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New AWEA Board Chair: "It's time for presidential candidates to back American wind power for its economic benefits."

BY MIKE GARLAND Coming off a year in which the industry added 23,000 jobs and put $23 billion of private investment behind 100 wind projects, the American Wind Energy Association declared it’s time for the industry to start flexing its muscle. “From the smallest companies to the largest ...

Posted 22 May 2015 by Reg Tucker

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Debunking the latest spin from the anti-wind lobby

BY JIM REILLY. Thomas Pyle’s group is funded by the Koch brothers and other fossil fuel interests working against wind power. So, it’s no wonder that he opposes the key incentive for this energy source. Pyle’s latest spin that a bill to retroactively change the rules for th ...

Posted 15 May 2015 by Reg Tucker

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Alternative funding opportunities for renewable energy projects

BY TOMAS GARDFORS AND ANN VESELY. Infrastructure projects are seeing greater opportunities to access a wider and more diversified pool of potential capital. This is particularly clear in the context of a long-term contraction in bank lending and the increased pressure on alternative lender ...

Posted 06 May 2015 by Reg Tucker

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The state of IPOs in the renewable energy sector

BY ANDY CURRIE. The renewable energy sector has been consistently growing. According to data from the United Nations Environment Programme and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, investment in renewable energy projects is now outpacing investment in new fossil fuel-powered generation capacity. We are seei ...

Posted 21 April 2015 by Reg Tucker

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Collaboration is key to continued growth of the UK's offshore renewable industry

BY CHRIS JARVIS. Research conducted at Wave & Tidal 2015, held in Edinburgh in February, reveals that industry experts fear the UK offshore renewables sector is not making the most of its current leading global position in the field. 1 Furthermore, observers say, the sector risks being overtaken ...

Posted 16 April 2015 by Reg Tucker

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Biofuels poised for growth in the Middle East

BY IMRAN KHAN. Consumers worldwide are witness to the fluctuations in the fuel prices recently, and the Middle East is no exception. This raises the question, “Why do fuel prices rise and fall?" In the long term, the greatest single factor influencing fuel prices is the cost of crude oil. ...

Posted 01 April 2015 by Reg Tucker

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A holistic view of how solar plus storage can be embraced by utilities and energy consumers alike for the benefit of all.

BY KENNETH MUNSON, Sunverge CEO. In this blog, the author explains how using energy storage can build resilient utility business models, capture benefits across the energy supply chain and cope with demand disruption. Customer-sited energy storage technology has now been proven throug ...

Posted 25 March 2015 by Reg Tucker

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New energy, old problems: How to keep contract disputes from derailing your energy infrastructure project

By Todd Conley. Retail electricity sales could grow by 25 per cent by 2040, and renewable energy generating capacity is expected to follow that trend, growing by 52 per cent itself over the next 25 years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This massive shift in energy productio ...

Posted 04 March 2015 by Reg Tucker

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Results of UK’s first Auction for Contracts for Difference draw mixed reviews

More than a year after the Contract for Difference (CfD) regime1 was instituted — courtesy of the 2013 Energy Act, the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has released the results of the first round of the Contracts for Difference allocation. According to the DECC, Contracts f ...

Posted 01 March 2015 by Reg Tucker

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Future prospects for tidal energy and wave power in the UK

BY STUART BRADLEY. Tidal stream energy can have a significant role to play in the UK’s future energy system and has the potential to compete with other low carbon energy sources on cost. 1 However, the future for a cost competitive wave energy industry is less certain and the industry needs a ...

Posted 25 February 2015 by Reg Tucker

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Could wave power be the most efficient energy alternative to fossil fuels?

BY MIKE JAMES. It has been persistently argued that marine energy converters could offer a more reliable source of energy in comparison to alternative clean energy sources. Now researchers have come forward from the College of Engineering at Oregon State University with new analysis that sug ...

Posted 19 February 2015 by Reg Tucker

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Clean Energy Group proposes collaboration on distributed energy policies

WRITTEN BY LEWIS MILFORD, SETH MULLENDORE AND TODD OLINSKY-PAUL. Clean Energy Group (CEG) has released a new report calling for more collaboration on policies to promote emerging distributed energy storage technologies. In ‘Distributed Energy Storage: A Case for National and International Coll ...

Posted 04 February 2015 by Reg Tucker

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The politics of clean energy

In the immediate aftermath of the recent mid-term elections here in the States, pundits focused their attention on the shift of power in the Senate and the implications on key issues such as health care, immigration reform and the broader US economy. But what’s also at stake is the future dire ...

Posted 09 January 2015 by Reg Tucker

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Pondering the future for the bioenergy sector in the UK

WRITTEN BY EBRI. Experts from Aston University's European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI) recently shared their views of the UK’s nascent bioenergy sector with Renewable Energy Focus magazine. The expert contributors included: Professor Tony Bridgwater, director; Dr Jim Scott, research a ...

Posted 25 December 2014 by Reg Tucker

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The role of renewable energy in the growth of Sub-Saharan Africa

BY GIULIA MENICUCCI. It could be called Sub-Saharan Africa’s energy's paradox: despite the countries that have a large diffusion of oil fuels, the region has the lowest electricity access rate in the world. Roughly one-fifth of Sub-Saharian Africa’s population has access to electricity, ...

Posted 17 December 2014 by Reg Tucker

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US Department of Energy wants solar industry to "shine." Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz explains.

Last month the US Department of Energy announced more than $53 million for 40 innovative research and development projects that aim to drive down the cost of solar energy, tackling key aspects of technology development in order to bring innovative ideas to the market more quickly. ...

Posted 12 December 2014 by Reg Tucker

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The ABCs of green cars

BY CARA WAGNER. Most people consider their cars as a vital way to get themselves from A to B. However, some cars can be harmful to the environment. This is where green cars come in; they are environmentally friendly and have less polluting emissions because of their sustainable fuel resources. &n ...

Posted 09 December 2014 by Reg Tucker

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SEIA urges ‘collaborative approach’ to solving America's problems

BY RHONE RESCH. With widespread voter dissatisfaction evident in Tuesday’s national and state elections, Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), urged Republicans, Democrats and Independents to take a more “collaborative approach” to ...

Posted 05 November 2014 by Reg Tucker

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Majority of US voters support biodiesel tax incentive and renewable fuel standard

Policies supporting biodiesel production would win a resounding vote of confidence if they were on the ballot in next week’s elections, according to a nationwide survey1 commissioned by the National Biodiesel Board (NBB). According to the survey, three out of four voters support a tax incentiv ...

Posted 28 October 2014 by Reg Tucker

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Feeding off solar’s global momentum

This month, representatives from across the solar industry supply chain will convene in Las Vegas for SPI 2014. I fully expect the mood of many attendees to be positively upbeat in light of some very encouraging reports and forecasts. Several newly released industry reports provide concrete evidenc ...

Posted 15 October 2014 by Reg Tucker

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For Europe’s PV industry, non-compliance with WEEE has serious consequences

WRITTEN BY PIA ALINA LANGE. “I am not a producer because I do not manufacture.” “I am not a producer because my foreign supplier is member of a take-back scheme.” “I am not a producer because this brand is already listed with a take-back scheme.” Does any of t ...

Posted 03 September 2014 by Reg Tucker

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Is 100% renewable energy really an achievable goal?

WRITTEN BY TIM BROWN. The UK would, in theory, have the conditions required to rely heavily on renewable energy now and in the future. Being an island, hydro and wind power can be harnessed to a great extent — though the same can’t be entirely said for solar power, as the sun can be ...

Posted 19 August 2014 by Reg Tucker

tags: UK , renewable energy targets

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Encouraging prospects for creating renewable energy fuel from microalgae

WRITTEN BY ANDREW MOURANT. The race to create renewable energy fuel from microalgae – of potential huge significance – is leading research teams around the world in diverse directions. The science is becoming better understood, but no one can yet say what will be the best model for ...

Posted 09 July 2014 by Reg Tucker

tags: algae , biofuels

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Use of critical feedstock in biofuel threatens a bio-industry

WRITTEN BY CHARLES MORRIS The production of biofuels has long been mired in controversy – especially over the highly contentious issue of which feedstocks are appropriate to use in making the fuels. Indirect land use change (ILUC) has been a hot topic since it became clear that using edibl ...

Posted 24 June 2014 by Reg Tucker

tags: biofuels , policy

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Advocating the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan

US EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy expands on the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan in the wake of the release of the proposed guidelines for cutting carbon emissions from existing power plants. Following are excerpts of her comments: About a month ago, I took a trip to the Cleveland ...

Posted 02 June 2014 by Reg Tucker

tags: pollution , USA , Clean Power Plan

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Pondering the future of the wind power industry in the UK

WRITTEN BY DAVID TAYLOR. Climate change is a very serious issue, and it was only recently that Prime Minster David Cameron said he believed man-made climate change to be ‘one of the most serious threats that this country and this world faces’. It is, therefore, no surprise, that th ...

Posted 28 May 2014 by Reg Tucker

tags: wind power , UK

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Cleantech finds an unlikely ally — war

BY AARON LIM. The race towards building a world not dependant on fossil fuels has a powerful, but silent ally in the global military apparatus. For the Pentagon, clean energy and sustainability isn’t about saving whales or hugging trees — it’s about improving combat efficiency. ...

Posted 12 May 2014 by Reg Tucker

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5 Reasons the Cleantech Industry is Stronger Than Ever

WRITTEN BY VIC SHAO. Green Charge Networks CEO Vic Shao, comes to the defense of the ‘cleantech’ industry by providing clear evidence on an industry on the rise — not in decline, as some critics have argued. In his words... As a cleantech CEO who has received $12 ...

Posted 07 April 2014 by Reg Tucker

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Examining the relationship between 'green energy' and 'green engineering'

WRITTEN BY CONOR MACGUIRE. Can a green engineering application, system or process be really ‘green’ without manufacturers and service providers first making sure that the energy input too is green? The answer to that rhetorical question is a resounding "no!" The relationship ...

Posted 31 March 2014 by Reg Tucker

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PV recycling mandate: Industry needs to adapt as new rules take effect

WRITTEN BY JAN CLYNCKE. It’s no longer just a green thing to do: starting in February the collection, transport and recycling as well as its related financing and administration of discarded end-of-life photovoltaic panels is EU law. One of the most significant changes in the European ph ...

Posted 20 March 2014 by Reg Tucker

tags: PV , recycling , photovoltaic , EU

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Beware the pitfalls of media 'spin'

BY REGINALD TUCKER. The recent 60 Minutes piece on the “Cleantech Crash” reminds us that the proper “context” in reporting the news is just as important as “content”— if not more so. By now I’m sure most industry watchers have seen (or hea ...

Posted 10 February 2014 by Reg Tucker

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Key issues affecting acceptance and integration of renewable energy technologies in the US

Written by Alex Nicholsen, P.E., Nicholsen Engineering Services, Sunland, California. I would like to point out that the green revolution and in particular, renewable and clean energy products such as solar power, wind turbines, geothermal and algae-based bio-fuels are not waiting for viable t ...

Posted 13 January 2014 by Reg Tucker

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