A new report from Navigant Research covers developments in the wind energy sector during 2014, including an analysis of the important changes in the industry over the last three years and the global market forecasts through 2019. Fueled by the policy-driven acceleration of installations in three key countries—China, Germany, and the United States—the global wind…

Editor’s Note: On the heels of the Department of Energy’s Wind Vision report, which calls for wind to reach 10% by 2020, 20% by 2030, and 35% by 2050, the Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) has released a new white paper, proposing their own “Distributed Wind Vision.” Similarly, this paper provides a roadmap for the…

In ‘Beyond Integration: Three dynamics shaping renewables and the grid,’ a recent global industry research initiative, DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts, gathered views from over 1,600 energy sector participants across more than 70 countries. The study addressed key questions on how to best move forward the integration of renewables into…

At nearly $1.3 trillion in estimated global revenue for 2014, the market for advanced energy products and services is as large as apparel and fashion and almost four times the size of the semiconductor industry worldwide, according to a report commissioned by Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), a national business association. In the United States, advanced…

Leaders of the U.S. wind energy industry said their companies and workers can deliver on a bold new vision for wind power to double in America over the next five years and, ultimately, become one of the country’s largest sources of electricity, with the savings to consumers reaching tens of billions of dollars a year.…

More than 400 Illinois companies serve wind power and solar energy markets, providing more than 20,000 jobs to people across the state who are manufacturing, financing, designing, engineering, installing, and maintaining renewable energy projects here and across the region. These were the findings of a recent study released by the Environmental Law & Policy Center…

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s latest “Electric Power Monthly” report, with data through the end of 2014, net electrical generation from non-hydro renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, solar, wind) increased by 10.9% over the previous year. The contribution to net electrical generation by just solar more than doubled (102.8%), while wind…

This scenario says it is realistic to consider that, by 2050,  coal use ends and there is a reduced use of nuclear and natural gas. Lights would stay on even “when the wind doesn’t blow … and the sun doesn’t shine”. The executive summary is here. If the U.S. ceases to burn coal, shuts down…

The Energy Information Administration reports that energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the United States are 2.4% less in 2011 than they were in 2010, and 9.1% less than in 2007 when they hit their peak level. Carbon-dioxide emissions are on a downward trend for several reasons: The sluggish economy has reduced the demand for energy…

This is the first few of nine pages from the executive summary of the 2011 Wind technologies market report issued by the DOE. A link to the full report is below. The U.S. wind power industry is facing uncertain times. With 2011, capacity additions rose from 2010 levels and with a further sizable increase expected…

  A report published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Renewable Electricity Futures Study (RE Futures), is an initial investigation of the extent to which renewable energy supply can meet the electricity demands of the continental United States over the next several decades. The study explores the implications and challenges of high renewable…

  This article comes from Associate of Corporate Counsel Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsk and Popeo PC Americans for a Clean Energy Grid recently released a report finding that adding more wind power to the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator grid could reduce wholesale electricity costs by more than 25% in the region by 2020.…

A report covers the technical and market trends for industrial and commercial vehicles, hybrid and pure electric. The $3,995 report tells of activities at a host of manufacturers for the vehicles and their components, also with roadmaps for future technological developments. Those selling components for electric vehicles and those wishing to produce such vehicles, says…

A report from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center estimates there are now more than 64,000 people in the state working in the so-called “clean energy” economy, about 1.5% of all jobs in the state. The report identified 4,909 clean energy companies across the state. The report said those companies saw a 6.7% increase in jobs…

The global wind turbine market continues to undergo structural shifts along the supply chain due to a significant drop in wind turbine orders in mature markets. The resulting overcapacity has implications across the supply chain, challenging component manufacturers, whose strategies were defined in an era of growth and surging demand. Component suppliers across the globe…

The clean energy industry has remained remarkably resilient during the economic crisis with $243 billion in new capital invested in the sector in 2010 (a 30% increase on 2009), according to a report recently released by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The report, Green Investing 2011: Reducing…

A research report, Rare Earth Elements Markets Worldwide, presents an in-depth analysis of the production, market, development, applications, and trends for rare earth elements, or REEs. The 17 different rare earth elements are used in a variety of applications to make devices lighter, stronger, more efficient, and easier to use. For example, REE’s  are used…

AWEA reports that America’s wind power industry installed 1,100 MW of new capacity in the first quarter of 2011 alone, and entered the second quarter with another 5,600 MW under construction. The under-construction figure is nearly twice the megawatts that the industry reported at this time in both 2009 and 2010; moreover, two-thirds of those megawatts are already locked in under long-term power purchase agreements with electric utilities, indicating an enduring industry that has proven both nimble and strong through a range of economic and policy conditions. The total wind fleet now stands at 41,400 MW—producing enough clean energy to supply 10 million American homes.

U.S. policymakers must focus more closely on developing new energy storage technologies as they consider a national renewable electricity standard, according to one of the principal recommendations in a newly released report, Integrating Renewable Electricity on the Grid, by the American Physical Society’s Panel on Public Affairs (POPA). Establishing a national renewable electricity standard will…