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  1. rainman


    Thousands of wind turbines from Germany to the U.K. are set to grind to a halt next week, cutting electricity supplies at the same...
      

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  2. OS


    Since 1988, nearly half of the planet’s plastic trash has been sent to China, where the material is recycled to make more plastic goods....

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  3. Guillaume Albasini


    Bloomberg New Energy Finance has issued its 2018 Energy Outlook report   “Wind and solar are set to surge to almost “50 by 50” – 50%...

  4. jose chalhoub


    http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-saudi-arabia-green-power-20180531-story.html. 
      

  5. Marina Schwarz


    What if Canada had backed wind energy instead of the oil sands? Let the discussion begin.
      

  6. Rodent


    New study estimates 1 in 5 British mammals will be extinct (sometime... no date was given in article). Study cites various reasons depending on...

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  7. Tom Kirkman


    Some amusing weekend reading. China decides to cut government subsidies for new solar projects, and the global solar power industry has a financial conniption. And the...
      

  8. OS


     President Donald Trump’s tariff on imported solar panels has led U.S. renewable energy companies to cancel or freeze investments of more than $2.5 billion...

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  9. Rodent


    Watch out ethanol!  Still corn based, so I'm not sure what the corn grower crowd has to say about this. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/epas-new-super-fuel-could-spell-trouble-for-ethanol BP is looking to roll out...

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  10. OS


    Pope Francis will meet with top executives in the oil industry and major investment firms next week at the Vatican to discuss the global...

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  11. TB


    South Africa plans to invite bidders for additional renewable power projects that may amount to as much as 50 billion rand ($4 billion) of...
      

  12. Guillaume Albasini


    Trump wanted to undermine the Paris agreement with the US withdrawal but his move is eroding US influence in the world and helping China...

  13. SL


    http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/sea-of-solar-panels-turns-mexican-desert-green/article/520548 Quote The $650-million project came online in December and is due to produce 1,700 gigawatt hours when fully operational later this year -- enough to power...

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  14. Marina Schwarz


    I want to tap the knowledge of people here on this question. I recycle. I don't mind it and I like reusable things. But:...
      

  15. Marina Schwarz


    "MidAmerican Energy Co will become the first U.S. investor-owned utility to source 100 percent of its customers’ electricity needs from renewable energy when it...
      

  16. Guillaume Albasini


    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...

  17. OS


    The European Commission wants to ban 10 items that make up 70% of all litter in EU waters and on beaches. The draft rules...
      

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  18. Marina Schwarz


    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...
      

  19. ronwagn


    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
      

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  20. ML


    One argument is that renewable energy subsidies are killing off nuclear power, making nuclear plants close down even though nuclear is ultimately one of...
      

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  21. Rodent


     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,...

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  22. Guillaume Albasini


    The largest solar projects in the world are now being built by China and India. An analysis by the Institute for Energy Economics and...

  23. AB


    Nearly half of Australian major companies are taking their operations off-grid by installing large solar power and battery storage systems. Capacity of Australian businesses to generate...
      

  24. Marina Schwarz


    I didn't take Brazil for a country big on renewables but apparently it is.
      

  25. jj


    The proliferation of renewable energy in the European Union in 2017 did not stop the majority of member states from increasing their carbon footprint....
      

  26. PP


    By 2021 Costa Rica will ban single use plastics and fossil fuel in public transport. Already they are a world leader in decarbonisation and...
      

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  27. Marina Schwarz


    Interesting story about Africa's solar power potential.
      

  28. Marina Schwarz


    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...
      

  29. Tom Kirkman


    A big shout out to Oil Price staff for allowing custom tags for threads : ) Also, I kinda changed the title of the article...
      

  30. Tom Kirkman


    This article from 2014 should probably be a sticky for this Renewables sub-forum.  But that's just my opinion. This article is a brutally cold, hard...
      

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