Annual records for renewable build, coal retirements and gas burn all expected to fall in 2015 This should prove to be a watershed year for the “de-carbonization” of the US power sector, with record volumes of coal-fired capacity to be shuttered, renewables capacity to be built, and natural gas to be consumed. The result, according to research…
Record-breaking offshore wind deal helps drive up clean energy investment in Q2
Global clean energy investment surged to $63.6bn in the second quarter of 2014, up 33% compared to the first quarter and 9% compared to Q2 2013, according to the latest authoritative figures from research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Q2 2014 was the strongest quarter for investment since Q2 2012 which reached $69.6bn, and was…
Real-time wind asset valuation tool now available
A power-market specialist and a renewable-energy risk analysis company have launched a real-time, interactive wind asset valuation tool. WVAL lets investors value more than 3,400 wind projects around the world at the click of a button, using up-to-date tariff, turbine. and wind resource data in the world. “WVAL brings transparency to the world of wind-project…