Andrew Burger
Andrew is a researcher, reporter, writer and editor whose work spans the fields of energy, science, technology, sociology, finance and political economy. He has a degree in geology, a master's in finance and has completed postgrad studies in international governance for biodiversity.
Papua New Guinea Emerges as a World-Leading Market for Mobile Pay-Go Solar
Papua New Guineans are embracing mobile pay-go, aka PAYG, solar, which is proving to be a potent, if small-scale, agent of change in terms...
Reversal of U.S. Bifacial Solar Tariff Exemption Will Bite, But Growth Expected to Continue
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in early October abruptly and unexpectedly reversed its decision to exempt bifacial solar modules from global import tariffs, throwing up...
Natural Gas Power Stranded Asset Risk Reaches a Tipping Point
Investment risk in new and proposed natural gas power plants is on the rise. The risk of them becoming stranded assets has reached a...
Merchant Solar Projects Rise as Contract Prices Fall to Record Lows
The costs of deploying large-scale solar and solar-storage power plants have come down to a level where growing numbers of developers are willing, and...
Spain’s Second Solar Boom, and Possible Market Failure?
New solar installations in Spain have soared since the institution of new, more ambitious national renewable energy goals and regulatory reforms, including rescinding regulations...
Namibia Sets a Foundation for Sustainable Solar, Renewable Energy and Socioeconomic Development
New solar energy markets and industry are emerging worldwide as costs continue to decline, performance improves, supply chains expand, solar-plus-storage systems march towards economic...
Agrivoltaic Research, Applications Could Reconcile Trade-Offs at the Water-Food-Energy Nexus
A growing body of scientific research and real-world applications at the water-food-energy nexus is revealing that solar panels and photovoltaic (PV) energy systems on...
International Research Project Charts Course for Chinese Transition to Unsubsidized Power Market
Last Updated on August 22, 2019, 3:25 AM
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), one of the country’s foremost economic agencies, and the National...
Caribbean Island Rolls Out Battery Energy Storage System, Looks to Add Solar on Path...
Grid power and electricity service on the Caribbean island of Bonaire has improved substantially as a result of the addition of a new, smart,...
The Bahamas Launches Family Islands Solarization Program
The Caribbean island nation of the Bahamas is turning to independent power producers (IPPs), the combination of “solar plus storage” and hybrid microgrids to...
Nevada Utility NV Energy Goes “Solar Plus Storage” in a Big Way
Customers of Nevada utility NV Energy are going to be getting a lot more electricity from utility-scale “solar plus storage” power plants in the...
Wild Energy: Reconciling Nature and Solar Power Project Development
Sustainable energy access and conservation of wild species and biodiversity rank at the top of the international community of nations’ strategic agenda. An international...
