Renewable Energy

Renewables are booming — but not enough to meet COP28 goals

Renewables are booming — but not enough to meet COP28 goals

VCG/VCG via Getty Images At the United Nations climate conference that concluded last month in Dubai, the world’s countries pledged to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030. The renewables target received less attention than other, more contentious goals pursued at the conference, such as scaling down fossil fuel […] Click here to view original

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Company launches its first floating solar farm in Florida: ‘This is a great technology’

Company launches its first floating solar farm in Florida: ‘This is a great technology’

Some of the sun in the Sunshine State is going to be used to power people’s homes , as one energy company is piloting its first floating solar farm in Florida on an existing cooling pond in Polk County. Duke Energy has constructed a nearly 1-megawatt floating solar array […] Click here to view original

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China built more solar panels in 2023 than entire world in 2022

China built more solar panels in 2023 than entire world in 2022

China commissioned as much new solar power capacity in 2023 as the entire world did in 2022, as Beijing ramped up its drive to dominate the renewable energy market. Renewable energy capacity surged globally last year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report, driven chiefly by […] Click here to view original

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Microturbines can generate electricity from drinking water pipes

Microturbines can generate electricity from drinking water pipes

Water pipes offer a largely untapped source of renewable electricity that could provide 1.4 gigawatts of power in the US alone 10 January 2024 A miniature hydroelectric turbine that can generate electricity from water pipes The excess pressure in water pipes can be used to spin miniature hydroelectric turbines, […] Click here to view original

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California’s Great Battery Revolution Allows Closure of Peaker Gas Plants and move to 100% Wind, Solar, Water

California’s Great Battery Revolution Allows Closure of Peaker Gas Plants and move to 100% Wind, Solar, Water

Batteries Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The renewables revolution around the world has depended primarily on wind, hydro, and solar. A fourth factor is now swiftly emerging as essential, that is, mega-battery storage. Batteries store energy when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining, to release it […] Click here to view original

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