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MidAmerican Going 100% Renewable? Not Yet.
"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...- midamerican energy
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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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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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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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Are Renewable Subsidies Killing Nuclear?
One argument is that renewable energy subsidies are killing off nuclear power, making nuclear plants close down even though nuclear is ultimately one of...- nuclear
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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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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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Australian businesses going renewable
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...- Ajan Bosnjacki Replied
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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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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. Â 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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