Originally published on Solar Love. Solar energy generation surged by around 153% over the last year in the UK, based on the most recent figures from the analyst company EnAppSys — with average daily electricity generation being around 1.37 gigawatts (GW) during the second quarter of 2015. The new report … [continued]
TransCanada, owner of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, has been quietly preparing to hear the Obama Administration say, “You’re fired!”
The 2016 presidential election and primaries are heating up, and one of the hottest topics at the moment is who should and will get the Democratic nomination — Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. ThinkProgress has created a simple but illuminating chart that illustrates the climate plans of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, … [continued]
Haven’t read enough about the Clean Power Plan? There’s a ton more about it below (has its own section this week), as well as solar energy news, other renewable energy news, coal news (there’s a lot of that this week, too), Clean Power Plan Climate Change And President Obama’s Action … [continued]
Provisional data provided by the International Energy Agency shows electricity production down 0.8% in the OECD, due to a drop in fossil fuel and hydro production. The figures, released on Thursday, show that electricity production in the 34 member states of the OECD fell 0.8% to 10,712 TWh, a decrease … [continued]
New Zealand energy utility Genesis Energy has revealed that it intends to shut down the country’s two remaining coal-burning electricity generators by the end of 2018. Genesis Energy announced Thursday that it is permanently withdrawing the remaining two coal-burning electricity generators at the Huntly Power Station, in the north of … [continued]
The Clean Power Plan just finalized by the Obama administration has occupied the media for most of a week now. So what’s the big deal? The Earth has a significant problem with climate change, and the US government has put together a coherent nationwide approach. Individual states hold high responsibility for its … [continued]
If you ever take a logical look at electricity production or the burning of fossil fuels to propel vehicles forward, you see that most of the cost is not paid when purchase that electricity or fuel. Most of the cost comes from the tremendous health problems the resulting air pollution (and … [continued]
A new survey from the International Monetary Fund shows that the UK government is still providing billions of pounds in subsidies to fossil fuels, while on the other hand cutting support for renewables. Analysis of the report done by RenewableUK, the country’s wind, wave, and tidal energy trade association, lays out … [continued]
Originally published on The Handleman Post. By Clayton Handleman The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released data showing that the Capacity Factor (CF) for wind power can reach 65% which is comparable to that of fossil fuel based generation. While the headlines aren’t as sexy as Tesla’s ‘Ludicrous mode‘, … [continued]
