France Bans All Fossil Fuel Extraction & Fracking
France has passed new legislation banning the extraction of fossil fuels by 2040 as it seeks to become a leader in the transition to renewable energy.
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Traditional Conservatives Create New Group To Promote Renewable Energy
The Wisconsin Conservative Energy Forum says it will try to educate Republican leaders about the virtues of clean renewable power. It’s going to be a tough sell in Cheesehead Nation.
Tesla vs. Tesla: The Juice In Your Car Will Increasingly Come Through HVDC, Edison’s Preferred…
So that’s HVDC and why the electricity you use will increasingly come through HVDC transmission. It gets more power delivered over longer distances, it’s increasingly economically viable, it works better underground, it works better underwater, it can dodge NIMBYs and it reduces the challenge of variable renewable generation. It’s one of the top innovations in the world of electricity, and it’s coming soon to a grid near you.
Transition To Wind & Solar Would Result In Small Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A new study has found that wind and solar indirect lifecycle emissions are not only on the lower scale compared to other generation technologies, but would result in only minor indirect greenhouse gas emissions if a full decarbonization of the global electricity sector was achieved with these technologies.
BC Approves The Site C Dam
The BC Utilities Commission recently concluded that “increasingly viable alternative energy sources such as wind, geothermal and industrial curtailment could provide similar benefits to [BC Hydro] ratepayers as the Site C project, with an equal or lower Unit Energy Cost.” Nevertheless, today Premier John Horgan announced BC approves the Site C Dam.
African Development Bank Approves $324 Million For Renewable Energy Projects In Morocco & Côte d’Ivoire
The African Development Bank announced this week that it has approved $324 million in loan support for two renewable energy projects in Morocco and Côte d’Ivoire that are expected to dramatically increase power supply in the African countries and keep their economic growth on track.
A Hand Writing on the Wall for Natural Gas
We have seen the fall of coal. The Dow Jones Coal Index, which stood at over 723 at its high in 2008, was down over 94% to 41.36 on December 8. Just as telling, all of the companies that were its components in 2008 have disappeared. There is now only one company in the index, and it is new, cobbled together out of the wreckage of those that once were.
European Utilities Commit To 100% Carbon-Neutral Electricity “Well Before” 2050 … Because It’s Cheaper
Eurelectric, which represents 3,500 electric companies across Europe, has issued a Vision Declaration promising 100 carbon neutral electricity by the year 2050.
Sanjeev Gupta’s SIMEC Energy Acquires Green Highland Renewables & 1 Gigawatt Clean Energy Target
SIMEC Energy, part of the global GFG Alliance founded by the influential British Gupta Family, announced this week that it will acquire hydro developer Green Highland Renewables as well as set a target to build 1 gigawatt worth of renewable energy capacity in the UK within three years.
US Renewable Electricity Production Up 14.7%, Fossil Fuels & Nuclear Drop (CleanTechnica Chart)
New numbers from the US Energy Information Administration and highlighted by Ken Bossong’s Sun Day Campaign show that renewable electricity production through the first three quarters of 2017 was up 14.7%, while coal, natural gas, oil, and nuclear power all decreased.
