Off-grid renewable energy promises speedy electrification for a huge world sector of communities that now lack power or suffer from intermittent supply. Of the 1.3 billion world citizens with sketchy or no electric power in their lives, fully 95% live in Africa or Asia. In Accra, Ghana, in November 2012, … [continued]
International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition, Manila, June 16, 2014 (IRENA) The efforts of the fledgling—but remarkably effective—International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition are paying off again this week. To more than 400 IOREC delegates in Manila, the International Renewable Energy Agency, Asian Development Bank, and Alliance for … [continued]
Originally published on ClimateProgress by Jeff Spross Aging and inefficient plants, competing energy sources, and the looming reality of climate change are all catching up with the coal industry. According to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists — updated from 2012 numbers — as much as 17 percent of coal-fired power in … [continued]
Originally published on ClimateProgress by Ryan Koronowski In this Friday, April 12, 2013 file photo, cows are dwarfed by the blade of a wind turbine lying on the ground near Calumet, Okla. Credit: AP PHOTO/SUE OGROCKI Oklahomans will soon be paying less for their electricity because their utility looked at … [continued]
But today’s China has dramatically expanded its wind power capacity to rank as the world’s largest owner of installed wind capacity. If planned construction deadlines are met, China will end 2011 owning 58 gigawatts (GWs) of installed wind capacity, a number that will expand to as much as 150-230 GWs over the coming decade.
The Center for Climate Strategies has issued a report laying out in detail the cost/benefit analysis underpinning 23 policy options and their expected net cost per ton of greenhouse gases removed. [social_buttons] Like the three climate bills that would have reduced the deficit by about $20 billion by 2020, these … [continued]
