Energy & Strategy

The Huffingtonpost | September 29, 2016

Many politicians and commentators have been quick to blame the South Australian Government's renewable energy for the blackout. But that's not the source of the problem. Massive winds and storms, including a reported 80,000 lightning strikes, saw transmission towers -- which carry the electricity from power plants to your home -- get hammered. This is what some of them ended up looking like....

Bloomberg | September 14, 2016

Renewables provided more bang for the buck last year because the cost of installations and financing declined, helping reshape the direction of the energy industry for decades to come, the International Energy Agency said. The capacity of new renewable-energy installations coming online surged 40 percent in five years even though investment in those technologies slid 2 percent to $288 billion, the Paris-based institution said in a report released on Wednesday....

Gizmodo | October 02, 2016

Today appeared to be a good day for President Obama and the environment, what with the unveiling of a moonshot budget, complete with billions to improve the environment (and humanity!). The Supreme Court, however, is not joining in on the fun....

Smart Energy | January 16, 2020

Enel Green Power Brazil has announced the operations of the 475MW section of the Sao Goncalo solar PV plant in the Brazilian state of Piaui. The plant is South America’s largest PV facility and has gone live a year ahead of the deadline set by the rules of the 2017 A-4 public tender. The tender was issued by the Brazilian federal government through the country’s energy regulator Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL). Enel invested $390 million for the construction of the 475MW section of ...