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Buffett Buys #renewables
Jun 02 2018 02:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
NV Energy, . . . (owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway), ...has signed contracts to purchase electricity from, . . . 6 solar projects totaling, . . . 1,001 MW-AC, along with . . . 100 MW / 400 MWh, of energy storage. 6-2-2018 Source: Buffet...
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Largest Commitment To Offshore #wind Power
May 25 2018 02:15 PM | eds in Green Energy
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation, . . . that will move the state’s electricity mix to . . . 50% renewable by 2030, and . . . codifies the largest commitment to . . . offshore wind power from any state. Momentum is growing with severa...
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400-Megawatt Offshore #wind Farm
May 24 2018 12:50 PM | eds in Green Energy
Rhode Island, . . . selected Deepwater Wind, to develop a . . . 400-megawatt, proposal . . . in federal waters far off the coast. 5-24-2018 Source: 400-megawatt offshore #wind farm
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100% #renewable Grid Is Feasible
May 23 2018 01:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
U.S. Energy Information Administration, says: . . . . . . 100% Iceland, . . . . . . 100% Paraguay, . . . . . . 99% Costa Rica, . . . . . . 98.5% Norway, . . . . . . 80% Austria, . . . . . . 75% Brazil, and . . . . . . 69.4% Denmark, . . . these countri...
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#electric Motor
May 22 2018 05:05 PM | eds in Green Energy
Equipmake's, next-gen electric motor, . . . spoked magnet design spins up: . . . . . . cheaper, . . . . . . lighter, . . . . . . more powerful. 5-22-2018 Source: #Electric Motor
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Wyoming’S #wind
May 20 2018 12:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
North Dakota now obtains about . . . 30% of its power from wind. “Utilities want wind these days, . . . Not because of environmental policy. . . . They want it because it’s cheap.” In 2 years, a federal subsidy for wind production will end. . . . Dev...
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#solar To Surpass #wind In 18 Months
May 18 2018 01:00 PM | eds in Green Energy
Frost & Sullivan’s, recent analysis Global Power Industry Outlook, 2018, . . . which posits that solar will surpass wind in global energy capacity starting in 2020, . . . making it the f4th largest source of energy generation behind: . . . . . . co...
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Could Us Wholesale #energy Prices Fall 25%?
May 17 2018 12:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory says, . . . If Renewables make up 50% of our Energy generation, . . . USA Wholesale Energy prices, could fall 25% or more. These impacts indicate the need for, . . . more dispatchable resources that can, . . . qui...
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Britain’S #wind Farms Vs 8 Nuclear Plants
May 16 2018 12:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
Britain’s wind farms, provided more electricity than its . . . 8 nuclear power stations in the first 3 months of 2018, . . . marking the first time wind has overtaken nuclear across a quarter. At one point overnight on 17 March, . . . wind turbines br...
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Morocco: Worlds Largest Concentrated #solar Farm
May 16 2018 12:30 PM | eds in Green Energy
The site near the city of Ouarzazate, . . . aims to produce enough energy to power more than . . . 1,000,000 homes by the end of the year, and reduce carbon emissions by . . . 760,000 tons per year. The first phase was officially turned on in 2016. 5-...
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Internet Shopping & #electric Delivery Trucks
May 11 2018 01:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
Thanks in large part to the success of Amazon, and . . . other online shopping platforms, . . . the delivery business is booming, . . . particularly in urban areas, . . . where pollution from diesel-powered trucks, . . . has become a major concern for...
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#energy Storage Problem
May 08 2018 09:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
lithium-ion batteries, . . . are fine when it comes to small-to-mid-range storage, . . . but the costs start to mount when you think about scaling up into the . . . 10 - 100 hour range. USA Department of Energy, announced . . . $30 million for fu...
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Kodiak Island: 98% #renewable Energy
May 04 2018 01:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
Kodiak Island, . . . 2nd largest island in the US, has a population of . . . 15,000 scattered among 7 communities. It gets its electricity from: . . . . . . wind turbines, and . . . . . . hydroelectric facilities, . . . both of which typically fluctuat...
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Uk: New #solar Farms
May 04 2018 12:55 PM | eds in Green Energy
UK-based water company, Northumbrian Water, . . . has entered into a partnership with Lightsource BP, for the development of . . . 10 new solar farms at its sites, to generate . . . 10 GWh of clean electricity each year, to help power its operations....
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#renewable Energy: Meeting The Demand
May 03 2018 01:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
California, hit a new record, for . . . 73% of the instantaneous portion of demand, . . . met by renewable energy. 5-3-2018 Source: #Renewable Energy: meeting the Demand
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Off-Grid #solar
May 03 2018 01:15 PM | eds in Green Energy
Off-grid solar installations, have been a . . . huge success in poor areas around the world, . . . offering not just cleaner and more reliable power, . . . but cheaper electricity, too. 5-3-2018 Source: Off-grid #Solar
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Follow The #money: Wind
May 03 2018 12:55 PM | eds in Green Energy
A new analysis from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) . . . shows that the market value of electricity generated by offshore wind, . . . will soon exceed its cost in New York, and . . . several New England states. Northeast Wind Center...
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Tesla: #energy Storage Business
Apr 30 2018 05:55 PM | eds in Green Energy
The April black-out. . . . has reinforced once again, the perception that, . . . Puerto Rico needs radical re-organization of its grid. The island suffered from years of cronyism, and . . . incompetence, if not worse, in its power system. The kind of m...
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#solar Powered: Water From Thin Air
Apr 30 2018 12:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and . . . Arizona-based Zero Mass Water, will test, . . . 150 of its solar-powered SOURCE drinking water systems, . . . showcasing its ability to produce: . . . . . . clean, . . . . . . renewable, . . . . . ....
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First #solar: Thin Film Pv Factory
Apr 28 2018 01:45 PM | eds in Green Energy
Thin film PV, can be produced through: . . . . . . low cost, . . . . . . fully automated, (Robots) . . . . . . high output, . . . . . . roll-to-roll systems. 4-28-2018 Source: First #Solar: Thin film PV Factory
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400,000 #electric Buses In The World
Apr 26 2018 12:40 PM | eds in Green Energy
Every 5 weeks, China adds . . . 9,500 more electric buses. By the end of this year, . . . Bloomberg believes electric buses will be displacing . . . 279,000 barrels of diesel fuel per day. That’s about as much as . . . Greece consumes on a daily basis...
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#solar Power Capacity Added During 2017
Apr 25 2018 12:35 PM | eds in Green Energy
Globally, a total of . . . 93,752 megawatts of solar power capacity, . . . was added last year. 4-25-2017 Source: #Solar power capacity added during 2017
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2017 #solar Installs: China 9.65 Gw
Apr 25 2018 12:20 PM | eds in Green Energy
China, . . . in the first quarter of 2018, . . . installed a total of . . . 9.65 GW worth of new solar PV capacity. 4-25-2018 Source: 2017 #Solar Installs: China 9.65 GW
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#microgrids Work: As Puerto Rico’S Fails Again
Apr 24 2018 06:05 PM | eds in Green Energy
Reports from sources on the ground, . . . show that new microgrids, and nanogrids in Puerto Rico, . . . proved their worth last week, providing resilient power, . . . in the wake of an island-wide grid outage, April 18, . . . when a contractor’s truck,...
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Florida: Rooftop #solar
Apr 24 2018 01:10 PM | eds in Green Energy
In Florida, . . . it is illegal to sell electricity to somebody, . . . unless you are a utility, but, the Florida Public Service Commission, . . . voted in accordance with clearly defined state law, . . . to ensure homeowners have the right to . . . LE...
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