Tag: Manufacturing
Getting Big Batteries (BESS) & Pumped Hydro (PHES) to Play Well Together
At a recent Solar Citizens rally in the seat of Dixon, I had the intellectually stimulating opportunity to converse with Mike Westerman of GHD about the viability of pumped hydro (PHES). Mike is the lead for GHD on hydropower. GHD (named from the initials of the founders, engineers Gutteridge, Haskins, … [continued]
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Global Solar Outlook 2025–2029: SolarPower Europe Forecasts 1 TW Annual Installations By 2030
The global solar industry experienced unprecedented growth in 2024, with a record 597 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity installed, marking a 33% increase over the previous year. This surge brought the total global solar capacity to 2.2 terawatts (TW), solidifying solar power’s position as a cornerstone of the global … [continued]
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Solar Power Has Surged in “Trump States” in 2020s
Solar power has had a huge rise around the world in recent years, even accounting for the majority of the world’s new power capacity in 2024. That includes the United States. However, an interesting thing that has happened in the States in the past decade is “red states” have installed … [continued]
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London-area jobless rate spikes in glimpse of Donald Trump’s tariff toll
London’s unemployment rate jumped by half a percentage point in April as the local economy shed nearly 2,000 jobs and the toll of the U.S.-Canada trade war came into sharper focus. Statistics Canada reported Friday the jobless rate for the region, which includes St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex counties, hit […]
EU Ignores EV Sales Data, Waters Down Requirements
The European Union (EU) has really dropped the ball. I’m not sure who exactly got to EU decision makers, or how they convinced these people to go backward when things were going so well, but the European Parliament today finalized a plan to scale back the EU’s CO2 reduction targets … [continued]
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