Renewable Energy Focus 13 January 2012.
Farewell 2011, the solar industry will not miss you.
Along with crashing prices, company failures, rapidly decreasing Feed-in Tariff (FiT) rates, 2011 left us with something even more tangible – close to 6 GWp of inventory on the demand and supply sides of the industry. This inventory will haunt the solar industry for some time, as it will be resold at ever-lower prices…
http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/view/23129/what-is-the-outlook-for-solar-pv-in-2012-/
REEEP 25 January 2012.
REEEP is a supporter of the CTI PFAN Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF-2; 16 Feb, Johannesburg, South Africa). The Forum, which follows a business plan competition, will showcase 10 selected clean and renewable energy projects from around Africa who will present their business plans at the Forum. The projects were selected for their commercial viability and environmental benefits from over 85 project proposals and have received intensive coaching from CTI PFAN professional advisors.
For investors, AFRICEF-2 is a great opportunity to access a select group of clean energy projects with high profit potential. There is no charge for participation.
Renewable Energy Focus 25 January 2012.
Those in the renewable energy industry looking for clues as to whether President Obama would continue to talk up renewables will not have been disappointed by his 2012 State of The Union speech. Here is a run down of what was said as it relates to some of the hot energy topics in the country…
FM 26 January 2012.
(There being a dearth of energy-related news, here is something different!)
Solar storms refer to activity on the sun’s surface which cause eruptions of electrified gas clouds that are released into space at almost 2m km/hour. If earth happens to be in the path of these coronal mass ejections, a large one has the potential to cause havoc, says Peter Kotter, an astronomer at the SA National Space Agency’s solar monitoring facility in Hermanus…
Business Report 25 January 2012.
The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has postponed the public hearings on the review of the inclining block tariffs and the multi-year price determination (MYPD) methodology…
http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/watchdog-postpones-power-price-hearings-1.1219164
BNEF 24 January 2012.
A team of engineers from University of Buffalo has been able to significant increase the conversion rate of solar-energy technology by tweaking the tiniest parts of the cells.
At University of Buffalo, researchers have already demonstrated that embedding quantum dots into modern photovoltaic cells increase the energy output significantly. It allows the cells to generate energy from infrared light and therefore, the energy that can be harvested from photoelectrons is amplified…
http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.renewablepowernews.com%2Ffeed
Engineering News 24 January 2012.
Climate finance practitioners and regulators have urged South African developers of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to finalise their applications for registration of such projects with the United Nations during the first quarter of 2012, or face being excluded from the key European market…
Business Day 24 January 2012.
LAST winter, when carbon prices fell 15% in one week, industry analysts called it “carnage”. Then, in the fortnight before last month’s Durban climate summit, carbon prices fell more than 30%, with front-year European Union (EU) Allowance permits dropping below €8,50 a ton. And they have crashed even further since…
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=163164
Engineering News 23 January 2012.
State-owned power utility Eskom reported that peak demand last week was met with sufficient capacity and that, while the power utility continued to make progress with its programme of planned maintenance, the system remained tight…
