Daily Archives: April 7, 2014

Solar costs to halve as gas prices surge

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

Another of the world’s leading solar PV manufacturing giants has underlined the potential for yet more substantial falls in the manufacturing cost of solar modules, even as the cost of fossil fuels – and gas in particular – surges in … Continue reading →

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Are you ready for the resource revolution?

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

Meeting increasing global demand requires dramatically improving resource productivity. Yet technological advances mean companies have an extraordinary opportunity not only to meet that challenge but to spark the next industrial revolution as well.   Most cars spend more than 95 … Continue reading →

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Citigroup says the ‘Age of Renewables’ has begun

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

Investment banking giant Citigroup has hailed the start of the “age of renewables” in the United States, the world’s biggest electricity market, saying that solar and wind energy are getting competitive with natural gas peaking and baseload plants – even … Continue reading →

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SUNEDISON DROPS INDIA SOLAR PROJECT ON DCR SUPPLY WORRIES

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

BlackRock Inc.-backed SunEdison Inc. dropped a solar power project in India as local equipment shortages and prices make it unviable. SunEdison is giving up the 20-megawatt project it won in an Indian government auction in February on concerns that local … Continue reading →

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India at #8 in Renewable Energy Investment while China at #1

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

For the second year, an annual Pew Charitable Trusts report, “Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?”, shows that China is the world leader in clean energy investment, with $54 billion in investments in renewables in 2013, well above total U.S. … Continue reading →

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