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Taller Is Better: A Race for Windmills
I saw this today in my newsfeed and I remembered a family member (used to work as H&S officer for a windmill company) telling...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Germany’s Failed Climate Goals
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-germany-emissions/ Germany, the nation that did more than any other to unleash the modern renewable-energy industry, is likely to fall short of its goals for...- germany
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California Cannot Run on Electricity Alone
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Saudi Arabia's Superpowered Sunshine Dream
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Did Trump Help Boost European Renewables?
The European Commission has announced it will end punitive tariffs on solar panels imported from China, five years after they were put into place....- Stormysaga Replied
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Investments in Norwegian Renewables is at an all time high - and the former Oil & Gas hub is embracing the Wind of Change
Investments in Norwegian Renewables is at an all time high - and the former Oil & Gas hub is embracing the Wind of Change Last...- renewables
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Facebook Committs To 100% Renewable Power For Global Operations By 2020
Facebook announced that it was upping the environmental ante on by committing to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75% and power its global...- Sofia Replied
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Colorado Approves Xcel Plan To Retire Coal, Shift To Renewables And Storage
The Public Service Company of Colorado will retire 660 megawatts of coal and replace it with more than 1,800 megawatts of wind and solar....- BlackTortoise Replied
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California Lawmakers Set Goal for Carbon-Free Energy by 2045
California took some of the most aggressive steps yet to counter the effects of climate change as legislators voted to require that 100 percent...- Stormysaga Replied
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French Environment Minister Resigns, Citing Lack Of Policy Progress
France's environment minister unexpectedly announced his resignation live on national radio, citing disappointment with the government's lack of progress on climate and other environmental...- Stormysaga Replied
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Tesla Gigafactory To Be Powered 100% By “Tesla Solar” By End Of 2019
Musk shared on Twitter that Tesla Gigafactory 1 will be powered 100% by Tesla Solar by the end of 2019. The confirmation came as...- Vlad Kovalenko Replied
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Going nuclear: French Official Quits Over Heavy Use Of Atomic Power
France produces almost three-quarters of its electricity from nuclear power. That didn’t sit well with Ecology Minister Nicolas Hulot, who abruptly quit his post...- pinto Replied
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Waste to Fuel in Benin
“The process is rather simple and works like a human body. You feed the digester with organic waste, animal excrement (such as chicken droppings)....- Marina Schwarz Replied
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California Generating So Much Renewable Energy, It’s About To Take a Break
California’s solar energy production has surged so much that the state might be taking a break from new renewable projects beginning next month. Currently,...- Sofia Replied
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Corporations Are Buying More Renewables Than Ever
Companies are buying renewable power at a record pace. There are several reasons clean power is attractive. Renewable energy is often the cheapest source...- renewables
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Renewable Energy Could "Effectively Be Free" by 2030
A research analyst at Swiss investment bank UBS believes the cost of energy renewables could be so near to zero by 2030 “it will...- Stormysaga Replied
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California Solar Mandate Based on False Facts
California has passed its rooftop solar mandate for new homes on fake facts. Is anyone surprised? Why not work on real facts. California housing...- ronwagn Replied
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Iran Faces Water Crisis
Iran is facing a severe water crisis: all water could be gone in 50 years, according to some local researchers. Compared with this, the...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Why hydrogen economics does not work
I have read tens if not hundreds of enthusiastic articles about how hydrogen economics will soon take off, how we will drive hydrogen cars...- entertenter Replied
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Basic Economics will make solar bigger
https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/pv_solar/subsidyfree-solar-plant-inaugurated-in-portugal-20180803/ Embrace the future. As storage advances, solar will one day become the dominate. And yes, oil and gas, and coal, will be around a...- John Foote Replied
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Blockchain Meets Renewables
A wind farm in Morocco will power a number of "computing centres it will build alongside dedicated to cryptocurrency mining and other blockchain technologies." I...- blockchain
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Were Solar Tariffs Actually Good for US Firms?
SunPower's CEO has told Reuters the glut following China's change in solar subsidy rules has benefited buyers of PV panels. So, Trump slams 30%...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Coffee Waste for Batteries
I'm getting increasingly impressed by coffee. On top of all the other uses for coffee grounds, now researchers in Taiwan have managed to replace...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Is Wind Power Viable Without Tax Credits?
Apparently, the rush to build more wind turbines may be slowing up quite a bit as tax credits aka subsidies are diminishing. See https://climatechangedispatch.com/massive-u-s-wind-farm-gets-cancelled-after-regulators-question-its-benefits/- wind power
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Geothermal resources of oil and gas depths. Is it a mystery, a fake or a big real energy resource in many countries? The latter is obvious, but not for everyone.
At the depths where oil and gas are extracted, the movement of liquids or gases occurs through pores and cracks. Therefore, the transfer of...- geothermal
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Europe Wind Power Expansion Too Dependent on UK
UK ranks first in new wind power additions in the first half of the year and, for some reason, this is a problem. Why? “In...- europe
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Major Project Pipelines Across the Americas for Renewables
The US is dominant in the sectors of biomass, gas, geothermal, nuclear, ocean, oil and wind power generation projects. Brazil leads in the sectors...- Kal Iyalla, MCA, MBA Replied
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Recycle everything?
A recent thread put this on my mind. The earth has limited resources, some, much more limited than others. For the health of the...- BillKidd Replied
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