Germany Sees Solar Installations Spike to Nearly 3GW in 2018
Germany’s solar market witnessed its strongest growth in half a decade during 2018, adding almost 3 gigawatts of capacity, according to industry figures. The German solar association Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW) said the 2018 figures represented...
Final IRP Proposal for Puerto Rico Calls for ‘Mini-Grids’ and Rapid Solar and Storage Deployment
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) this week filed a final draft of its 2019 to 2038 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which calls for big deployments of solar and storage and a system of...
Solar News
BP and McKinsey Agree Renewables to Be the Dominant Power Source by 2040, Diverge on Numbers
Consulting company McKinsey & Company and global oil major British Petroleum both recently released 2019 outlooks for the global energy sector, and though both forecast that renewables will grow markedly in the coming years, the...
Sunpin Solar signs 75-MW PPA with Direct Energy Business
Sunpin Solar, a California-based solar developer, and Direct Energy Business, an energy and energy-related services providers, announced a renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) for the full output of the recently completed ColGreen North Shore Power...
Energy Impact Partners invests $20 million in Palmetto Clean Technology
Energy Impact Partners (EIP), an utility-backed energy investment firm, announced that it has provided up to $20 million in financing facilities to Palmetto Clean Technology, a solar and platform technology and fulfillment company focused on the...
SMA Offers SolarCoin Crypto Cash to 260,000 PV Owners
German solar inverter maker SMA Solar Technology this month gave 260,000 customers the ability to claim a cryptocurrency called SolarCoin in exchange for solar energy. The scheme, available as a feature in SMA’s Sunny Portal...
PJM to ask FERC to invalidate its energy market rules after stakeholder impasse
The grid operator's controversial five-point proposal includes changes that will boost the real-time and day-ahead markets by allowing larger, less flexible units to set prices....
Agriculture News
Biodiesel tax incentive not in spending agreement
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has learned that the government spending deal that’s being worked on before Friday’s shutdown deadline is likely a blow to the biodiesel industry, “All indications at this point are that there’s unlikely to be...
Trump might extend China deadline if a trade deal is close
President Trump says he might let the March 1st deadline to reach a trade deal with China “slide for a little while” but said he’s “not inclined to do that.” Trump told reporters Tuesday that if...
Producers urged to sign up before Thursday MFP deadline
Farmers have until Thursday to sign up for the USDA’s Market Facilitation Program, the program designed to help offset lost income from the various trade disputes. University of Wisconsin Ag Economist Paul Mitchell tells Brownfield signing up is a...
NCBA: Green New Deal lacks information, would impact ag
The head of government affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the lack of detail in the Green New Deal is a concern. Colin Woodall says it’s unclear the direct impact the proposal would have on...
Next round of trade talks kicks off in China
Another round of trade talks between the U.S. and China continues today in Beijing. Cabinet-level talks will begin Thursday when U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnunchin meet with China’s Vice Premier. Trade officials have...
