CleanTechnica » Oil http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Canadian Pension Funds To Invest In Renewables To The Tune Of $2 Billion http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/canadian-pension-funds-invest-renewables-tune-2-billion/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/canadian-pension-funds-invest-renewables-tune-2-billion/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:41:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76786 Two Canadian pension funds have announced an agreement with Spanish banking giant Banco Santander to jointly acquire a portfolio of renewable energy and water infrastructure assets which is valued at over $2 billion. The pension funds, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) will expect to see the transaction

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/canadian-pension-funds-invest-renewables-tune-2-billion/feed/ 41 China Puts Billions Into Electric Cars & EV Charging Stations http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/china-puts-billions-electric-cars-ev-charging-stations/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/china-puts-billions-electric-cars-ev-charging-stations/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:33:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76727 China has no time to waste in mitigating air and water pollution, nor doing its part to cut global warming emissions. To help address these issues, China came up with a significant plan to adopt 5 million electric cars. The issue now is how to supply enough charging stations to fuel the cars. China’s current electric vehicle

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/24/china-puts-billions-electric-cars-ev-charging-stations/feed/ 8 Tar Sands Companies Potential Climate Change Emissions Increased Five Times http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/tar-sands-companies-potential-climate-change-emissions-increased-five-times/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/tar-sands-companies-potential-climate-change-emissions-increased-five-times/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:55:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76385 As if we needed any more convincing of how harmful pollution from tar sands oil production is, a new finding has indicated that the potential climate change emissions have increased by 5 times for the top 20 public companies working in that sector. Processing tar sands produces quite a bit more greenhouse gas emissions compared

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/tar-sands-companies-potential-climate-change-emissions-increased-five-times/feed/ 5 Wind & Solar = 77% Of New US Electricity Generating Capacity In November (Exclusive) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:53:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76745 Editor’s Note: Upon repeated reader request and my own interest in seeing more accurate numbers, I have included an estimate of non-utility-scale solar (i.e., residential and commercial solar) in the numbers below. I will do this from here on out. Assumptions* and sources for these estimates are at the end of this article. If you think you’ve

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/feed/ 60 4 Elon Musk Interviews, Tons of Awesome Quotes http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/elon-musk-interviews-quotes/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/elon-musk-interviews-quotes/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:38:17 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76673 I’ve been saving up a number of Elon Musk interviews for awhile but haven’t been able to get to them. So, now I’m getting to them all at one time. Below are links to the full interviews, or videos of the interviews when they were videotaped, but I’ve also gone ahead and pulled out some of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/elon-musk-interviews-quotes/feed/ 30 Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide New York Fracking Ban http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:05:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76355 Yesterday (Wednesday, December 17, 2014), at a year-end cabinet meeting in Albany called by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New York’s acting commissioner of health stated that he could not support high-volume New York fracking (technically, hydraulic fracturing) because the health issues of the practice outweigh the benefits. [If there is anyone out there who’s unaware of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/feed/ 3 Use Drop In Oil Prices To Put A Price On Carbon, Says IEA Director http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/use-drop-oil-prices-put-price-carbon-says-iea-director/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/use-drop-oil-prices-put-price-carbon-says-iea-director/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2014 20:30:26 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76388 Originally published on EnergyPost. By Maria van der Hoeven With the drop in oil prices “delivering a shot of economic stimulus to consumers around the world”, policymakers have a “once-in-a-generation” chance to take actions to cut our reliance on fossil fuels, writes Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). She urges

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/15/use-drop-oil-prices-put-price-carbon-says-iea-director/feed/ 10 Falling Oil Prices Will Not Bother Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:29:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76283 About two weeks back, the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) oil producers’ cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna. Since then, oil prices have plummeted to a record five-year low. Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and OPEC’s most influential member could potentially support global oil prices by cutting

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/feed/ 39 To Be A Clean Energy Leader, Canada Needs To Get In The Game http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/clean-energy-leader-canada-needs-get-game/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/clean-energy-leader-canada-needs-get-game/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:53:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76054 While private financial institutions & businesses are investing to make Canada a clean energy leader - which citizens want - Ottawa drags it feet

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/cop20s-climate-urgency-underscored-antarctic-ice-results/feed/ 17 $235 Billion = Annual Cost Of Air Pollution In EU http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/06/235-billion-cost-air-pollution-eu/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/06/235-billion-cost-air-pollution-eu/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2014 18:30:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75516 The European Environment Agency published a report recently stating that air pollution cost the EU up to $235 billion for the year 2012. Most of this air pollution is generated by coal-fired power plants. (In the US, the cost of coal-based pollution has been estimated to be $500 billion, but that goes beyond air pollution.)

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/06/235-billion-cost-air-pollution-eu/feed/ 8 Solar PV Generation Doubles (Monthly US Electricity Generation Report) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/05/solar-pv-generation-doubles-monthly-us-electricity-generation-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/05/solar-pv-generation-doubles-monthly-us-electricity-generation-report/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:29:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75937 Following up on my first monthly report on US electricity generation by source, here’s the next one. Electricity generation data takes longer to gather than capacity data, so the EIA’s electricity generation information is always from a couple of months prior. In this case, we now have data from September. Check out the charts and a bit of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/05/solar-pv-generation-doubles-monthly-us-electricity-generation-report/feed/ 60 Norway To Assess Fossil Fuel Assets Case-By-Case http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/04/norway-assess-fossil-fuel-assets-case-case/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/04/norway-assess-fossil-fuel-assets-case-case/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2014 12:01:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75884 Norway’s $870 billion sovereign wealth fund announced the findings of a government commission Wednesday of its current coal, oil, and gas investments, stating that the most harmful of these climate offenders would be excluded from the Fund on a “case-by-case basis.” “We believe active ownership and engagement are appropriate primary tools for the [fund] to use

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/04/e-on-to-focus-on-the-new-energy-world/feed/ 1 “Much Room For Improvement” For Europe, Says IEA http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/02/much-room-improvement-europe-says-iea/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/02/much-room-improvement-europe-says-iea/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:58:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75783 A new report reviewing the European Union’s energy policies by the International Energy Agency, published Monday, has praised the region’s low-carbon leadership, but notes that there is still more work to be done to better integrate the EU’s energy market. “The European Union has made progress in liberalising energy markets, and its global leadership on

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/02/much-room-improvement-europe-says-iea/feed/ 2 US-China Climate Deal May Cause $3.9 Trillion Revenue Loss To Oil And Coal http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/01/us-china-climate-deal-may-cause-3-9-trillion-revenue-loss-oil-coal/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/01/us-china-climate-deal-may-cause-3-9-trillion-revenue-loss-oil-coal/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:30:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75740 Originally published on RenewEconomy. Citigroup says the impact of the China-US climate deal signed earlier this month could total $US3.9 trillion ($A4.5 trillion) – that’s the loss in revenue for Big Oil and Big Coal over the next 15 years from the joint undertaking on greenhouse gas emissions by the world’s two biggest economies. And

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/01/us-china-climate-deal-may-cause-3-9-trillion-revenue-loss-oil-coal/feed/ 33 IRENA Says China Can Nearly Quadruple Renewable Energy By 2030 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/25/irena-says-china-can-nearly-quadruple-renewable-energy-2030/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/25/irena-says-china-can-nearly-quadruple-renewable-energy-2030/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:08:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75408 A new report published Monday by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has shown that China can increase its use of renewable energy from 13% to 26% by 2030, representing a nearly fourfold increase if the economic powerhouse is able to pull it off. “As the largest energy consumer in the world, China must play

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/25/irena-says-china-can-nearly-quadruple-renewable-energy-2030/feed/ 32 ⅔ of New US Electricity Capacity Was From Wind In October http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/two-thirds-of-us-installations-were-from-the-wind-sector/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/two-thirds-of-us-installations-were-from-the-wind-sector/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:00:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75363 Two thirds of new US electricity generation capacity were from the wind sector in October. Five wind farms, with a cumulative capacity of 547 MW, went online. There were also 102 MW of biomass and 31 of utility-scale solar power. This is becoming a familiar picture, with renewable sources accounting for the most added generation during

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/two-thirds-of-us-installations-were-from-the-wind-sector/feed/ 20 Fracking In US Is Biggest Red Herring In The History Of Oil http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/21/fracking-us-biggest-red-herring-history-oil/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/21/fracking-us-biggest-red-herring-history-oil/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:46:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75278 Originally published on RenewEconomy. Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham has delivered another stinging assessment of the global oil industry, suggesting that it is in inevitable decline. Grantham, the UK investor who founded the $130 billion Boston-based GMO Asset Management, says the US fracking boom, hailed by politicians, the fossil fuel and mainstream media for bringing cheap

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/21/fracking-us-biggest-red-herring-history-oil/feed/ 33 Canadian CO2 Emissions: A Perspective http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/20/canadian-co2-emissions-perspective/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/20/canadian-co2-emissions-perspective/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:53:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75207 Where are Canadian CO2 Emissions Coming From? I ended up digging a little bit into Canadian CO2 emissions after my last article, and thought that our readers might find it interesting…. This article relies heavily on the Government of Canada publication titled “Canada’s Emissions Trends,” which the government put together as a response to climate change

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