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GAFAM datacenters are boosting renewables in the US southern states
Large companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft demand for low-carbon energy to power their facilities and datacenters is boosting the development of renewables in...- Guillaume Albasini Replied
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Solar Panels Toxic Waste
Apparently, this is a disaster waiting to happen. "The problem of solar panel disposal “will explode with full force in two or three decades and...- solar
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Wind Turbine Rebates Decreasing Soon
Wind turbine tax incentives are decreasing rapidly. What will this do to the growth of the industry in America? https://www.energy.gov/savings/renewable-electricity-production-tax-credit-ptc- wind turbine
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Europe Moves to Ban Single-Use Plastic
The European Commission wants to ban 10 items that make up 70% of all litter in EU waters and on beaches. The draft rules...- LAOIL Replied
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The largest solar projects are being built in China and India
The largest solar projects in the world are now being built by China and India. An analysis by the Institute for Energy Economics and...- Guillaume Albasini Replied
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Clean Energy Tech FAILURE says IEA
Clean-Energy Techs On Track To Meet Climate Goals? Nope, says IEA Most clean-energy technologies are not on track to meet the world’s long-term climate goals,...- Rodent Replied
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Uniper Converts Wind Power to Methane
The German utility is launching a pilot project for the conversion of electricity into something it calls "green methane." I'm not exactly sure what the...- uniper
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Renewable Energy Use In Europe Didn’t Stop Carbon Emissions From Rising
The proliferation of renewable energy in the European Union in 2017 did not stop the majority of member states from increasing their carbon footprint....- eu
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Brazil Boasts 2 GW of Solar Capacity by End-2018
I didn't take Brazil for a country big on renewables but apparently it is.- renewables
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So how should Germany dispose of their expiring subsidized bird shredders? Dump the environmental waste in Africa?
A big shout out to Oil Price staff for allowing custom tags for threads : ) Also, I kinda changed the title of the article...- renewable bird shredders
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Costa Rica Generates 99% Of Its Energy From Renewables
By 2021 Costa Rica will ban single use plastics and fossil fuel in public transport. Already they are a world leader in decarbonisation and...- costa rica
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Wind, solar deliver stunning 98 percent of new U.S. power capacity in January, February
Solar and wind power was responsible for a remarkable 98 percent of all new U.S. power generation capacity that came online in the first two...- CMOP Replied
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World No1: China Invested $126.6bn In Renewables Last Year
For every $1 the US spent on clean energy in 2017, China spent $3. Global investment in renewable energy reached almost $280 billion last...- jpZelabal Replied
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UK Undermining EU Climate Action?
"A secret UK push to weaken key EU climate laws before Brexit risks scotching the bloc's Paris commitments, MEPs say. The EU has committed to...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Actors paid to support New Orleans gas power plant
So did Entergy retain Michael Cohen to hire these actors? They deny the NDAs, so perhaps they are not binding? Pretty sad day for natural...- natural gas
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CNN's Unethical Cobalt Expose is Unfair to EVs
I'll have to take issue with this CNN 'expose' on unethical cobalt, which explicitly targets electric vehicles. https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2018/05/africa/congo-cobalt-dirty-energy-intl/?iid=EL Child labor at artisanal mines in places like...- Kate Turlington Replied
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Tesla Stock Falls in Afterhours as Q1 Beats Estimates
$TSLA down to $300 even, even as Tesla reports a smaller loss per share and great revenue than analysts had expected. It was up...- Rodent Replied
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Tesla Represents All That is Wrong With The World
This puts Tesla in the same category as clowns, fruitcake, reality TV, and spam. Tesla Q1 results expected tomorrow after market close. They are...- Rodent Replied
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Mercedes-Benz Exits Home Battery Market
The Tesla killer that many expected didn't come - instead, MB is retreating from this fast growing markethttps://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/scratch-one-tesla-killer-mercedes-benz-exits-home-battery-market#gs.Ed9y5sA- energy
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U.S. Moves Up to Second Most Attractive Renewables Market After China
According to a report by UK accountancy firm Ernst & Young, the United States moved up to second place in a ranking of the...- BlackTortoise Replied
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US Wind Energy Now Supplies More Than 30% In Four States
Wind energy now supplies more than 30% of the electricity in four states — Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. Wind power generated 6.3% of...- renewables
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Forecasts Underestimate Renewables Growth
BP has admitted to a mistake in its latest Global Energy Outlook regarding the speed at which renewable energy capacity is being added. But...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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renewable energy driven floating city
a floating community of houses you say? What could possibly go wrong? how ambitious is this plan, that hopes to power the whole city...- Rodent Replied
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Icahn Refinery Gets Biofuels Waiver from EPA
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a financial hardship waiver to an oil refinery owned by billionaire Carl Icahn, a former adviser to...- refinery
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The dark side of the Electric Vehicle Revolution
As the world in many places is turning to the renewable forms of energy, and we read regularly of the rampaging EV revolution spreading...- renewable energy
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Bad News For The Climate: Coal Burning, And Carbon Emissions, Are On The Rise Again
After three flat years that had hinted at a possible environmental breakthrough, carbon dioxide emissions from the use of energy rose again by 1.4...- Pavel Replied
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Tesla Board to Give Musk the Boot?
June meeting to decide whether to give Musk the boot from serving as chairman of the board. What the what? https://electrek.co/2018/04/27/tesla-shareholders-vote-proposal-remove-elon-musk-chairman/- Rodent Replied
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Musk's Salary Less Than Avg Tesla Employee?
or so says this: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-made-less-than-the-typical-tesla-employee-in-2017-2018-04-26 "According to Tesla, Musk made $49,920 in salary in 2017 with no other compensation, and Musk refused to accept the salary...- Rodent Replied
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40 Companies Sign Up for the UK Plastics Pact
More than 40 retailers and consumer goods companies have pledged to eliminate single-use plastic bag use by 2025, replacing it with biodegradable, recyclable or reusable alternatives....- Marina Schwarz Replied
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