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#coal Countries
Sep 29 2017 02:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Asia's 2 fastest growing economies: . . . . . . China, and . . . . . . India, are: . . . . . . . . . shutting down mines, . . . . . . . . . scrapping coal plant plans, and . . . . . . . . . building renewables, . . . far faster than nearly anyone e...
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#climate Change: Corporations For & Against
Sep 13 2017 01:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
These Corporations Have the Biggest Influence on Climate Policy, . . . Companies against Paris Agreement: . . . . . . ExxonMobil, . . . . . . Valero Energy, . . . . . . Chevron, . . . . . . BASF, . . . . . . ArcelorMittal, . . . . . . Bayer, . . . . ....
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#climate Change
Aug 18 2017 01:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The small Louisiana town of Cameron, . . . could be the first in the US to be fully submerged by rising sea levels, . . . and yet locals, 90% of whom voted for Trump, . . . still aren’t convinced about climate change. The population of Cameron dropped...
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#climate Change
Sep 25 2017 06:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, . . . highlighted the positive impacts of the . . . Montreal Protocol on: . . . . . . human health, . . . . . . poverty eradication, . . . . . . climate change, and . . . . . . protecting the food chain, . . . at...
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#china: Cars
Sep 11 2017 12:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
China is currently, . . . the world's 2nd-largest oil consumer, . . . after the US. China made 28 million cars last year, almost . . . 1/3 of the global total, and China looks at plans to ban, . . . petrol and diesel cars. China wants electric b...
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#china
Oct 16 2017 07:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
China expects to solve the problem of renewable energy, . . . going to waste by 2020. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said, . . . it would issue subsidies to energy storage companies. 10-16-2017 Source: #China
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#cheapest Unsubsidized Energy
Apr 20 2017 12:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The United Nations, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) say, . . . average capital cost of generating power dropped: . . . . . . 13%, Solar, . . . . . . 11.5%, onshore wind, and . . . . . . 10%, offshore wind. Renewable energy accounted for . . ....
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#cheaper Energy Vs Nuclear
Apr 14 2017 03:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
9 nuclear plants, . . . are on the U.S. side of the Great Lakes. Unlike other energy sources, . . . the nuclear industry doesn’t get federal subsidies, and . . . cheaper energy sources are forcing some to shut down. The corporate owners, . . . will h...
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#canada’S Oil
Aug 14 2017 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Since oil prices collapsed in 2014, . . . Canada has lost more than . . . 40,000 jobs in: . . . . . . oil, . . . . . . gas, and . . . . . . related industries. In Alberta, which produces about 80% of Canada's oil, . . . renewable energy capacity i...
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#california: 50% Solar
Apr 13 2017 11:35 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
In the U.S.A., . . . because of its size and huge energy consumption, . . . renewable energy is still only meeting about . . . 1% of total electricity needs. But, California, got . . . 50% of its electricity from solar power, . . . one day in March....
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#bipartisanship
Jun 09 2017 05:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
North Carolina State legislators, . . . are actually working together on a bill, . . . that could significantly boost the solar industry, . . . backed by both Duke Energy, . . . a wide range of environmental, and . . . renewable energy groups. 6-9-2...
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#berlin Amends Offshore Rules
Jul 04 2017 08:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
German policymakers have outlawed negative bids in next year’s, . . . 1.6GW offshore wind tender, . . . after the bulk of capacity in the country’s first auction in April, . . . was won by ZERO subsidy bids. The German parliament also rubber-stamped r...
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#battery: Taiwan Follow The Money
Aug 18 2017 02:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Taiwan recently suffered from a massive blackout, . . . that affected millions of households on the island, . . . resulted in millions in damages, and . . . ended up with the economy minister resigning. Taiwan’s power outages came after . . . governme...
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#battery Storage Saves Millions
May 21 2017 07:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
6 shipping containers stuffed with 22MW of lithium-ion batteries, . . . co-locating, with the existing wind-farm, was key to saving, . . . £5m, by using the site’s infrastructure, such as: . . . . . . cost of land on a standalone site, . . . . . . co...
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#battery Institute: Uk
Jul 24 2017 05:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
UK will set up a “battery institute,” . . . to award hundreds of millions of pounds, . . . to companies on the brink of major research, and . . . development breakthroughs. The rapidly falling cost of battery power, . . . is expected to radically chan...
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#batteries Decide Energy Usage?
Jan 27 2018 02:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Prices for utility-scale, lithium-ion batteries, have dropped, . . . 80% since 2009. Batteries have long been viewed as a game changer for the power grid, . . . a technology that would make it easier to: . . . . . . manage supply, and demand, . . . ....
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#bank Stops Financing Coal
Feb 02 2017 02:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
With India phasing out new coal plant construction years earlier than recommended, . . . China reducing its pipeline too, huge utilities, and Bank of America saying, . . . they are pretty much done with coal, . . . Deutsche Bank is now committing to en...
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#australia
Oct 16 2017 06:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Australia's household power prices rose . . . 63% in past decade, . . . 48% was for poles and wires. Lack of competition is behind, . . . severe electricity affordability problem. 10-16-2017 Source: #Australia
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#apple Loves Renewable Energy
Feb 19 2017 01:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Apple has expressed its support, . . . for a proposal from the U.S. energy regulator, . . . that would make it easer to participate in wholesale markets, . . . for energy storage, and distributed energy resources. The central point is, . . . that the...
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#americans: Deep In Debt
Feb 17 2017 11:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Total household debt in 2016: . . . . . . Mortgages ($8.48 trillion), . . . . . . Auto loans, . . . . . . Student Loans ($1.31 trillion), . . . . . . Credit Cards ($779 billion), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -------------- . . . . ....
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#100% Renewable Energy For 7 Days
Jun 27 2017 09:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
According to the State-run Xinhua News Agency. . . . 5.2 million residents, living in Qinghai Province in northwest China, lived for . . . 7 continuous days, on . . . 100% renewable energy. Electricity use amounted to . . . 1.1 billion kilowatt hours...
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#100% Carbon Neutral Energy Goal
Sep 14 2017 01:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Senate Bill 100 commits California to using . . . 100% renewable, or . . . carbon neutral energy, . . . by 2045. If the bill is approved, . . . California, would join . . . Hawaii, as the only other state to set the . . . 100% carbon neutral energy go...
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#100 Gigawatts By 2020
Sep 08 2017 12:00 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
An Indian government’s think tank, and . . . the agency responsible for long-term planning, . . . have set a renewable energy milestone of , . . . 100 gigawatts by 2020. 9-8-2017 Source: #100 Gigawatts By 2020
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