{"id":9548,"date":"2016-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"uncategorized\/renewable-energy-in-the-news\/"},"modified":"2020-07-29T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T15:25:10","slug":"renewable-energy-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"news\/renewable-energy-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable Energy In The News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2346 size-medium alignright\" title=\"Renewable Energy in the News\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/solar-cells-491701_960_720-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Renewable Energy in the News\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Learn about all the latest events in renewable energy, sustainability and <a title=\"Solar Engineering\" href=\"services\/solar-engineering\/\">solar design and engineering<\/a> happening today from Lexodant Solar Technology. Our goal is to provide information, knowledge and resources in the exciting and constantly evolving photovoltaic and renewable industry.<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Obama Administration Moves to Encourage 1.3 GW of Energy Storage Procurement\" href=\"http:\/\/www.renewableenergyworld.com\/articles\/2016\/06\/obama-administration-moves-to-encourage-1-3-gw-of-energy-storage-procurement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Obama Administration Moves to Encourage 1.3 GW of Energy Storage Procurement<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this month, the <a title=\"FACT SHEET: Obama Administration Announces Federal and Private Sector Actions on Scaling Renewable Energy and Storage with Smart Markets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/06\/16\/fact-sheet-obama-administration-announces-federal-and-private-sector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Obama Administration announced<\/a> a series of actions designed to encourage 1.3 GW of energy storage procurement over the next five years. This includes a commitment from the federal government to increase microgrid capacities and storage making federal and military bases more resilient.<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Perovskite Solar Cells Surpass 20 Percent Efficiency\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/06\/160609151207.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Perovskite Solar Cells Surpass 20 Percent Efficiency<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Perovskite Solar Cells Surpass 20 Percent Efficiency\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/06\/160609151207.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ScienceDaily<\/a> reports that researchers are pushing the limits of perovskite <a title=\"What Is Solar Energy?\" href=\"articles\/what-is-solar-energy\/\">solar cell performance<\/a> by exploring the best way to grow these crystals. This is promising news for perovskite technology that is already low cost and under industrial development. \u201cEfficiency could exceed 30%. The improved performance would come from harnessing more solar energy: the higher energy light would be absorbed by the perovskite top layer, while lower energy sunlight passing through the perovskite would be absorbed by the silicon layer.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Storage Technologies for Renewable Energy Can Pay Off\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/06\/160613122208.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Storage Technologies For Renewable Energy Can Pay Off<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Systems that bank energy can add value to solar, wind projects, <a title=\"Storage Technologies for Renewable Energy Can Pay Off\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/06\/160613122208.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ScienceDaily<\/a> reports. \u201cThe researchers point out that much research on storage systems for renewable energy sources has focused on using the systems to smooth out the intermittent outputs to better match fluctuating demand. But in practice, most of these wind or solar farms are feeding into the grid, so what matters to potential investors is the price curve rather than the demand curve.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Apple Is Generating So Much Renewable Energy It Plans to Start Selling It\" href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2016\/06\/11\/apple-sell-renewable-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Apple Is Generating So Much Renewable Energy It Plans to Start Selling It<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Most corporations usually sell surplus energy to power companies, but the tech titan is basically creating a green energy pipeline to consumers. \u201cThe company boasts that all its data centers and most of its stores and corporate offices are now powered by green, renewable energy. Apple has plans for 521 megawatts of solar projects globally, as well as other investments in hydroelectric, biogas and geothermal power, which generates enough power to cover 93 percent of its worldwide energy usage. The company wants to eventually operate with 100 percent renewable energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Average Costs for Solar and Wind Electricity Could Fall 59% by 2025\" href=\"http:\/\/www.solarnovus.com\/average-costs-for-solar-and-wind-electricity-could-fall-59-by-2025_N10054.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Average Costs for Solar and Wind Electricity Could Fall 59% by 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Since 2009, prices for solar PV modules have fallen roughly 80%. By 2025, the average costs for electricity generated by solar technologies could decrease by 26% more, according to a report recently released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (<a title=\"International Renewable Energy Agency\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irena.org\/home\/index.aspx?PriMenuID=12&amp;mnu=Pri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">IRENA<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"The World Nears Peak Fossil Fuels for Electricity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-06-13\/we-ve-almost-reached-peak-fossil-fuels-for-electricity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">The World Nears Peak Fossil Fuels for Electricity<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>A new forecast from Bloomberg New Energy Finance suggests that clean energy will dominate in the near future. Between 2016 and 2040, global investment in renewables is predicted to reach $7.8 trillion (which is led by solar), compared to only $2.1 trillion for fossil fuels. Throughout that time, more than two-thirds of new electricity capacity will be from renewable energy.<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Modi and Obama Push Solar\/Nuclear Energy Boost for India\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Environment\/Energy\/2016\/0608\/Modi-and-Obama-push-solar-nuclear-energy-boost-for-India\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Modi And Obama Push Solar\/Nuclear Energy Boost For India<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>India and the United States have joined forced in the fight against climate change. They are \u201cteaming up to tackle one of the world\u2019s biggest challenges, how to spark economic development while cutting the emission of planet warming greenhouse gasses.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions in 2015 are 12% Below Their 2005 Levels\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.cfm?id=26152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions In 2015 Are 12% Below Their 2005 Levels<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Cleaner sources of electricity like solar panels are helping drive a promising trend in the fight against climate change: America\u2019s energy-related CO2 emissions in 2015 fell to a three-year low. \u201cAfter increasing in 2013 and in 2014, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell in 2015. In 2015, U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were 12% below the 2005 levels, mostly because of changes in the electric power sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Solar Energy Technology Design &amp; Renewable Energy Engineering Services<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Solar Engineering\" href=\"services\/solar-engineering\/\">Lexodant Solar Technology<\/a> is at the forefront of the escalating solar industry and is considered a leading consulting firm in the renewable energy field providing photovoltaic design and engineering services. We\u2019re not only engineers, we\u2019re <a title=\"Lexodant Solar Technology Solar Engineering Shines Through\" href=\"articles\/kmb-design-group-solar-engineering\/\">stewards for the community and environment<\/a>; literally bringing energy into every project we do. <a title=\"Contact Lexodant Solar Technology\" href=\"contact-kmb\/\">Contact us<\/a> for more information today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; Learn about all the latest events in renewable energy, sustainability and solar design and engineering happening today from Lexodant Solar Technology. 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