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When Reality Smacks You In The Face: More Renewable Energy For US Navy

Tina Casey — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:14:04 +0000

Fossil energy jobs are disappearing but the US Navy's renewable energy plan shows how renewable energy will dominate the future US energy employment field

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Photovoltaics Discovered In 1875: Interview With Author John Perlin

Glenn Meyers — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 08:30:22 +0000

This CleanTechnica miniseries about photovoltaics, celebrating the UN’s 2015 Year of Light, is the fourth article of seven. We continue our dialogue with physicist John Perlin, author of Let It Shine: The 6000-Year Story of Solar Energy. Perlin’s expertise on the subject provides an excellent archive for any person wishing to keep abreast of today’s

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Will EU Emission Trading Remain A Major Source Of Low-Carbon Finance?

Guest Contributor — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 07:30:23 +0000

Originally published on EnergyPost. By Emil Dimantchev Last year for the first time many of the CO2 allowances in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) were auctioned rather than handed out for free. Surprisingly perhaps, the EU member states used much more of the ETS revenues for low-carbon development than EU law suggests they should.

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Chile’s Mineral Industry Is Mining Renewable Energy

Guest Contributor — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 07:00:50 +0000

Originally published on The Conversation. By John Mathews Mining is the fourth-largest energy consumer in Australia, using roughly 10% of Australia’s total. Some of this comes from the electricity grid — but much is supplied offgrid in the form of diesel and other fossil fuels. Could some of this be replaced by renewable sources? Recently

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Solar Impulse Selects China As Key Stopover For RTW Flight

Amber Archangel — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:16:01 +0000

Originally published on 1Sun4All. The first Round-The-World Solar Flight with Solar Impulse has designated China as a key stop along the way. With two landings planned in China and a partnership with Sina — one of the top media companies in China — Bertrand Piccard & André Borschberg announced their intention with Solar Impulse, the single-seater 100% solar aircraft that

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Overview Of European Commission 2015 Work Plan

Guest Contributor — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 06:00:28 +0000

Originally published on EnergyPost. By Sonja van Renssen The number one priority for Team Juncker is a €315-billion investment plan for Europe. Second, is “better regulation”. First Vice-President Frans Timmermans presented the European Commission’s 2015 work programme to MEPs in Strasbourg on 16 December. Energy Post looks at the new initiatives, scrapped initiatives and those

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New CEO: Sustainability To Be A Leading Direction For Vattenfall

Guest Contributor — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:00:34 +0000

Originally published on EnergyPost. By Sonja van Renssen and Hughes Belin Vattenfall’s CEO Magnus Hall likens the selling of its lignite operations in Germany to Eon’s recent split in two. “The problem we needed to solve was the CO2 issue,” says Hall in an exclusive interview with Energy Post. The new chief of the Swedish

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5 Steps To Make Your City A Climate Champion, Too

John Farrell — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:22:30 +0000

Originally published on ilsr.org. In August 2013, Minneapolis (MN) was in the news for considering a take-over of its energy utilities. Today, they’re back in the news for supporting a first-in-the-nation clean energy partnership with those same utilities and a pioneering effort to bring more local input into the city’s energy future. It’s been a

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Author John Perlin & The Solar Cell

Glenn Meyers — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:59:15 +0000

In a discussion today about solar energy and the coming Year of Light, author John Perlin helped enlighten me about the importance of the solar cell (photovoltaic systems) as a source for renewable electrical energy. What is the single most significant consideration in designing a PV system, as opposed to a solar thermal system that

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$6 Billion Opportunity: Rural Electric Cooperatives Could Lead On Clean Energy

John Farrell — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:50:20 +0000

Originally published on ilsr.org. Last week I asked why rural electric cooperatives haven’t been leaders on renewable energy. This week, I explain a $6 billion opportunity they can seize to take leadership. One of the biggest barriers to making investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy is the upfront cost. So what if members of

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Palo Alto’s Moonshot: Can It Become The First Carbon-Neutral City In US

Rocky Mountain Institute — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 10:00:14 +0000

Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Erik G. Fowler, Douglas Miller, and Brett Bridgeland In 1961, President Kennedy presented the challenge to land an American on the Moon in 10 years or less. This seemingly impossible goal unlocked a national spirit of ingenuity and became a reality just eight years later in 1969 when

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Uralla NSW Revealed As Choice For First Zero Net Energy Town In Australia

Guest Contributor — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:30:59 +0000

Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Our hunch was right. The rural NSW town of Uralla has been revealed as the choice for what could well be Australia’s first zero net energy town (ZNET), in a joint announcement Thursday morning from the NSW government and Starfish Enterprises, who developed the concept. Uralla will now

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Renewable Energy Now Scotland’s Largest Source Of Power

Joshua S Hill — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 11:10:18 +0000

Scotland just keeps managing to surprise us, and according to independent trade body Scottish Renewables, it’s done it again, with numbers from the first half of 2014 showing that renewable energy was Scotland’s largest source of power. The figures showed that, for the first half of 2014, renewable energy generated 32% more electricity than any other

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Three Reasons Universities Are Buying Renewable Energy

Rocky Mountain Institute — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:30:28 +0000

Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Stephen Abbott Colleges and universities have always been focal points of change. The mixture of academic research, student activism, and institutional clout has allowed campus communities to promote widespread technical and social transformations. During the last few years, a few of these institutions have begun to lead in

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Melbourne Leaders Take Charge On Renewable Energy Policy

Joshua S Hill — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 08:05:47 +0000

Amidst national policies in Australia that seem to be growing ever further from reality, the City of Melbourne and several other local councils and businesses have made a stand to attempt to divest themselves from Victoria’s coal-fuelled energy grid. Led by Lord Mayor Robert Doyle of the City of Melbourne, the group of councils and businesses which

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Victoria Labor Vows To Help Newstead Go 100% Renewable

Giles Parkinson — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:30:18 +0000

Originally published on RenewEconomy. The Victorian Labor Party has sought to underline its renewable energy credentials by vowing to help the town of Newstead, near Bendigo, to become 100 per cent renewable energy by 2017, and become the state’s first “solar town”. The commitment comes a few days after party led by Daniel Andrews said

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What The Joint Climate Policy Announcement From US & China Means

Rocky Mountain Institute — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:30:55 +0000

Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Clay Stranger and Jon Creyts, Ph.D. Yesterday the United States and the People’s Republic of China reached an historic agreement in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address the impending consequences of climate change through commitments by President Obama and President Xi. The U.S. announced

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European Cleantech Innovation: 13 Future Energy System Gamechangers

Guest Contributor — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 19:30:15 +0000

Originally published on Energy Post. By Karel Beckman At a “business booster” event in Barcelona, sixty European cleantech startups supported by KIC InnoEnergy, presented themselves to the world. They offered an impressive variety of new technologies and market innovations, ranging from new storage devices and solar chips to energy saving techniques, financing models and consumer

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Small German Town Becomes Smart Grid Testing Ground

Rocky Mountain Institute — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:30:19 +0000

Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Laurie Guevara-Stone A small German town in southern Bavaria is participating in an interesting experiment proving that a high-renewables future is viable. Wildpoldsried (pop. 2,600) currently produces 500 percent more energy than it needs through renewable energy systems, and sells the surplus power back to the grid. Though

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What Clean Energy Can Learn From Slow Food

Guest Contributor — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:30:11 +0000

Originally published on Energy Post. By Sonja van Renssen The food and energy sectors are alike in many ways: security, waste, local production, labeling, environmental impact and access are key issues for both. In each case, there is a movement underway taking a holistic value chain approach to create a more secure, sustainable, affordable system.

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