New Renewables are Cheaper than 99% of US Coal Plants The renewables transition continues to accelerate around the world. In the US, dirty coal generation is on the decline. It is now more economical to source energy from newly built renewable energy farms than from existing US coal plants. The Coal Cost Crossover 3.0 report from […]
Tag Archives: Solar
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Feb
Feb
Solar PV Energy Growth in Europe At Solpod, we celebrate the steps taken in the global effort towards the green energy transition. The European Union now boasts a new record, the combined total of wind and solar generated more energy that gas for the first time. The Energy Think Tank Ember recently released its European […]
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Renewable Energy Generation Increases Across Australia Renewable energy generation statistics provided by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) for the last three months of 2022 are encouraging, showing records being broken and a continuing trend of increasing grid share. The AEMO has posted the Quarterly Energy Dynamic Q4 2022 report, revealing an increased renewable energy […]
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Australia has Double the Emissions of Egypt Australia is embracing rooftop solar PV, with nearly 3.3 million systems installed around the country. Yet Australia remains one of the world’s greatest polluters, with greenhouse gas emissions currently double those of Egypt, the host country of COP27. Climate TRACE is a tool launched by Al Gore that monitors emissions. Australia’s emissions double […]
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Energy Day at COP27 COP27, the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, is currently being held in Egypt in Sharm El-Sheikh. Global parties are being urged to progress plans towards mitigating climate change, which includes moving more rapidly into implementing the renewable energy transition. Energy is the theme for the day of the […]
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Demand For Rooftop Solar Increasing Demand for solar is increasing as Australia experiences a rapid hike in electricity prices. The electricity price rise pain is expected to continue, with Treasury forecasting an electricity price increase of 56 per cent in the next two years. Using clean, renewable solar PV energy not only helps to reduce […]
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Rooftop Solar to Reach 94.7 GW The increasing uptake of rooftop solar continues to be predicted by energy research and forecasters. Rystad Energy predicts rooftop solar PV will surge over the next three years, and will reach 94.7 gigawatts around the globe. Rystad Energy reports that since 2016, there has been a rapid increase in […]
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Solpod Solar Video Features at COP26 Climate Conference The Solpod team are thrilled that a Solpod video about one of our installation sites was broadcast at COP26! The video aired at the COP26 Australian Pavilion and features our CEO, James Larratt. Mr Larratt says: “Solpod supports accelerated climate action with the transition to renewables being a major […]
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Solpod Offers World First Commercial Solar Innovation The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, ‘COP 26,’ is accelerating action towards the Paris Agreement goals and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Limiting climate change to within 1.5C means a global commitment to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Increasing clean energy is a […]
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Solar Could Lead Global Energy Share by 2050, Reported by International Energy Agency
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Global Emissions Increasing in 2021, Despite International Pledges The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently released a report, ‘Net Zero by 2050‘, which outlines a pathway to tackle the climate crisis. The emissions target of net zero by 2050 will limit a global temperature increase to 1.5C. Transiting to renewable energy is the major effort outlined […]