Offshore wind turbines in waters five kilometers off the coast of Copenhagen, Denmark. The European Union is now targeting 300 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by the 2050. 4FR | E+ | Getty Images The European Union wants to increase its offshore wind capacity from 12 to 300 gigawatts (GW) by 2050, according to new
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November 19th, 2020 by Carolyn Fortuna US President-elect Joe Biden was swept into office by an overwhelming number of voters who support climate action. No, his climate crisis policy won’t be called a Green New Deal, due to the Deal’s demonizing by Republican strategists. Biden can tackle ambitious energy transformations, however, alongside the mandate to
November 18th, 2020 by Brad Rouse Dividends are fabulous. In investing, dividends pay you to wait while your investments grow. If we aggressively pursue the energy transition, every one of us will receive dividends as we invest in a brighter future. As is the case with many investments, the energy transition may be justified (and
November 18th, 2020 by Barry A.F. One of the ways to slow the advance of climate change is to reduce your personal carbon usage. While we can’t efficiency our way to climate neutrality, we can buy ourselves time by slowing the rate of carbon emissions and conservation, as Negawatts are often the cheapest form of
This photo shows an electric car being charged on a street in London. Miles Willis | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.K. will stop selling new diesel and petrol (gasoline) cars and vans from 2030 under plans announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The move is part of a wider 10-point plan for
Since President Donald Trump took office in 2017, the U.S. has stepped back from its international climate commitments by leaving the Paris Agreement and rolling back dozens of Obama-era climate policies, leaving a void in international climate leadership that China aims to fill. In some ways, the country is well poised for climate leadership. China
November 17th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan The most popular CleanTechnica articles of the first two weeks of November were led by a couple of stories about revised versions of the Tesla Model 3, followed by my monologue on how I feel about Full Self-Driving and white seats more than a year after buying my Model
November 17th, 2020 by Sponsored Content By Alf Poor, CEO of Ideanomics* with contributions from Christiane Heckeroth, Chief Communications Officer of Solectrac The increasing demand for organic foods gets a lot of headlines. Consumers have shown they are prepared to pay a premium for foods with an untouched pedigree, which has helped bolster the thin
Wind turbines in waters off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland. K Neville | iStock | Getty Images Plans have been announced for a multi-billion pound “underwater energy superhighway” which will allow electricity produced in Scotland to be sent to the northeast of England. The Eastern Link project, as it’s known, is to focus on the
November 17th, 2020 by Steve Hanley Offshore wind turbines are popping up all over the world and with good reason. The winds over the ocean tend to be stronger and more constant than those on land. There are also fewer NIMBY concerns from folks who dislike the sight of whirling turbine blades in the background
The word “premium” suggests high quality, the best of the best. But what is commonly called “premium gasoline” is a waste of money for countless drivers. Thanks in part to the coronavirus, gas prices have been relatively low compared with the soaring ones seen roughly a decade ago. At the same time, U.S. drivers are paying
November 16th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan As we’ve been reporting recently, everyone (the fossil-friendly International Energy Agency) and their mother (Lazard) have concluded that solar and wind offer the cheapest options for new electricity capacity, and new solar and wind power plants can even undercut the operational costs of existing fossil and nuclear power plants.
The energy sector is coming off its best week ever. That group was swept up last week in a rally rewarding stocks tied to the economic growth story – even with U.S. Covid-19 cases on the rise and the threat of further lockdowns looming. The sector rose by more than 16%. Last week was a
November 15th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan We recently saw the International Energy Agency (IEA) report that solar power offers the cheapest electricity in history. That was a global report. A US-focused report from Lazard recently reported something similar. The highly regarded energy analysts showed that wind and solar offer the cheapest electricity in the country,
November 15th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan Last year and for several years prior, a US taxpayer who installed a solar power system on their roof could get a 30% tax credit on the cost of that system. In 2020, that tax credit was reduced to 26%, and it will drop to 22% next year. Confused
Illustration of a nuclear fission power system concept on the Moon. NASA NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy will seek proposals from industry to build a nuclear power plant on the moon and Mars to support its long-term exploration plans. The proposal is for a fission surface power system, and the goal is to