Japan at the Electricity Crossroads: Nuclear Power to Lower Electricity Bills or Solar Power to Create Resiliency?

Junko Movellan

March 11, 2016 | Post Your Comment

March 11, 2016 marks the five-year anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, which caused catastrophic meltdowns at three reactors... Full Article

Reaching a Feasible Utopia for Renewables in Latin America and the Caribbean

Ruy Campos Dugone

March 14, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Since 1970 there has been great interest in using renewable energies in the 46 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where currently only three countries have no policies or strategies for the promotion and/or development of this energy source. Full Article

Sunrun Expects Residential Solar Growth to Slow This Year

Chris Martin

March 14, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Sunrun Inc., a residential solar power provider, expects growth to slow this year, in part because it has halted operations in Nevada. Full Article

Argentina Preparing Law to Boost Consumption of Clean Energy

Vanessa Dezem and Pablo Rosendo Gonzalez

March 11, 2016 | Post Your Comment

Argentina is poised to approve the final details of a new law designed to give a boost to clean energy as President Mauricio Macri steps up his efforts to fight climate change. Full Article

National Lab to Collaborate with Small Clean Energy Businesses as Part of DOE Pilot Program

PennEnergy Editors

March 11, 2016 | Post Your Comment

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will help the first group of small clean energy businesses advance their products under the Small Business Vouchers (SBV) pilot launched last July by DOE. Full Article

Electric Vehicles in the UK: Turning Niche into Mainstream - Day 1

March 14, 2016 | Post Your Comment

The London campus of ESCP Europe Business School hosted the launch of the ESCP Europe Electrical Vehicle Road Trip (EVRT) on 12th March 2016. The event included the first energy conference in a four-part series taking place in London, Berlin, Turin, and Paris. The topic of a lively panel discussion was Electric Vehicles in the UK: Turning Niche into Mainstream. Full Article