Keeping up your pipeline and prospecting for new clients can be one of the hardest parts of sustaining a business. It doesn’t get any easier when building a freelance business, as it often come down to generate and close leads …

The U.S. renewable energy industry can breathe easy after the Republican tax bill released late on Friday preserved key tax credits that had been at risk of being removed. What had renewable energy experts worried was a part of the …

The excitement revolving around bitcoin is causing some investors to miss another huge winner this year that – as the cherry on top – they can actually understand. Bitcoin is hard to embrace, but impossible not to follow. It isn’t …

From the Great Plains to North Africa, the geography of untapped renewable energy is massive, but a lack of political will remains an obstacle. Years of efforts to nurture renewable energy have borne fruit dramatically in recent years, with renewable …

From Elon Musk planning to build the world’s biggest lithium ion battery to Volvo’s announcement that all their new cars will be hybrid or electric starting in 2019. It’s clear that renewable energy and clean tech are moving away from the …

China is on pace to see its solar power capacity more than double by 2020 as component costs move lower, but at perhaps a cost, a sector analysis finds. Beijing issued a white paper last year, which stated the Communist …

  The trend of cities pledging to get to 100% renewable energy has been gathering momentum for a while, drawing both support and criticism. But are pledges like Orlando’s to become a 100% renewable city by 2050 misleading? Or are they …

JPMorgan Chase will rely solely on renewable energy by 2020, the company announced last Friday. The firm plans to install on-site renewable energy generators, sign power purchase agreements with renewable energy projects and reduce its energy consumption. Furthermore, the facilitation …

  Research analysts at Morgan Stanley believe that renewable energies are hurtling towards a level of ubiquity where not even politics can hinder them, as renewable energy is simply becoming the cheapest option. And despite the recent political developments analysts …

The China National Renewable Energy Center recently approved and issued the nation’s first lot of green power trading certificates to 20 renewable energy projects as a part of the country’s upgraded policies as concerns renewable energy generation, green certificates, and …

India’s renewable energy generation capacity is now at a little over 57 GW. In nearly doubling the renewable energy portfolio in three years, the government has shown its commitment to low-carbon development. Record low tariffs, declining capital costs, swift and …

The Southeast Asian coastal state Vietnam is set to build a brand new 30MW solar PV plant in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa. The plant is being developed as a joint venture between local energy companies Song La Energy …

Anticipation is building as the president of the US, Mr. Donald Trump, moves closer to his scheduled announcement concerning his decision on the Paris Climate Agreement. Global leaders, big business, and environmentalists are all watching to see whether he will …

While not in the limelight as the big photovoltaic markets like China, United States, India or Japan, Brazil could become the future shooting star of overseas markets. As fifth biggest country of the planet, the potential is enormous. The solar …

As Africa gears up for a tripling of electricity demand by 2030, a new Berkeley study maps out a viable strategy for developing wind and solar power while simultaneously reducing the continent’s reliance on fossil fuels and lowering power plant …

Investors searching for long run investments are shifting their focus to the Indian solar market these days. India’s prime minister Narendra Modi actively pushes the conversion from fossil fuels towards renewable energy through promoting the construction of utility-scale solar parks. …

More and more leading American companies are turning their attention towards renewable energy and energy efficiency. A new report, published this week, from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Ceres, Calvert Research and Management (Calvert), and the CDP, finds that Fortune …

  If you haven’t considered energy investments so far, it’s about time. There are several factors which add to the validity of investments in the energy sector. As the most valuable market segment globally, the energy sector makes up 10% …

  Wind, photovoltaic, hydro, and geothermal power sources have made enormous progress over the past years in terms of cost efficiency as well as in technological advances and innovations. And as renewables are on the rise, one question remains: Is …

  According to a new report released by IRENA — Renewable Energy and Jobs — more than 8.1 million people worldwide are now employed by the renewable energy industry which represents a five percent increase from last year. Solar jobs …

  Iran, with a population of over 80 million, has the fourth-largest oil reserves and the second-largest natural gas reserves in the world. But despite its rich hydrocarbon resources, the country is pursuing several projects to decrease its reliance on …

Image Source: Fotolia by Adobe An Energy Industry Outlook for 2017   Very similar to the way that one cannot predict the future of climate change by looking at weather conditions through the office window, the energy sector’s future cannot …

Image Source: Fotolia by Adobe A Retrospect of the Energy Industry in 2016 Energy Industry in 2016 We entered 2016 in a state of uncertainty and some might have even started out this year waiting for the other shoe to …

Image Source: Fotolia by Adobe Energy Market Labor Trends: Freelance and Independent Workforce   According to the Inuit Report by 2020, 40 % of the US workforce will be working for organizations on a non-permanent basis, or in other words: …

Image Source: Fotolia by Adobe The U.S. election’s impact on the Dakota Access Pipeline protests and the rights of the people of Standing Rock   The Native American protests against the Dakota Access pipeline have become an international rallying cry …

Image Source: Fotolia by Adobe Renewable Energy Dispute at WTO between the US and India India’s and the United States argument over local content rules for renewable energy projects seems to have been settled. Solar manufacturers are not dismayed by …

Image Source: Fotolia by Adobe Africa’s Renewable Energy Potential: Real Estate’s Road to Clean Energy There is no doubt Africa is a continent with incredible potential for clean energy. Renewable energy and other energy efficiency technologies are reaching grid parity, …

Are you Interested in Selling your Underperforming Photovoltaic Power Plant? Even in mature photovoltaic markets with a rather advanced history such as Europe, there is a significant number of underperforming or distressed photovoltaic (PV) plants, predominantly based on one or …