by RER Energy Group | Jun 3, 2018
In 2008 renewable energy produced 18.5% of the world’s total electricity, mostly from hydroelectric power. An onslaught of wind and solar capacity installations in recent years has pushed that number to about 25% today — and it could reach 30% by 2022. In...
by RER Energy Group | May 29, 2018
167 GW of renewable energy generation capacity was installed in 2017. The global total reached 2,179 GW, maintaining a growth rate of around 8.3% for the seventh straight year. Read more
by RER Energy Group | May 16, 2018
Wind and solar dominated new electric capacity commissioned in the first three months of 2018 – even before you count behind-the-meter installations. Learn more
by RER Energy Group | Feb 5, 2018
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) performed a meta-analysis of studies that examined the long term degradation rates of various PV panels. They found that the 1% per year rule was somewhat pessimistic for panels made prior to the year 2000, and today’s...
by RER Energy Group | Jan 25, 2018
The drive for utilities to own renewable energy is all about economics. Coal plants are no longer profitable to build and are being shut down by the hundreds, while wind and solar are now the low-cost energy providers. That makes the decision to buy more renewable...
by RER Energy Group | Jan 16, 2018
Across the U.S. over 50 cities, more than five counties and one state, have already adopted ambitious 100% clean energy goals. Five cities in the U.S.–Aspen CO, Burlington, VT, Greensburg, KS, Rock Port, MO, and Kodiak Island, AK–already generate 100% of...
