Category Archives: USA

36 gigawatts of new solar photovoltaic capacity in 2024 and 43 GW in 2025 in the US

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Now.Solar

Facing economic and political headwinds, the U.S. solar PV industry is expected to slow in both the residential and utility-scale segments, dimming the industry’s prospects of leading the country’s power generation in the coming years. two years. In its latest … Continue reading →

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How Extreme Weather and System Aging Affect the US Photovoltaic Fleet

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Now.Solar

Massive Data Set of Photovoltaic System Performance Quantifies the Small but Significant Impacts of Extreme Weather and Long-Term Degradation, With Important Lessons for the PV Industry. For photovoltaic (PV) systems—designed to operate over lifetimes of 20, 30, or even 50 … Continue reading →

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US offshore wind industry reaches 3.7 gigawatts

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Now.Solar

The US offshore wind industry suffered one blow after another last year, including the cancellation of two projects totaling 2.2 gigawatts planned for the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New Jersey. That made for some cheering among offshore wind … Continue reading →

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Skipjack Wind to be repositioned for future offtake opportunities

Posted on March 16, 2024 by Now.Solar

Ørsted announced that it will reposition Skipjack Wind, a combined 966 MW project under development off the coast of the Delmarva peninsula in the US, for future offtake opportunities. Following consultation with the State of Maryland, Ørsted has withdrawn from … Continue reading →

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Equinor to take full ownership in Empire Wind through a swap transaction with bp in the US

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Now.Solar

Equinor (OSE: EQNR, NYSE: EQNR) has entered into a swap transaction with bp, under which Equinor will take full ownership of the Empire Wind lease and projects and bp will take full ownership of the Beacon Wind lease and projects. … Continue reading →

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US sends first commercial offshore wind power to its grid

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Now.Solar

The United States has achieved a major milestone in renewable energy as the first commercial offshore wind farm began supplying power to the grid. The project, located off the coast of Rhode Island, marks a critical step towards the country’s … Continue reading →

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Dark money tied to fossil fuels helped stop offshore wind energy in the US Great Lakes

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Now.Solar

Dark money, that is, financial contributions from undisclosed sources, has been found to play a major role in obstructing the development of offshore wind energy projects in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The influence of fossil fuel-backed … Continue reading →

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PLUSWIND: A new hourly wind speed and generation database for US wind plants

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Now.Solar

In A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf, John Muir elegantly discussed the limits of scientific characterization of the wind, saying: “The substance of the winds is too thin for human eyes, their written language is too difficult for human … Continue reading →

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Vestas secures a 401 MW order for a wind farm in Arizona, USA

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Now.Solar

Vestas has received a nameplate capacity order of 401 MW for the West Camp Wind Farm in Navajo County, Arizona, owned by The AES Corporation. The order consists of 89 V150-4.5 MW wind turbines. The order includes the supply, delivery … Continue reading →

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U.S. Department of Energy Top Clean Energy Accomplishments in 2023

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Now.Solar

In 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made monumental strides in advancing the clean energy goals of the Biden-Harris Administration. Through hundreds of funding announcements to make clean energy more accessible in every state, investments in scientific research, historic … Continue reading →

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Vestas secures 1.053 MW orders for V163-4.5 MW wind turbine in the USA

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Now.Solar

Vestas has received a 603 MW order to power an undisclosed wind farm in the USA. The order consists of 134 V163-4.5 MW wind turbines, Vestas’ newest high-capacity wind turbine. The order includes supply, delivery, and commissioning of the wind … Continue reading →

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Vestas secures 945 MW order for V163-4.5 MW wind turbines in the US

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Now.Solar

Vestas has received a 945 MW order for the undisclosed wind farm in the US. The order consists of 210 V163-4.5 MW wind turbines, Vestas’ newest high-capacity wind turbine. The order includes the supply, delivery and commissioning of the wind … Continue reading →

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Vestas secures an order for 242 wind turbines and 1,089 MW of wind power with Pattern Energy in the US.

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Now.Solar

Vestas has secured a firm order from Pattern Energy to power a significant portion of its SunZia Wind project in New Mexico, USA, as revealed in Company Announcement no. 20/2023, dated December 27, 2023. This is Vestas’ largest order to … Continue reading →

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Iberdrola exceeds 7,500 direct jobs and 70,000 indirect jobs in the US.

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Now.Solar

The company is making investments in renewables and grids that will reach $21.5 billion by 2025, including the construction of Vineyard Wind 1 and the integration of PNM Resources. Regulatory stability and the commitment of the different administrations to decarbonisation … Continue reading →

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China and US Vaccine Diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Now.Solar

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, health cooperation and solidarity in fighting the pandemic has been essential in mitigating the crisis. In turn, cooperation on health issues has strengthened overall diplomatic support between nations. After the breakout of COVID-19 in Wuhan, … Continue reading →

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BIOJET FUELS

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Now.Solar

INTRODUCTION Tackling climate changeAlthough we have made progress in decarbonising many aspects of the world’s energy matrix, with solar, wind and hydro all adding to “green” electricity generation, longdistance transport has proven much more difficult to decarbonise. Increasing electrification of … Continue reading →

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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES An action agenda for deployment A CONTRIBUTION TO THE G20 PRESIDENCY

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Now.Solar

INTRODUCTION KEY DRIVERS OF OFFSHORE RENEWABLE DEVELOPMENTClimate change is one of the greatest threats of this century and is already affecting many regions around the globe. Such impacts are driven by rising GHG emissions, especially from the energy sector, which … Continue reading →

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INNOVATION OUTLOOK RENEWABLE AMMONIA

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Now.Solar

KEY FINDINGS Ammonia is an essential global commodity. Around 85% of all ammonia is used to produce synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. A wide range of other applications exist such as refrigeration, mining, pharmaceuticals, water treatment, plastics and fibres, abatement of nitrogen … Continue reading →

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The best and worst countries in the world when it comes to air pollution and electricity use

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Ritesh Pothan

China steals an unsavory global spotlight for the thick, noxious smog that often chokes its mega-cities. Air pollution has become so bad in Beijing, for example, that Chinese officials aim to slash its local coal consumption by 30% in 2017. … Continue reading →

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The WTO Just Ruled Against India’s Booming Solar Program

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Ritesh Pothan

Cartoon by Courtenay Lewis On the heels of the recent global summit in Paris to tackle climate disruption, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled against an important piece of the climate solution puzzle: India’s ambitious program to create homegrown … Continue reading →

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Barriers to Solar Financing in India

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Ritesh Pothan

By Vedant Rathi The Indian solar industry has grown about a hundredfold in the past four years, from 36 MW in March, 2010 to 2,600 MW in March, 2014. The Modi government has set an ambitious target of reaching a … Continue reading →

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Seven Reasons Cheap Oil Can’t Stop Renewables Now

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Ritesh Pothan

  Oil prices have fallen by more than half since July. Just five years ago, such a plunge in fossil fuels would have put the renewable-energy industry on bankruptcy watch. Today: Meh. Here are seven reasons why humanity’s transition to … Continue reading →

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India-US solar issue: WTO sets up dispute panel

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

The WTO has set up a dispute settlement panel to examine a complaint by the US against India’s domestic content requirements under the country’s solar power programme, Parliament was informed today. “Since the consultations could not result into satisfactory outcome, … Continue reading →

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Coal isn’t going away soon! China’s clean fuel focus tests U.S. coal exports lifeline

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

A child wearing a mask plays in the heavy smog in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong province on Jan. 24, 2013. Experts say that if China wants to avoid the kind of smog that choked the country earlier, it must … Continue reading →

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How fossil fuel interests are funding renewable battles

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

Ritesh- While this may be for the US, it’s also true across the globe and can be so for our country too except that we don’t have a transparent view into the going ons in government. Yesterday, Ohio became the … Continue reading →

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