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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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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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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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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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Top Google Engineers Say Renewable Energy Simply Won't Work
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...- Tom Kirkman Replied
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California to mandate solar on new homes
California will soon become the first state to require all new homes be built with solar panels. Most new homes built after Jan. 1, 2020, will...- Joanna 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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solar power to kill California housing market?
something I thought I'd never hear a Californian say: "Why not just pause for a little while, focus on the affordability and housing issues,...- Rodent Replied
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Can Solar Become "Unamerican"?
The U.S. is betting big on gas. China is betting big on solar. This story pains a picture of a new axis: pro-gas, pro-U.S....- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Oil-Rich Nigeria Turns To Renewable Energy As Population Booms
Faced with a population boom that has sent carbon emissions soaring and stretched power supplies to breaking point, oil-rich Nigeria is turning to renewable...- LAOIL Replied
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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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How solar and wind benefits Republicans
Apparently, solar and wind industries are donating more money to Republicans than to Democrats, a marked shift from a group typically aligned with the...- Hajga Loma DK 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Over 80 percent of recent solar auctions in India won by larger solar developers, Mercom
A detailed analysis of the winners of major solar auctions held in India over the past 12 months indicates that bidding has been dominated...- india
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SunPower Dumps Trump Tariffs
SunPower announced yesterday it would purchase SolarWorld for an undisclosed amount, a deal spurred on by a 30% tariff on imported solar panels that President Trump authorized earlier...- CMOP Replied
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Target leads the way as U.S. corporations look to go big on solar
Target added over 40 MW of solar capacity to its portfolio in 2017. They now has more than 200 MW of installed capacity. The top 10 corporate...- CMOP 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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