Friday, January 29, 2016

BBC News: Europe's recent summers were the 'warmest in 2,000 years'

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Europe's recent summers were the 'warmest in 2,000 years'
The past 30 years in Europe have been the warmest in more than two millennia, according to new research.
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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Study shows costs of PV decreased 10% per year since 1980

Study shows costs of PV decreased 10% per year since 1980

 28.01.2016: »We put ourselves in the past, pretended we didn't know the future, and used a simple method to forecast the costs of the technologies.« These were the methodological premises of a study conducted by a research team from the University of Oxford, which has also analyzed the development of the PV technology over the past and future decades. The paper »How predictable is technological progress?,« which found that the costs of a PV module decreased at an average rate of 10% per year since 1980, provides a quantitative answer to a fundamental question: »How do we know that the historical trend will continue? Isn’t it possible that things will reverse, and over the next 20 years coal will drop in price dramatically and solar will go back up?« According to the researchers, the example of solar PV modules illustrates that differences in the improvement rate of competing technologies can be dramatic, and that an underdog can begin far behind the pack and quickly emerge as a front-runner. © PHOTON

www.ox.ac.uk

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Fwd: Statement from the Honourable Bob Chiarelli

Oil boys getting the same clampdown/shakedown that the munis visited on renewables.

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Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Subject: Statement from the Honourable Bob Chiarelli
To: mbannerman@arcstarenergy.com


Ontario Newsroom Ontario Newsroom
 

Statement

Statement from the Honourable Bob Chiarelli

January 27, 2016

"Ontario is pleased with the Federal Government's announcement of new principles and consultation processes related to decision-making on interprovincial pipelines. The responsibility for reviewing interprovincial pipeline projects lies completely within federal jurisdiction and is the purview of the National Energy Board (NEB).

Today's announcement will help to repair changes made by the previous federal government, which limited the voice of communities in NEB hearings. Ontario agrees with our federal partner that all aspects of proposed pipeline projects, including impacts on our climate and natural environment must be considered, and enhanced mitigation measures must be a priority.

For generations, Canada's vast natural resources have helped grow our national economy; across the country Canadians also recognize our shared obligation to future generations. Economic prosperity and environmental sustainability are fundamentally linked, and we must ensure that we develop our energy resources in a smart, sustainable and ecologically responsible manner. 

This is precisely why Ontario took action in 2013 and tasked the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) with giving a voice to the public, First Nation and Metis communities and safety experts on the impacts of the proposed Energy East project to Ontario's economy and natural environment. Across 18 months and more than a dozen communities, hundreds of Ontarians participated in meaningful consultations and open dialogue. Last summer the OEB delivered its final report to the government. This report will inform our position as an intervenor in this renewed federal regulatory process and ensure that the best interests of Ontarians are protected - including our safety, environment, jobs and the economy.

Canadians have been clear - all levels of government must take the time to hear from experts, community and municipal leaders, aboriginal groups, business leaders and other impacted groups to ensure that all voices can be heard during the regulatory process.

With the steps announced today, the environment and the economy have a much better chance of being appropriately harmonized."

Background

Ontario's Pipeline Principles:

  • Pipelines must meet the highest available technical standards for public safety and environmental protection;
  • Pipelines must have the world leading contingency planning and emergency response programs;
  • Proponents and governments must fulfill their duty to consult obligations with Aboriginal communities;
  • Local communities must be consulted;
  • Projects should provide demonstrable economic benefits and opportunities to the people of Ontario, over both the short and long term; and
  • Economic and environmental risks and responsibilities, including remediation should be borne exclusively by the pipeline companies, who must also provide financial guarantees demonstrating their capability to respond to leaks and spills.
 
 
 

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South Florida mayors press Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush on climate change | Naked Politics

Good luck with Rubio. He doesn’t believe in either climate change or the theory of evolution.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2016/01/south-florida-mayors-press-marco-rubio-jeb-bush-on-climate-change.html

the (continuing) promise of CIGS technology

CIGS will make life harder for crystalline silicon, ZSW

 
Solar Frontier is the only major manufacturer still believing the CIGS bet below. Cadmium Telluride (First Solar) is the only other thin film technology that could achieve these cost and efficiency goals.  Both have remained  behind the steep cost curve dive of poly and mono. FS claims that this has already changed.


27.01.2016: Although polycrystalline solar cells have currently a market share of 90% in the global solar industry, thin-film CIGS solar cells could soon increase their share due to reduced costs and increasing efficiencies. These are the conclusions of a white paper on the CIGS technology released by Germany-based Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW). The research institute said that CGIS cells have currently reached a conversion efficiency of 22.3%, while multi-crystalline cells have an average efficiency of 20.4%. Although at module level both technologies have an average efficiency of 15% to 17%, the CIGS technology seems to be very promising, due to the fact that the average cost of a CIGS module is currently almost the same of a polycrystalline module - $ 0.40 per W. The ZSW also believes that the cost of a CIGS solar panel with an efficiency of 18% could be reduced to $ 0.25 per W with a manufacturing capacity of 500 MW to 1,000 MW. »The dominance of crystalline silicon in the global solar market will likely continue for a while, but the CIGS technology will gain market shares,« said the head of ZSW Michael Powalla. © PHOTON

www.zsw-bw.de

www.zsw-bw.de/fileadmin/ZSW_files/Infoportal/Presseinformationen/docs/PI_2016/pi01-2016-ZSW-CIGS-Investitionlohntsich.pdf

 

 

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

BBC News: Stephen Hawking: Do black holes have no hair?

I saw this on the BBC News App and thought you should see it:

Stephen Hawking: Do black holes have no hair?
An illustrated companion to Prof Stephen Hawking's first Reith lecture about black holes.
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BBC News: Hinkley Point nuclear plant decision 'delayed'

Can't even finance it at ppa way higher than solar and with loan guarantees from 3 governments. It will likely go through though, using the same tactics pro sports uses: taxpayers take more in the shorts.

Hinkley Point nuclear plant decision 'delayed'
Britain's first new nuclear power plant in decades could be delayed amid reports an EDF board meeting to decide whether to invest in Hinkley Power Station has been postponed.
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PV Magazine Mobil: Powerhive raises $20 million for off-grid development in emerging markets

http://m.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/powerhive-raises-20-million-for-off-grid-development-in-emerging-markets_100022946/

PV Magazine Mobil: Egypt preps tender for 30 GW of energy projects

http://m.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/egypt-preps-tender-for-30-gw-of-energy-projects-_100022952/

Friday, January 22, 2016

World Energy Council: Don’t Misperceive ‘True Value’ Of Energy Storage :: Solar Industry

http://solarindustrymag.com/world-energy-council-dont-misperceive-true-value-of-energy-storage


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Monday, January 18, 2016

Bloomberg: Japan Approved 85,550 MW of Renewable Energy Projects Since 2012

From Bloomberg, Jan 18, 2016, 10:07:49 PM

Japan has given the go-ahead to 85,550 megawatts of clean energy projects since the introduction of an incentive program in July 2012, with solar comprising the vast bulk of the new capacity.

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Bloomberg: India's Azure Power Files $100 Million IPO to List Stock on NYSE

IPOs showing up, but how many of those have you seen backed by the World Bank?

From Bloomberg, Dec 17, 2015, 9:24:19 AM

Azure Power Global Ltd., an Indian clean energy company with financing from the World Bank, registered to sell as much as $100 million in stock in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange to help pay for its expansion.

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Iusasol energizes 21 MW solar plant in Mexico - Small Producer turns up

Iusasol energizes 21 MW solar plant in Mexico


18.01.2016: Mexican solar module producer Iusasol, a subsidiary of industrial conglomerate Grupo Iusa, has connected to the grid a 21 MW PV plant in Pasteje, in the northwest part of the State of Mexico, central Mexico. The plant, which was officially inaugurated by the Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, is the first phase of a 400 MW PV project that the company aims to develop by mid-2017. The $38 million PV plant will sell will sell electricity at market prices and will compete directly with other generation technologies. Iusasol began producing solar modules at its 500 MW Mexican solar module manufacturing facility in October 2014. According to the Mexican government, the $800 million factory has an annual capacity of 1.6 million modules. © PHOTON

www.gob.mx

www.gob.mx/presidencia/ articulos/primeras-fases-de- la-fabrica-de-paneles-solares- iusasol-y-central-solar- fotovoltaica-don-alejo

 

 

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Saturday, January 16, 2016

Bloomberg: Renewable Energy Focus Could Give Global Economic Growth a Boost

From Bloomberg, Jan 16, 2016, 4:00:00 AM

Doubling the share of solar, wind and other renewables in the energy mix would boost global economic growth by as much as 1.1 percent by 2030, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.

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Friday, January 15, 2016

Bloomberg: Solar and Wind Just Did the Unthinkable

From Bloomberg, Jan 14, 2016, 1:00:03 AM

The sun and the wind continue to defy gravity. 

Renewables just finished another record-breaking year, with more money invested ($329 billion) and more capacity added (121 gigawatts) than ever before, according to new data released Thursday by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

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The effect of reverse auctions on the solar industry - (including fee compression)

Explains fee compression but oil price is less able to destroy demand than before.

 

15.01.2016: In 2015, global investments in clean energy grew 4% from the previous year, reports Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). The good results of the past year are mainly due to » utility-scale projects such as wind farms, solar parks, biomass and waste-to-energy plants and small hydro-electric schemes.« Total investment in the global clean energy sector reached $392.3 billion in 2015. For comparison, investments in 2014 totaled $315.9 billion. BNEF stressed that last year’s result will be difficult to repeat, due to the fact that dollar investments in clean energy could be negatively impacted by several factors, one of which is the further declining costs of the PV technology that could mean that that more capacity could be installed for the same price. »These figures are a stunning riposte to all those who expected clean energy investment to stall on falling oil and gas prices. They highlight the improving cost-competitiveness of solar and wind power, driven in part by the move by many countries to reverse-auction new capacity rather than providing advantageous tariffs, a shift that has put producers under continuing price pressure,« BNEF, chairman of the advisory board Michael Liebreich said. © PHOTON

www.newenergyfinance.com

www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/365240701.html

 

 

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Miami-Dade investigating whether nuclear power plant is polluting Biscayne Bay | Miami Herald

muni PPAs showing up in MX

AEE Energía Renovable to develop 30 MW PV project in Mexican state of Sinaloa


13.01.2016: Mexican developer AEE Energía Renovable de México, S.A. de C.V. is planning to build a 30 MW PV plant in Topolabampo, in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa. The company has signed a 25-year PPA for the project with the local government, which said that it will buy power from the plant at a price 20% lower than the price offered by local utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad. AEE Energía Renovable will invest approximately $85 million in the project. © PHOTON

www.sinaloa.gob.mx

www.sinaloa.gob.mx/noticias/73-enero-2016/2017-garantiza-empresa-aee-energia-renovable-electricidad-mas-barata-con-la-planta-solar-que-instalara-en-topolobampo

 

 

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The Future of Renewable Power in Mexico - Renewable Energy World

CNN Breaking News - Oil Plummets (again)

 

 

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Thursday, January 7, 2016

NPR: U.S. Weather Wet And Wild In 2015, Though No Big Hurricanes


U.S. Weather Wet And Wild In 2015, Though No Big Hurricanes
by Christopher Joyce

NPR - January 7, 2016

The U.S. had 10 weather events in 2015 that cost $1 billion or more in damage, with December the warmest and wettest month on record. Climate scientists blame a warming climate and strong El Nino.

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/07/462265900/u-s-weather-wet-and-wild-in-2015-though-no-big-hurricanes?sc=ipad&f=1001



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BBC News: Event horizon snapshot due in 2017

I saw this on the BBC News App and thought you should see it:

Event horizon snapshot due in 2017
A global network of nine radio telescopes is set to take the first ever picture of a black hole's event horizon in 2017.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

BBC News: Officer films glee as dry Australia river starts to flow

Agree. Palpable glee.

Officer films glee as dry Australia river starts to flow
A police officer in a drought-affected region of Queensland shouts "come to papa" in joy as he films the first stream of water flow into a dusty riverbed.
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BBC News: In pictures: Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas

Still running on Caesar's calendar.

In pictures: Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas
Images from the Orthodox Christian world as believers celebrate Christmas, in line with the Julian calendar.
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BBC News: Where next for the oil price -and what is the impact?

I saw this on the BBC News App and thought you should see it:

Where next for the oil price -and what is the impact?
With the price of Brent oil falling again on Wednesday, to its lowest level since 1 July 2004, how low can it go - and what is the impact?
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

First Solar Rallies

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/first-solar-rallies-on-goldman-sachs-upgrade-2016-01-05

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The Real Point Break: Where The World’s Largest Gas Turbines Prove Their Mettle

http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2016/01/real-point-break-where-worlds-largest-gas-turbines-prove-their-mettle?et_cid=5039893&et_rid=45614407&location=top

Rare Galaxy With Two Black Holes Has One Starved Of Stars

http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2016/01/rare-galaxy-two-black-holes-has-one-starved-stars?et_cid=5039893&et_rid=45614407&location=top

Costa Rica to issue tariffs for net-metering in February

Costa Rica to issue tariffs for net-metering in February 
5.01.2016: Costa Rica's utility regulator Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) will issue the tariffs for the net-metering scheme for solar installations in February. According to local financial newspaper El Financiero, ARESEP will issue the tariffs at which PV system owners will sell their electricity surplus to the country’s utilities Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) and Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL). In August, Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications (MINAE) introduced a reform of the net-metering scheme aimed at making it easier to install a PV system under the program. Under the new legislation, homeowners and enterprises interested in installing a PV system under the scheme don’t have to require an authorization to ARESEP. According to Costa Rica’s government, the new scheme will support the development of residential and commercial PV segments. Costa Rica introduced a net-metering scheme for PV in April 2015. © PHOTON

minae.go.cr

www.elfinancierocr.com/economia-y-politica/Aresep-publicaria-autogeneracion-electrica-febrero_0_867513249.html

 

 

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Capitalism Explained.

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Monday, January 4, 2016

Severe Sell-Off Does Not Slow Rise In Shares Of Gunmakers

Every looming threat of regulation causes gun buyers to stockpile. Kind of foolish for anyone to expect that prohibition expectations aren't going to cause everyone to rush out and buy a case of liquor.

http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2016/01/severe-sell-does-not-slow-rise-shares-gunmakers-0?et_cid=5037903&et_rid=45614407&location=top

Fwd: Forecasting: The Importance of Method - and Maps

I highly recommend the download and review of this Geopolitical assessment of the USA from Stratfor.
It provides some perspectives that are not commonly understood.

Monty



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Understanding – and predicting – the behavior of groups or countries begins with a clear view of their goals, their needs and their assets.  Almost always, this starts by looking at a map.

When it comes to nation-states, "place" determines many defining elements of a people or culture: the nature and relative strength of the economy, imperatives for trade, military strengths or weaknesses, even the ease or difficulty of establishing civic institutions or uniting inhabitants into a coherent polity and their relative influence on a regional or global scale.

So if you're wondering how to make sense of global events – and the often unspoken factors that drive the policies and behaviors or international actors – start with a look at the role of their geography. A study of the United States, probably the most recognizable example, is a great jumping-off point.

Download this FREE e-book, "The Geopolitics of the United States," to learn more.

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Google Helps Analyze If Rooftop Solar Panels Are Good Deal - A MUST-CHECK TOOL FOR US PROJECTS

http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2016/01/google-helps-analyze-if-rooftop-solar-panels-are-good-deal?et_cid=5037512&et_rid=45614407&location=top


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Saturday, January 2, 2016

Bloomberg: First U.S. Oil Export Leaves Port; Marks End to 40-Year Ban

The quo for the ITC extension quid.

The first U.S. shipment of crude oil to an overseas buyer departed a Texas port on Thursday, just weeks after a 40-year ban on most such exports was lifted.

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