Green Energy Investments Drop in First Half of 2019: Report Updated On Fri, Jul 12th, 2019 by Saurenergy According to a new report, the global investments in green energy projects in the first half of 2019 were $117.6 billion, a drop of 14 percent from the 2018 figure. The first half of 2019 saw a 39 percent drop in green energy investments in the world’s biggest market, China, to $28.8 billion, the lowest […] Read more
Electricity Demand to Rise 62%; Generation Capacity to Triple by 2050 Updated On Thu, Jun 20th, 2019 by Saurenergy As a result, an aggregate investment of about USD 13.3 trillion is expected to be attracted in the sector, including USD 4.2 trillion in solar and USD 5.3 trillion in wind energy. The world’s power generation capacity is likely to triple between 2018 and 2050, as the demand for electricity may grew by 62 per […] Read more
BNEF Report on REN21 Renewables 2019 Global Status Updated On Thu, Jun 20th, 2019 by Saurenergy The dip in investment in 2018 can be partly attributed to falling technology costs in solar photovoltaics, which meant that the required capacity could be secured at a lower cost and slowdown in PV installations in China. Global investment in renewable energy has hit $288.9 billion in 2018, with the amount spent on new capacity […] Read more
Global Investments in Renewable Energy Hit $288 Billion: BNEF Report Updated On Wed, Jun 19th, 2019 by Saurenergy The dip in investment in 2018 can be partly attributed to falling technology costs in solar photovoltaics, which meant that the required capacity could be secured at a lower cost and slowdown in PV installations in China. Global investment in renewable energy has hit $288.9 billion in 2018, with the amount spent on new capacity […] Read more
Plunging Costs of Lithium-Ion Batteries on the Verge of Displacing Coal, Gas Updated On Fri, Mar 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy Two technologies that were immature and expensive only a few years ago but are now at the center of the unfolding low-carbon energy transition have seen spectacular gains in cost-competitiveness in the last year. The latest analysis by research company BloombergNEF shows that the benchmark levelised cost of electricity, or LCOE, for lithium-ion batteries has […] Read more
Cheap Finance Can Make Renewables Cost-Competitive Faster in Developing Countries Updated On Mon, Feb 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy A new report pinpoints how concessional finance can make wind, solar, and batteries cost-competitive faster in developing countries, accelerating the shift from fossil-fuelled power. Cut-rate financing has the potential to substantially speed the transition from fossil-fuelled power generation to renewable energy in developing countries, according to a new report produced by BloombergNEF (BNEF) and commissioned […] Read more
Corporate Clean Energy Buying Surged to New Record in 2018 : BNEF Updated On Tue, Jan 29th, 2019 by Saurenergy Corporations bought a record amount of clean energy through power purchase agreements (PPA) in 2018, shattering the previous record set in 2017 a new report by BNEF found. BloombergNEF has revealed in its 1H 2019 Corporate Energy Market Outlook, that around 13.4 GW of clean energy contracts were signed by 121 corporations in 21 different […] Read more
Clean Energy Investments in 2018 Exceed $300 Bn with Decline in Solar Commitments: BNEF Updated On Fri, Jan 18th, 2019 by Saurenergy Even with PV additions crossing the 100 GW mark for the first time, Solar commitments declined 24 percent ($ value) in 2018. According to figures issued by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF), Global clean energy investment totaled $332.1 billion in 2018, marking the fifth consecutive year that investments crossed the $300 billion mark. However, investments in […] Read more
