Inflation is driving up the cost of low-carbon hydrogen and reducing the effectiveness of government support mechanisms, the International Energy Agency has warned. This is hampering the ability of developers to take final investment decisions. How can the industry get the support it needs?
US energy storage capacity additions are expected to surpass those of natural gas in 2023, but interconnection problems could jeopardise progress
The Inflation Reduction Act has sparked major optimism in the US renewables sector, but wind installations still fell 37% last year.
Volatile energy markets have not de-railed corporate appetite for green power, but new structures and deal tenors are emerging. We look at 2022 figures on corporate PPA activity from both sides of the Atlantic.
It was an exciting December in US offshore wind, but the sector's eyes are on affordability amid an ongoing PPA row. Plus, wind's big news.
Last week, A Word About Wind published a rundown of key talking points at our Financing Wind North America event in New York on 2nd November.
People say the devil is in the detail, but sometimes there’s delight too. That is the case with the Inflation Reduction Act that entered US law in August.
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The US has become one of the world’s hottest renewables investment markets due to the Inflation Reduction Act, which became law in August.
“Europe’s hydrogen sector is at a precipice.”
This has been a momentous week for the US renewables sector.
Give me your fresh, your rich, your wealthy few...
US President Joe Biden is due to jet in to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow in the next week.
