China, according Continue Reading
The cost of new wind and solar power generation has fallen below the cost of running existing coal-fired plants in many parts of the US, threatening to wreck President Donald Continue Reading
When President Trump announced a 30-percent tariff on Chinese solar panels, the U.S. solar industry responded with an unsurprising outcry against the protectionist measure that aimed to make locally produced Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia has shelved a $200 billion plan with SoftBank Group Corp ( 9984.T ) to build the world’s biggest solar-power-generation project, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing Continue Reading
Solar and wind farms, stretched across North Africa’s Saharan desert and relying solely on existing technologies, could produce enough electricity to power the entire world. (That amount of electricity approximates Continue Reading
Natural gas-fired power plants will be facing more price competition from solar farms in some parts of the U.S. as falling battery costs make it possible to deliver electricity produced Continue Reading
The US Army has increased its investments in solar power and is eyeing further opportunities to work with the private sector to develop projects, despite the Trump administration’s skepticism about Continue Reading
A new report by Power Technology shows that India is taking the race very seriously, with five of the nine largest solar installations in the world. China and the U.S. Continue Reading
While a Chinese decision to limit subsidies on new solar project curbs global growth, some sectors will benefit from the subsequent oversupply, analysis finds. The National Energy Administration in China Continue Reading
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, Electric Generator Construction Costs Based on 2016 EIA data for newly constructed utility-scale electric generators (those with a capacity greater than one megawatt) Continue Reading
