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The Future of Solar Debated at Intersolar in Light of Trade Petition

Intersolar and ees North America 2017 concluded its 10th annual event in San Francisco last week. The event organizer said attendees and exhibitors were optimistic, as they engaged in meaningful conversations about the best approaches for sustained market success, despite a year of industry consolidation and trade policy uncertainty.

Tanzania Wins Funding That Will De-Risk Geothermal Exploration in Region

The African Development Bank (AfDB) today said that Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has approved US$21.7 million for the United Republic of Tanzania to finance its geothermal energy development project, a move that will help mitigate the high-risk nature of geothermal prospection and field development in the region.

One in eight U.S. homes uses a programmed thermostat with a central air conditioning unit

(Wed, 19 Jul 2017) Programmable thermostats are designed to help manage energy use, but most of the U.S. households with these controls do not choose to program their thermostats. Based on information collected through EIA’s Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) for 2015, only 12% of the nation’s 118 million households had a central air-conditioning unit that is actually controlled using the programmed thermostat.

Bureau Veritas approves Wison’s 50MW floating LNG power supply barge

France-based certification agency Bureau Veritas has given its in-principle approval for Wison Offshore & Marine’s newly-developed 50MW floating storage regasification and power generation barge (W-FSRP).

Dana Gas To Use AGR Software For Deep Water Exploration In Egypt

AGR Software team have signed a SaaS (Software as a Service) contract with Dana Gas PJSC to supply the latest version of P1 software.

OMV Petrom start construction of new Polyfuel unit at Petrobrazi Refinery

OMV Petrom, the largest oil and gas producer in Southeastern Europe, has started construction of the new Polyfuel unit in Petrobrazi Refinery.

Recent LOOP Sour rally evidence of persistent, global sour shortage: In the LOOP

The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port received no imports of Saudi Arabian or Iraqi crudes by mid-July, and prices for grades such as LOOP Sour have gone up.

VIDEO: Testing continues for Montana’s St. Mary Diversion Dam rehabilitation in Denver

For the past two years, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Technical Service Center in Denver, Colo., has been conducting tests of its 1:12-scale model of St. Mary Diversion Dam facilities in Montana.

Next Level Design — New-School Solar Software Providers Take on the Incumbents

The market for solar PV design software has opened up significantly in the past five years. New offerings have taken off in that time, and they range from fully integrated systems offering one-stop functionality, to niche services that are hyper-focused on one segment of the design process.
 

3@3 on PV (and RE): Intersolar, Trade Case, Communicating about Jobs

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 renewable energy industry for three minutes each. Today’s topics include takeaways from last week's Intersolar Trade Show; the solar trade case between the US and China and a discussion about to communicate job growth in the clean energy industry. Check it out!

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