Rooftops on new buildings built in commercial zones in France must either be partially covered in plants or solar panels, under a law approved on … France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panelsRead more
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Renewables supplied 19.2% of UK power in 2014
Business Green reports that renewables made up 19.2% of the country’s power supply last year, up from just 14.9% a year earlier. At the same … Renewables supplied 19.2% of UK power in 2014Read more
Posted inFossil fuel / News / Oil / Politics / Renewable
Shell lobbied to undermine EU renewables targets
Shell successfully lobbied to undermine European renewable energy targets ahead of a key agreement on emissions cuts reached in October last year, newly released documents … Shell lobbied to undermine EU renewables targetsRead more
Posted inEconomics / Politics / Renewable
Scott Walker Wants To Stop Funding Renewable Energy Research Center
Walker is proposing to cut $8.1 million over two years from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, a move that would cut a total of … Scott Walker Wants To Stop Funding Renewable Energy Research CenterRead more
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Wind and solar are much less financially risky than other power projects
energy researcher Benjamin Sovacool and colleagues recently released a pair of peer-reviewed studies that dig way, waaay into this subject. Some of the results are … Wind and solar are much less financially risky than other power projectsRead more
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Canada’s Green Energy Sector Now Employs More People Than Its Tar Sands
Between 2009 and 2013, employment in Canada’s clean energy sector increased by 37 percent — meaning it now supplies more jobs than the country’s infamous … Canada’s Green Energy Sector Now Employs More People Than Its Tar SandsRead more
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Now solar and wind are cheaper than fossil fuels
For the solar and wind industries in the United States, it has been a long-held dream: to produce energy at a cost equal to conventional … Now solar and wind are cheaper than fossil fuelsRead more
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Scotland Produced Enough Wind Energy To Power Every Home In October
According to new numbers published by WWF Scotland this week, wind turbines generated enough electricity in October to power 3,045,000 homes in the U.K. — … Scotland Produced Enough Wind Energy To Power Every Home In OctoberRead more
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US states with highest installed wind energy capacity
Wind energy is one of the cleanest forms of energy. All the developed and developing countries are trying to increase the amount of wind energy … US states with highest installed wind energy capacityRead more