At a recent conference attended by various participants in the power industry, including regulated utilities and independent energy producers, an astute speaker quipped that “energy storage proponents are quickly becoming the cool kids in the room.”
Utilities across the country are embracing community solar, viewing it as an opportunity to retain customers and compete against the burgeoning self-generation rooftop solar PV market by providing a utility-operated 100 percent solar option.
Jenn Runyon, Chief Editor of Renewable Energy World and Paula Mints, Chief Market Research Analyst with SPV Market Research discuss three hot topics in the global solar industry for three minutes each. Today’s topics include the First Solar announcement that it is restructuring, laying off its workforce and canceling its Series 5 module; the finalization of the Tesla buyout of SolarCity and the residential solar market in Japan. Check it out.
Nov 22 (Reuters) - Otto, the seventh hurricane of the 2016
Atlantic season, has formed and is located about 305 miles (485
km) east-southeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua, the U.S. National
Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday.
ALGIERS, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The Algerian state energy firm
Sonatrach and Spain's Cepsa signed an agreement on
Tuesday to extend partnership contracts for two oil fields in
the North African country, Sonatrach said.
ABUJA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Nigeria's parliament summoned the
country's oil minister on Tuesday to clarify details of oil and
gas infrastructure agreements worth $80 billion with Chinese
companies and a $15 billion deal with India.
Nov 22 (Reuters) - The number of ownerless oil and gas wells
awaiting cleanup in Canada's energy heartland of Alberta rose by
a quarter within a three-month period following a May court
ruling that prioritized creditors over cleanup costs in company
bankruptcies, official data showed.
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Argentina's biodiesel
producers fear losing access to the United States, the
destination of nearly all their exports, after Donald Trump's
surprise victory in presidential elections earlier this month,
representatives of the sector said.
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