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Texas will host the largest solar project in the US
Electrek discusses Texas will host the largest solar project in the US.
Invenergy, a Chicago-based global developer and operator of green energy generation and storage, announced a 1,310-megawatt solar farm in northeastern Texas on Wednesday. It will be the largest […]
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Report: The transition to renewable energy relies on mining. Can it be done responsibly?
The Narwhal discusses The transition to renewable energy relies on mining. Can it be done responsibly? Demand for certain mined minerals is projected to increase exponentially in the coming decades. Experts warn responsible practices must be in place to reduce environmental and social impacts.
It wasn’t long ago that the idea […]
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Just north of the oilsands, the largest remote solar farm in Canada is about to power up
The Narwhal discusses Just north of the oilsands, the largest remote solar farm in Canada is about to power up. The Indigenous-owned project will supply a quarter of Fort Chipewyan’s electricity needs, helping to reduce the need for almost a million litres of diesel each year.
A remote community less than […]
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Going Solar: My Year-Long Quest to Get Off the Grid
Wired discusses Going Solar: My Year-Long Quest to Get Off the Grid. I installed a solar power system in my home in an attempt at “energy resilience.” The constraints—and the headaches—were greater than I anticipated.
IN ADDITION TO struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic like everyone else, we Californians had another crisis […]
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Video on solar obstructionism
The Independent Lens program on distributed solar obstruction is available for streaming. If you didn’t get to watch the program on solar you should be able to stream it here:
https://www.pbs.org/video/jonathan-scotts-power-trip-bmrkzf/
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Report: Renewables cut Australia’s emissions more than Covid, energy analysis finds
The Guardian discusses how Renewables cut Australia’s emissions more than Covid, energy analysis finds. Wind and solar displacing coal in the five states of the national energy market. [No report link provided.]
Wind and solar power pushing out fossil fuel generation has cut Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions more than the […]
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Report: Alternative Energy
Lazard issues 2020 report on the cost of wind and solar compared to new and existing fossil and nuclear. The report is titled: Levelized Cost of Energy and Levelized Cost of Storage – 2020.
Rethinkx discusses the cheapest way to transition to clean energy – build 4x as much generation as […]
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Peak Gas Is Coming to the U.S. Sooner Than Anyone Expected
Bloomberg discusses how Peak Gas Demand Is Coming to the U.S. Sooner Than Anyone Expected.
One of the largest utilities in the U.S. put $8 billion into a bet that natural gas would dominate American electricity much like coal had before. “We really consider this to be a growth play,”
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DeSmogBlog, October 23, 2020
Articles include: Facebook Solar Project Will Power Fracking; Report: Texas Regulators Failing to Act on Pollution Complaints; Hurricanes Compounds Oil Pollution in Louisiana’s Wetlands; Outsized Influence of Deniers; Climate Disinformation Database: Turning Point USA.
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Report: 2019 was the second largest year ever for corporate solar investments
Fast Company discusses how 2019 was the second largest year ever for corporate solar investments. While big names such as Facebook and Walmart are putting massive amounts of money into solar, two-thirds of all of 2019’s newly installed […]
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