Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:05:34 +0000
100% renewables for 143 countries covering 99.7% of global energy carbon emissions is very inexpensive compared to business as usual in Jacobson’s latest
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:12:02 +0000
The post EU Finalizes ‘Green Deal’ for Clean Energy Investment appeared first on POWER Magazine.
The European Union (EU) on Dec. 16 announced an agreement among its member states on rules involving the financing of green energy projects. Lawmakers approved a list of technologies and activities that can be classified as green, after disagreement about whether nuclear energy and natural gas should be included. The so-called “Green Deal” is a […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 04:01:58 +0000
Another scientific article is out on the health effects of air pollution, and this one exposes both the long and the short of it. The comprehensive study proves what numerous other studies and common sense told us: air pollution hurts us. “Hospitalizations for several common diseases—including septicemia (serious bloodstream infection), fluid and electrolyte disorders, renal failure, urinary tract infections, and skin and tissue infections—have been linked for the first time with short-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5).”
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 13:00:14 +0000
Why invest in carbon capture to clean up after coal, when you can skip the middleperson and pluck CO2 straight from the atmosphere
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 07:31:46 +0000
As some act to stall progress, the forward motion provided by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and all she represents is a remarkable step forward. Presenting a Green Deal plan for Europe at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, she and her colleagues took a seed from US progressives and gave it the watering and care it needed in the fertile ground of Europe
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:05:02 +0000
Chevron says it will write down its assets by more than $10 billion as low gas and oil prices make its reserves less valuable.
Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:33:23 +0000
A new 93 MWh Tesla Powerpack system installed in Alaska by the Homer Electric Association, Inc., will be used to directly offset electricity that would have otherwise required a peaker plant to fire up. The new battery pack will be installed at the Soldotna Power Plant (map), adjacent to the existing natural gas-fired GE LM 6000 turbine currently used to provide electricity to cover peak usage in the area
Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:33:23 +0000
A new 93 MWh Tesla Powerpack system installed in Alaska by the Homer Electric Association, Inc., will be used to directly offset electricity that would have otherwise required a peaker plant to fire up. The new battery pack will be installed at the Soldotna Power Plant (map), adjacent to the existing natural gas-fired GE LM 6000 turbine currently used to provide electricity to cover peak usage in the area
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 18:33:22 +0000
The post Indiana Utility Will Close Coal-Fired Units Early appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Indianapolis Power & Light (IPL) on Dec. 9 announced it will close two of the four coal-fired units at its Petersburg Generating Station in southern Indiana, as the utility continues to move away from coal generation. IPL has been pressured by state political leaders and environmentalists to close the 1,700-MW Petersburg facility, the largest power […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 01:16:40 +0000
Nevada, home of the Tesla EV Gigafactory, is getting a new burst of renewable energy with 1.19 new gigawatts of solar power from the company NV Energy