MONMOUTH – A planned 55-acre solar panel might be on its way to Ridge Road, but a moratorium on March 9 voting could hold it back. The solar array project is being planned by Longroad Development Co., a Boston-based renewable energy development company that is also working on a 42-acre solar array in Augusta. Longroad … Read more
Iron Mountain has installed a 7-megawatt solar system on the roof of its data center in Edison, New Jersey (Image: Iron Mountain Data Centers). Rich Miller, Editor of Data Center Frontier, recently had a conversation about the future of sustainable data centers with Kevin Hagen, Director Corporate Responsibility at Iron Mountain, and Alex Sharp, Global … Read more
HOKKAIDO, Japan, February 8, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Sungrow, the world’s leading provider of inverter solutions for renewable energy, announced that a 21 MWh utility-scale solar-plus storage project has been acquired by the company in Hokkaido, Japanhas been commercially operational since then December 2020This shows the continued efforts to maximize solar gains and decarbonize … Read more
Koenig reached out to Kay Weed, an Aurora resident who had welcomed the student during an internship at Discover Cayuga Lake last summer. Weed refused to let Koenig lose what she had worked for so long and immediately spread the word over her network. The answer was just as immediate, she said. One woman left … Read more
Senator Manchin is right: West Virginia should be a leader in the green economy. (Manchin: We should build the green economy in West Virginia on January 31st.) Our elected officials at both state and federal levels can act to make sure this happens. West Virginia state lawmakers should legalize a renewable energy financing tool known … Read more
Solar energy developers in the country have called for the government to withhold basic tariffs (BCD) on solar systems for the time being in the upcoming budget. They fear that this could ruin the government’s ambitious goal of having 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022, which will require an investment flow of Rs 1.75 … Read more
New Delhi: In the recently announced budget for 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a fund for the electricity distribution sector of £ 3.05.984 billion over 5 years. This fund will assist DISCOMs in setting up the infrastructure, including prepaid smart metering and feeder separation, as well as updating other systems. The feeder separation scheme … Read more
Typically, the New Year is an opportunity for reflection and resolutions for healthier and happier lives. In times of COVID and a deep economic recession, resolutions can look different. Add in the climate crisis and it can feel overwhelming. The current triple crisis has exposed the need to reassess existing systems and build the resilient, … Read more
BEIJING (Reuters) – China intends to curtail the expansion of solar system production to combat overcapacity in the industry amid falling domestic installations, a draft plan released by the country’s industry ministry on Friday showed. FILE PHOTO: Employees row a boat while examining solar panels by a pond in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, in this … Read more
Executive Summary The Trump Administration instituted tariffs on the import of solar cells and modules as part of its larger trade strategy. Demand for utility-scale solar development has increased while imports of Chinese panels have remained low and prices of domestically produced panels have risen. A repeal of the tariffs would allow U.S. manufacturers to … Read more
