The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) says 20.2 GW of electricity generation capacity was added in the United States during the first half of 2024. Solar energy led the way, with significant deployments in energy storage as well.

According to the US Department of Energy’s EIA, the United States connected 20.2 GW (AC) of utility-scale power plants to the grid during the first half of 2024. This capacity includes 12 GW of solar, which represents 59% of the total additions.

US Deploys 12 GW of Utility-Scale Solar in H1 | Devamı>>>

China’s installed wind and solar capacity will overtake coal for the first time this year, an industry body forecast on Tuesday.

The China Electricity Council (CEC) in a yearly report said grid-connected wind and solar would make up around 40% of installed power generation capacity by the end of 2024, compared with coal’s expected 37%.

By comparison, wind and solar together were around 36% of capacity at the end of 2023, and coal was just under 40%.

China’s Wind, Solar Capacity Forecast to Overtake Coal in 2024 | Devamı>>>

Germany has set out its plan to claw back 90% of the earnings from some clean power generators as the government seeks funding for its consumer aid package.

The government is planning to skim earnings above €130 a megawatt-hour for solar, wind and nuclear, according to a draft law seen by Bloomberg News. Politicians are trying to reclaim some of the profits that companies like RWE AG are making from high power…

Lignite mills will be taxed on their earnings of over 52 euros per megawatt hour, and oil plants of 28 euros.

Germany Sets Windfall Tax at 90% for Clean Power Generators | Devamı>>>

Record production in green energy, despite 23.5% growth in electricity demand, reduced India’s dependence on coal in May, reducing its utilities increased coal stocks.

While increasing supply from renewable resources has led to an extraordinarily rapid increase in demand, forcing the country to reopen mines and revert to importing fuel, while India has made progress towards easing the coal shortage, the share of renewable energy resources in energy production decreased to 10.2% in April and May.

Renewable Energy Production Record Breaks in India in May | Devamı>>>

Carbon pricing, whether through trading or taxes, is considered one of the most important policies to reduce emissions. A price on carbon increases the operating costs of high carbon fuels relative to lower-carbon alternatives. This post introduces an index (termed Coal to Clean Carbon Price Index – C3PI) for approximating the carbon price required to leapfrog fossil gas and support an electricity system predominantly supplied by variable renewable energy.

Fuel switch costs in electricity have historically been analysed through coal and fossil gas generation prices.

Carbon Price Index for Coal-to-Clean Electricity | Devamı>>>

Unlike many European countries, Turkey’s coal power generation dropped again in 2021, for the third year in a row. On the other hand, gas generation increased to compensate for the drought-induced decline in hydropower generation. Hence Turkey’s emissions per kWh power generation remain unchanged. In fact there has been no significant improvement in Turkey’s carbon intensity of power in at least 30 years.

Hydropower has a very long history in Turkey, the first power plant in its history was a hydropower plant constructed in Southern Turkey in the early 1900s during the Ottoman Empire era.

Coal Generation Fell for Third Consecutive Year in Turkey | Devamı>>>

By 2030, the global economy will create more green jobs than the number lost during the pandemic if investments in renewable energy are increased in line with sustainability targets set under the Paris Agreements, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has said.

In its new Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual review 2021, complied in partnership with the International Labour Organisation, IRENA predicts that some 25 million new green jobs will be created by 2030, surpassing the 7 million lost due to the pandemic.

More Jobs will be Created by the Green Energy Transition Than Lost! | Devamı>>>

Solar photovoltaics (PV) has become a mainstay of low-carbon sustainable energy strategies, with the cost of electricity generated by PV plants declining by 77% between 2010 and 2018. Trade and the globalisation of the solar PV market have been major factors driving the decrease in technology prices as manufacturers are able to source goods and services from competitive suppliers.

However, trade policies and harmonised coherent product standards are needed to unlock additional cost reductions and are therefore crucial to a globalised PV market that promotes safe and inclusive trade in solar PV goods and services`.

The Case for Open, High-Quality Solar Photovoltaic Markets… | Devamı>>>

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Solar Istanbul Solar Energy, Storage, E-Mobility and Digitalization Fair will open its doors at Istanbul Expo Center between 22-25 September 2021. A total of 8,000 business people, including 2,500 foreigners, from 38 countries, mainly from France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Russia, India, America, China, Taiwan and Korea, will examine the latest technology products in the energy sector. The fair, which presents investment, innovation and technology targets together, will be the energy attraction center of the sector this year.

8.000 Visitors from 38 Countries Will Meet at ‘Solar Istanbul’ | Devamı>>>

The world is increasingly banking on green hydrogen fuel to fill some of the critical missing pieces in the clean-energy puzzle.

US presidential candidate Joe Biden’s climate plan calls for a research program to produce a clean form of the gas that’s cheap enough to fuel power plants within a decade. Likewise, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and the European Union have all published hydrogen roadmaps that rely on it to accelerate greenhouse gas reductions in the power, transportation, or industrial sectors.

How Falling Solar Costs Have Renewed Clean Hydrogen Hopes | Devamı>>>