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Environment minister Matt Kean says the push to build 8,000 megawatts of wind and solar is part of a plan to replace coal-fired power.   New South Wales government aims to back renewable energy plants in the New England region with the capacity to power 3.5m homes, with the state’s environment minister saying enough will be built to replace most of the state’s coal-fired power stations earlier than scheduled. Matt Kean, the minister for energy and the environment, will on Friday announce a second renewable energy zone for the state, following a previously planned designated area in the state’s central west. He said the latest announcement – that the government would look to attract investors to build 8,000 megawatts of wind and solar in the New England region in the state’s north – was effectively “a huge, modern-day power station”. Transport slump during lockdown reduced Australia's carbon pollution by 7% in April, but experts warn of rebound ...

Uzbekistan last week launched two Requests for Qualifications (RfQs) as part of tenders seeking to award at least 600 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity. The first competitive selection covers two projects, with a minimum capacity of 200 MW each, in the Kattakurgan district of Samarkand region and the Jizzakh region’s Gallaorol district, respectively. Through the tender rounds, the government seeks to contract private sector developers or consortia that will be tasked with the development, financing, construction, ownership and operation of solar parks. Qualification applications are due by September 26, 2020. The two projects are part of a bigger initiative for the deployment of as much as 900 MW of solar PV capacity through public-private partnerships (PPPs). The tenders are being held with the assistance of the World Bank’s International Finance Corp (IFC). In March, 84 companies and consortia filed Expressions of Interest (EOI) to take part in the tender. The hy...

[...] Business is becoming  a powerful new ally  in the U.S. political battle to stop climate change. Driven by  pressure from environmental groups  and by  the increasingly competitive prices of wind and solar , many companies have  pledged  to power their operations with clean energy. But  the legal and technical complexity of U.S. electricity markets  has stalled corporate progress on their clean power goals. This has prompted companies as diverse as eBay, Mars, IKEA and Walmart to push for public policies that expand the generation of renewable energy in the U.S. and make it more accessible through  mandates ,  incentives  and other  regulations . The hybrid thermo-photovoltaic leading Company The big shots Increased business lobbying for clean energy policies  by the likes of Nestle, Salesforce, Unilever and other large companies has the potential to tip the political scale in favor of a carbon-free ec...

The hybrid thermo-photovoltaic leading company In January 2020, California became the first state to require all new houses to be built with solar panels. Today, Environment America is launching a first-of-its-kind campaign calling on states across the country to set similar standards for solar power on new homes. The campaign will advocate for a solar homes’ requirement in at least ten states: Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas. While each state may have slightly different goals, the campaign’s intention is to introduce bills in 10 states in the next two years. Installing solar panels on all new homes from 2020 to 2026 would result in more solar energy capacity than the entire U.S. currently has installed.  A solar homes requirement would cut an estimated 161 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2045. “For a generation facing the threat of climate change, the new American Dre...

MIT’s vice president for research identifies three areas that show particular promise for climate action. Climate change is a very personal issue to Maria Zuber, MIT’s vice president for research. A native of eastern Pennsylvania, she watched her grandfathers, both coal miners, battle black-lung disease. “The burning of anthracite coal drove my community and was a central part of my childhood,” says Zuber. “Yet it’s been known since the 1800s that combustion of fossil fuels puts CO 2  into the atmosphere, and that the effects can be damaging.”  Today, the catastrophic effects of climate change are showing up even faster than models predicted, she observes. “If you just look at it that way, it’s easy to despair.”  Yet Zuber, also the E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, remains optimistic. “People are looking at those effects based on what we know now, but I think about the actions that will be taken when we have technological breakthroughs and an improved unders...

Australia’s latest greenhouse gas figures released on Friday show national emissions fell slightly last year. This was by no means an economy-wide effort – solar and wind energy did most of the heavy lifting. Emissions fell 0.9% last year compared to 2018. The rapid deployment of solar and wind is slashing emissions in the electricity sector, offsetting increases from all other sectors combined. Renewables (solar, wind and hydro) now comprise  26% of the mix  in the National Electricity Market. In 2023, renewables will likely pass black coal to become the largest electricity source. In an ideal world, all sectors of the economy – transport, agriculture, manufacturing and others – would pull in the same direction to cut emissions. But hearteningly, these figures show the huge potential for renewables. Here are 10 reasons why renewable energy makes perfect sense for Australia. 1. It can readily eliminate fossil fuels About 15 gigawatts of solar and wind farms will ...

SolarEdge   amplia il proprio   portafoglio di ottimizzatori di potenza residenziali e commerciali   inserendo nuovi prodotti in grado di garantire   flessibilità e redditività per i grandi impianti fotovoltaici  come per quelli  domestici. Solaredge  annuncia che è ora disponibile anche in Italia la  gamma potenziata di ottimizzatori di potenza residenziali e commerciali , in grado di massimizzare la flessibilità e redditività dell'installazione. Gli ottimizzatori di potenza collegati ai moduli fotovoltaici aumentano la produzione di energia prodotta inseguendo sempre il punto di massima potenza (MPPT) di ogni singolo modulo, di cui monitorano le prestazioni, permettendo di intervenire in maniera tempestiva in caso di eventuali problemi su singolo modulo. Per quanto riguarda i  grandi impianti fotovoltaici  l'azienda sta aumentando la propria presenza nel settore e ha recentemente introdotto dei nuovi ottimizzatori ...

Significant decline in air pollution and cool, sunny weather sees UK solar generate all-time high of 9.69GW on Monday Cool, sunny weather and the low air pollution levels caused by the coronavirus lockdown have helped drive a new all-time solar power record in the UK, with solar farms generating a peak of 9.69GW of electricity for the grid on Monday afternoon. The feat was recorded by  the University of Sheffield's live UK solar power generation tracker  at 12.30pm on Monday, surpassing the previous record achieved in May 2019 of 9.55GW. The result is thought to have been in part driven by clearer, less polluted skies. The UK is currently experiencing significantly lower levels of air pollution due to far fewer cars on the roads or polluting industrial activities taking place amid restrictions aimed at curbing spread of Covid-19, which has resulted in clearer weather conditions. Clearer air, combined with relatively cool temperatures and sunny weather, provides optim...