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A group hold placards in front of a mass gathering of G7 paddle-out protesters organised by the environmental charity Surfers Against Sewage, at Gyllyngvase Beach on June 12, 2021 in Falmouth, England. Hugh Hastings | Getty Images News | Getty Images Governments around the world have pledged to become carbon neutral in the coming decades

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Electric Generator Inventory. Note: Regions are based on EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook electricity supply regions. Wind capacity in the United States has increased significantly over the past decade, from 40.1 gigawatts (GW) in January 2011 to 118.3 GW at the end of 2020. This wind capacity growth was mostly concentrated

Originally published on NRDC Expert Blog.By Alejandra Mejia Cunningham  Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the first of four cutting-edge energy laws this week to reduce climate-warming emissions as well as unhealthy pollution in homes and places of work. The new laws will put Colorado’s building sector on track to meet the state’s climate goals and ensure

In this article ENEL-IT The coronavirus pandemic has sped up a transition in the energy industry, according to the CEO of Italian energy firm Enel, but a number of issues need to be addressed to ensure change takes place in a measured manner.   In a wide-ranging interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” Tuesday, Francesco Starace

The U.S. electric grid is undergoing historic changes, and these changes are imminently important for the system operators that oversee grid markets, investments, and planning. To address challenges for future electric markets, a major research collaboration has published its first study for a national project targeting grid modernization: Research Priorities and Opportunities in United States Competitive

South Africa’s Rubicon Group enables transformative sustainable and industrial technologies across the energy and manufacturing sectors in Africa and other emerging markets. Via its sustainable technology division, Rubicon’s energy, electric mobility, building management, and lighting solutions are enabling homes, businesses, and factories to adopt sustainable, connected, and automated solutions underpinned by renewable energy generation and

In this article TSLA Tesla Motors’ Model 3 electric cars. Tesla Motors File Photo | Reuters LONDON — European car hire firm Virtuo is adding dozens of Teslas to its fleet as part of an effort to electrify more of its vehicles. The company, which allows people to hire and unlock premium cars through an

Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi attends a news conference in Tehran, Iran June 21, 2021. Majid Asgaripour | WANA News Agency | Reuters DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s president-elect Ebrahim Raisi gave his first press conference since the country’s election, saying Monday that his government’s priorities would be to improve ties with regional neighbors and

Here is an object lesson for our times. A plan to create a massive green energy hub in Western Australia has been nixed by the country’s environment minister Sussan Ley on the grounds that it will adversely affect fragile wetlands and several species of migratory birds and violate the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. This

One of India’s leading solar power project developers has partnered with Norwegian renewable energy company Scatec Solar to development of a large solar power project. According to media reports, Scatec Solar has agreed to acquire a 50% equity stake in a 900-megawatt solar power project that Acme Cleantech is developing in the state of Rajasthan.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Georgia Institute of Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to bolster the interactions, collaborations, and joint scientific output of both institutions. The purpose of the MOU is to leverage the expansive capabilities and infrastructure of both institutions in a multidisciplinary approach;

Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation.By Jeremy Richardson, Senior Energy Analyst Climate champs Senators Whitehouse and Schatz introduced a solutions-oriented bill today that would put a price on emissions of heat-trapping gases as well as criteria air pollutants and use the revenues to mitigate the impacts of the policy on consumers, workers, and communities. Dubbed

Article by Brian Stewart, founder of Electrify Now, a volunteer driven organization working to promote electrification and renewable energy solutions. You have probably noticed the electric car ads on television and the news about automakers making big commitments to go all-electric in the next 10 years. You may not have noticed that the same thing

In this article 7267.T-JP 7203.T-JP TATAMOTORS-IN A Land Rover Defender sits on display on the opening day of the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show in Frankfurt, Germany, on September 10, 2019. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jaguar Land Rover said Tuesday it was working on the prototype of a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle,

Originally published on RMI.org.By Uday Varadarajan, David Posner, Sam Mardell, & Russell Mendell According to the latest US government inventory, solar will account for 39 percent of the electric generation capacity added in 2021, and wind will constitute a further 31 percent. With current technology costs and policy incentives, renewables are now unquestionably the cheapest generation assets to build and

Andrew Ocalliham | EyeEm | Getty Images The United States is now home to over 100 gigawatts of solar photovoltaic capacity, according to a new report, although rising costs could pose challenges to the sector. The figures come from the latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report, released on Tuesday by the Solar Energy Industries Association