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EU-India Summit: Added Impetus For EU and India Strategic Partnership

Asia Pacific, Europe/Middle East/Africa, Policy

The EU and India decided to step up their cooperation to fight climate change and adopted the ‘Joint Declaration between the EU and India on a Clean Energy and Climate Partnership’. It is key to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and triggers a renewed climate dialogue with India. It intends to reinforce energy cooperation, mainly on renewable energy sources, promote clean energy generation and increased energy efficiency. It will bring together relevant stakeholders, including the EU Member States and the Indian States creating business and technology opportunities between the EU and India.

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Climate Scientist Calls For Pricing Fossil Fuels To Accelerate Energy Transition

Biomass, Carbon, Head Lines, Policy

Former NASA climate director and Columbia University scientist, James Hansen has long called for a straightforward rising price on greenhouse gas emissions, which he argues would “quicken the transition to cleaner energy.” We could already be phasing out fossil fuel emissions, if only we stopped allowing the fossil fuel industry to use the atmosphere as a free dumping ground for their waste. “This is a tragic situation, because it is unnecessary,” he says

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As European Solar PV Installations Slow, China, US, Japan Surge Ahead

Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe/Middle East/Africa, Head Lines, Policy

Five countries; China, the United States, Japan, Germany and Italy will account for 70 percent of global installed PV capacity, projected to be 310GW at the end of 2016. A substantial increase from 40GW at the end of 2010. Continued stagnation of major European PV markets due to weaker financial incentives has caused PV additions in Europe to slow dramatically in recent years, but global demand remains strong. IHS says, “the supply chain continues to benefit from a period of relatively stable pricing, and there could be a new wave of capacity expansions.”

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California’s Electric Vehicles and Support Infrastructure To Increase Rapidly

Americas, Head Lines, Most Popular, Policy

San Diego Gas & Electric’s (SDG&E) will install charging stations at up to 350 businesses and communities in the region, with 10 chargers at each location for a total of 3,500 separate chargers. It will install at least 10 percent of the chargers in disadvantaged communities. The project overcomes many obstacles to EV growth and reassures local EV drivers that they’ll have a place to charge their vehicles. With SDG&E’s energy portfolio being made up of 33% percent renewable energy and zero coal, drivers will be plugging into one of the cleanest electric grids in the country.

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CaliforniaFIRST Launches Clean Energy Financing Program

Americas, Biomass, Policy

Innovative PACE program provides financing for energy efficiency, renewable energy, water efficiency upgrades with no out-of-pocket costs. CaliforniaFIRST financing doesn’t rely on a credit score and does not require any money down, opening the program to a wide range of Californians. It allows homeowners to choose a participating contractor in their area and install a variety of custom-tailored clean energy, water efficiency and EV charging projects.

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Innovation Wins US Department of Energy SunShot Initiative Award

Americas, Carbon, Policy

The innovation, from the Fraunhofer Center seeks to resolve one of the biggest challenges facing utilities; of how to integrate large quantities of PV production with the electric grid without compromising power-reliability and quality. It’s a further indicator of the US Dept. of Energy, aggressively driving innovation to make solar energy fully cost-competitive with traditional energy sources before the end of the decade.

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ARENA Provides Funding Support for Perovskite Solar Cells Technology

Asia Pacific, Deals & Finance, Policy, Solar, Technology

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is providing up to A$892,000 (US$654,000) to support CSIRO to develop and apply guidelines for assessing the performance of perovskite solar cells, which have the potential to be a cheaper competitor to traditional silicon cells with comparable efficiency and adaptability.

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