Solar news: Oregons 50 percent RPS

Corporate Clean Energy Leaders Positioned to Disrupt Fossil Fuel Business as Usual

Ron Pernick

March 7, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Back in 2000, when I cofounded Clean Edge, most people I spoke with didn’t yet understand, or in tech parlance “grok,” the clean-tech wave to come. Full Article

South Korean Grid Will Soon Boast World’s Largest Energy Storage System

Jennifer Runyon

March 7, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Two massive lithium nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) oxide energy storage systems (ESSs) by Kolkam will provide frequency regulation for Korea Electric Power Corporation. Full Article

Oregon Legislature Passes 50 Percent Renewable Portfolio Standard

Jennifer Delony

March 7, 2016 | Post Your Comment

The Oregon House and Senate last week passed a bill requiring PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric (PGE) to obtain from renewables 50 percent of the electricity they supply their customers by 2040. The bill ... Full Article

Promising New Pathway: Case Study in Micro-Credentials

Anna Sullivan

March 4, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Rapid growth in the clean energy sector has placed exciting yet daunting challenges on employers, employees, and the workforce development infrastructure. The rise of full-scope certification schemes to support this young industry has ... Full Article

Sweden Invests 20 Million Euros for Clean Energy in Zambia

Anna Hirtenstein

March 7, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Sweden’s development agency will finance a 20 million-euro ($22-million) fund to develop clean energy in Zambia through 2018. Full Article

New US Generating Capacity in January is from Wind, Solar

Kenneth Bossong

March 7, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Defying earlier U.S. EIA projections, renewable resources provide 13.5 percent of U.S. electricity in 2015; may beat EIA’s forecast by 15+ years. Full Article

SunEdison Settles Lawsuit for $28.5 Million

Chris Martin

March 4, 2016 | Post Your Comment

SunEdison Inc. shares jumped after the solar developer settled a lawsuit for $28.5 million, a fifth of the damages sought in the case that stemmed from a failed acquisition of Latin America Power Holdings BV. Full Article

PV in Transition: Distributed Energy Storage and Distributed Power Quality Control

Dr. James Wolter

March 4, 2016 | Post Your Comment

We are seeing increasing interest and public exposure to the concept of distributed energy storage (DES). This new emphasis on how/where energy storage is deployed has been seen in new products offered in our industry ... Full Article