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Air Quality

24 Million Jobs Could Be Created From Meeting Paris Climate Agreement Targets

December 29th, 2018 | by Nexus Media

A rapid transition to clean energy would create, not eliminate, jobs

An Influx Of New Tech Is Changing How We See & Act On Pollution

December 10th, 2018 | by Sponsored Content

While there is exciting progress and promise as air sensors become cheaper and more available, a diverse coalition of industry, activists, policymakers and researchers is critical to ensuring that the data is reliable, accessible and most of all, actionable.

Clean Power

Backstory: Macron To Close Multiple Nuclear Reactors, But Why Now?

November 30th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard

Wind, solar, a continent-scale grid, and open economic borders all contributed to the death of the French nuclear dream. It’s time for France to wake up and join the future, and it has

Clean Power

French Utility Company EDF Plans Energy Storage Push

April 4th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley

French utility company EDF plans to invest $10 billion in grid scale and behind the meter energy storage as it moves toward supplying electricity that is 100% carbon emissions free.

Cars

Current EV Charging Equipment Market & Innovation Trends, Part 2

February 24th, 2018 | by Kyle Field

The significant, constant usage of electricity from a single source like a plug-in vehicle has opened up a new market for grid-scale demand management. Grid-scale demand response bundles charging plug-in vehicles together into a single demand unit when they are using smart chargers connected to a utility. The utility can then have the charging speed throttled up and down to balance the electricity load on the grid.

Clean Power

Emissions From Fracking 5 Times Higher Than Reported

February 22nd, 2018 | by Steve Hanley

A new report from EDF shows methane emissions from fracking in Pennsylvania are 5 times greater than the industry claims, making natural gas from fracking just as damaging to the environment as coal-fired generating plants.

Clean Power

Record-Low Solar Bid From ACWA Power For 1st Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Project In Saudi Arabia

February 6th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill

Leading Saudi developer and operator ACWA Power has announced it has won the right to develop the first utility-scale renewable energy project in Saudi Arabia, the 300 megawatt Skaka IPP PV solar project, at a record-breaking tariff of 2.34 US-cents per kilowatt-hour

Clean Power

Powering Past Coal Alliance Membership Blows Out Past 50

December 13th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill

The Powering Past Coal Alliance, launched only last month by the UK and Canada at COP23, has seen its membership blow out past 50 countries, regions, and businesses, according to news revealed at the One Planet Summit held in France on Tuesday.

Batteries

EDF Renewable Energy Partners With PG&E For 40 MWh Of Behind-The-Meter Storage

December 7th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley

EDF Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of EDF Group, has been chosen by Pacific Gas & Electric, the primary utility company serving the northern California community and the San Francisco Bay Area, to provide 40 megawatt-hours of "behind the meter" energy storage for its commercial and industrial customers

BNEF

Google Expands Its Commitment To Renewable Energy

December 2nd, 2017 | by Steve Hanley

Google has agreed to power purchase agreements with three wind energy companies that will enable it to meet all its needs for electricity from renewable sources within 3 years.

Clean Power

France Won’t Achieve Goal Of Reducing Nuclear Share Of Power Mix To 50% Until 2030–2035, Environment Minister Reveals

November 21st, 2017 | by James Ayre

France won't achieve its goals of reducing the share of its power mix held by nuclear energy to 50%, down from 75%, until the 2030–2035 timeframe (rather than by the 2025 target), the country's environment minister Nicolas Hulot has revealed

Clean Power

“The Birth of a New Era in Solar PV” — Record Low Cost On Saudi Solar Project Bid

October 7th, 2017 | by Giles Parkinson

The cost of solar PV has hit a stunning new low – with a bid for a 300MW solar project in Saudi Arabia pitched at just $US1.79c/kWh – or $US17.9/MWh ($A22.7/MWh) – with no subsidies. This offer represents a significant fall of 75 per cent in costs below those considered “not credible” less than two years ago

Clean Power

eMotorWerks + EDF = Intelligent EVSE Deployment For Demand Management

September 29th, 2017 | by Kyle Field

A new partnership between electric vehicle charging solution provider eMotorWerks and electric utility EDF taps into eMotorWerks' intelligent network of chargers to enable grid-scale demand management

Environmental Defense Fund’s Dynamic Methane Detectors Challenge

August 26th, 2017 | by Sponsored Content

Oil and gas wells aren’t the first places that come to mind when you think of cleantech. Fossil fuels still present an inherent challenge for the planet. But even as it's working to accelerate the wind and solar revolution, one environmental organization has surfaced a crucial opportunity to protect the climate by reducing millions of tons of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — leaking from the oil and gas supply chain

Clean Power

EDF Renewable Energy Acquires 179 Megawatts Of Solar Projects From First Solar

July 18th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill

EDF Renewable Energy has this week announced its acquisition of the 179 MW Switch Station 1 and 2 solar projects from First Solar in late-June, a move which brings the US company closer to 10 GW worth of renewable energy projects in operation or development across North America.

Clean Power

EDF Joins Masdar Group In 800 Megawatt Dubai Solar Project

April 10th, 2017 | by Saurabh

EDF Energies Nouvelles will work with Masdar Group on the 800 megawatt phase 3 of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in the United Arab Emirates.

Batteries

EDF Renewable Energy Unveils New Distributed Electricity & Storage Business Unit

March 16th, 2017 | by Kyle Field

EDF Renewable Energy has commissioned a new business unit focused on Distributed Electricity and Storage that will focus on distributed solar and storage projects up to 30 MW in size

Nuclear Energy

Explosion At Nuclear Power Plant In France Poses No Contamination Risk, Authorities Say

February 10th, 2017 | by James Ayre

At 9:40 am (local time) on Thursday there was an explosion at EDF’s Flamanville nuclear power plant in northern France

Biomass

Renewables Now Cheapest, But How To Enable Faster Renewable Energy Growth?

January 22nd, 2017 | by Zachary Shahan

Renewable energy is now the cheapest option, on average, for new electricity capacity around the world — developed countries like the US as well as developing countries. As I noted the other day, we need to keep channeling this message to the broader public, and especially decision-makers, but there are other things to do in order to increase renewable energy growth