Originally published on Think Progress. By Joanna M. Foster Google confirmed on Friday that it is investing $80 million in six new solar facilities under construction in California and Arizona. The plants, expected to come online early in the new year, are just the latest addition to Google’s renewable portfolio. The internet … [continued]
MIT’s Charles Forsberg has come up with an idea that might work to combine nuclear energy generation with renewable energies in an effort to halt the need for fossil fuels. The idea proposes combining a nuclear power plant with another renewable energy system, which Forsberg argues “could add up to … [continued]
I had the good fortune of seeing NREL’s director, Dan Arvizu, give an optimistic renewable energy and cleantech presentation in Abu Dhabi in January. He certainly knows how to pack a presentation full of interesting charts. More recently, Dan gave a presentation in Colorado that I didn’t attend but have … [continued]
Palawan is one of the Philippines natural wonders, with many tourists visiting every year. The island province is not connected to the national grid and depends upon imported diesel and bunker fuel to generate electricity. These fuels are known to have significant emissions and can contribute to noxious air pollution. … [continued]
We got all excited when our friends over at the SUN DAY Campaign tipped us off to the latest federal report on newly installed electrical generating capacity in the US, given that the overall picture looks so rosy for renewables. However, the devil is in the details. When you break … [continued]
Greg Barker, the UK’s Energy and Climate Change minister, recently expressed that a “decentralized power to the people energy revolution” is doable. He understands that this developing sector, now half a million local energy systems in UK homes and businesses, will be able to reinvent the power structure of energy. … [continued]
From a CleanTechnica reader/advisor and myself: OK, gang, time for some community fun. How about we pitch in and list some of the most common anti–renewable energy myths and then work up good, comprehensive rebuttals to them? Here’s how we’ll start out. Make each myth a new comment and then … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath New Zealand has commissioned its newest renewable power plant, Mighty River Power’s Ngatamariki Geothermal Power Station, near Taupo on the country’s North Island. The 100MW plant – the world’s largest of its kind, and the NZ gentailer’s third geothermal project since 2008 – … [continued]
According to a new report from the Geothermal Energy Association, Kenya is set to stake out turf as the global geothermal leader with about 1,000 megawatts currently under development, more than one-fourth of which is already under construction. Meanwhile, despite its vast geothermal resources the US is still cheering from … [continued]
Rural Tanzania appears to be set for a very large increase in renewable power. A hybrid solar-geothermal project has been funded to the tune of $50 million dollars. Off-grid photovoltaics will be used in ten remote rural areas, and 100 MW of geothermal will be encouraged. Small-scale projects, such as … [continued]
