Todays Alternative Energy Update 2019-11-13

 13.11.2019 -  The Energy Source

1. Corporate Green Energy Adoption Flourishes

Corporations have finally put their collective weight into a green energy rush this year that may expand much faster than over the recent past. The average size of the renewable energy acquisition by US corporates has risen from 85.6 megawatts during the third quarter of last year to a whopping 411.4 MW in the third quarter of this year…

Corporate Green Energy Adoption Flourishes  

2. Tracking Progress on 100% Clean Energy Targets

A transition toward 100 percent clean electricity is underway in the United States, led by cities and states across the country.

“An enormous amount of authority still rests with the states for determining your energy future. So we can build these policies that will become a postcard from the future for the rest of the country,” said David Hochschild, chair of the California Energy Commission, speaking last week at a UCLA summit on state and local progress toward 100 percent clean energy…

Tracking Progress on 100% Clean Energy Targets  

3. Mirova Raises $945 Million for Fourth Renewable Energy Fund

Mirova, the sustainable investing arm of French bank Natixis, said it has raised €857 million ($944.5 million) for its fourth fund dedicated to clean-energy projects in the European market, creating the largest fund of its kind to date…

Mirova Raises $945 Million for Fourth Renewable Energy Fund  

4. Thermal Energy Storage Market Projected to Grow Rapidly Till 2025, Owing to Rising Focus on Generation of Renewable Energy | Million Insights

…The global Thermal Energy Storage Market was appreciated at US$ 3.20 billion in 2016 and will touch the value of US$ 12.50 billion by the completion of the year 2025…

Thermal Energy Storage Market Projected to Grow Rapidly Till 2025, Owing to Rising Focus on Generation of Renewable Energy | Million Insights  

5. ‘We’re nearing a tipping point’ for renewable energy, legislators say

…South Carolina state Sen. Tom Davis urged the nonprofit groups Conservatives for Clean Energy and Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy to consider what the two states might accomplish in tandem…

‘We’re nearing a tipping point’ for renewable energy, legislators say