Wind & Solar: GE Exec says legacy coal and nuclear cost too much
Many people don’t realize solar energy and wind energy are cheap because they have a price stuck in their head from 10 years ago, 5 years ago, or even just 3 years ago. As much as we at CleanTechnica...
View ArticleWind energy: Trump can’t stop the winning. Scotland stomps his golf course...
As if former reality TV star and current US President* Donald J. Trump needed another headache during his short time in office, along comes the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency. Sepa, as it is...
View ArticleWind energy: Revolution offshore wind + Tesla batteries will power 80,000...
A decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last year has contributed to a proposal by Deepwater Wind for a 144 megawatt wind farm called Revolution Wind to be located 12 miles south of...
View ArticleWind energy facts – pushing back against climate change
Wind energy is playing a crucial role in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions globally. Since the burning of fossil fuel got rolling at the start of the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide in...
View ArticleDoE grid study released – wind energy is the big winner
The Intertubes were buzzing all yesterday afternoon with rumors that the Energy Department’s long-awaited and highly controversial new grid study will finally see the light of day, but while everybody...
View ArticleDOE Grid Study provides insight, despite controversy
The U.S. Energy Department’s much-discussed grid study, released this week amid a swirl of pre-publication controversy, offers a thoughtful and empirically based approach to examining current and...
View ArticleRenewable energy share PASSING nuclear. Not in 50 years – RIGHT NOW.
The US Energy Information Administration last week published its latest ‘Electric Power Monthly’ which reveals US renewable energy is locked in a virtual dead-heat with US nuclear energy, each...
View ArticleKeep it 100 – Bill McKibben launches campaign for 100% renewable energy
Bill McKibben is no political partisan. He fought with the Obama administration tooth and nail over the Keystone XL pipeline. He and many of his supporters were arrested during their campaign to force...
View ArticleMark Jacobson’s plan for 100% renewable energy is possible, practical, and...
Since 2009, Mark Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for Energy, and...
View Article100% Renewable energy: M&Ms wants you to know how sweet wind energy can be...
One of the world’s favorite candy companies, M&M’s, has launched a new campaign to inform consumers of the importance of moving to 100% renewable energy and its importance in counteracting climate...
View ArticleBloomberg shares some mind-bending clean energy charts (plus wind turbines on...
As I noted in my article earlier today, Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Future of Energy Summit just wrapped up in London. Michael Liebreich, BNEF’s Founder* and Chairman of the Advisory Board, knocked...
View ArticleThe path to 100% renewable energy: UK hits 30% renewables
Can the UK hit 100% renewable energy? New official statistics from the UK Government have shown that the country’s renewable energy sector generated nearly 30% of the country’s electricity in the...
View ArticlePruitt wants to dump wind + solar subsidies (while larding on more for coal...
Scott Pruitt, who plays the role of Darth Vader in Trump’s Evil Empire, told an audience at the Kentucky Farm Bureau on Monday that he is in favor of ending all tax credits for wind and solar power as...
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