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#hackers: Electrical Grid
Jul 09 2017 01:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Hackers, working for a foreign government, . . . recently breached at least, . . . 12 U.S. power plants, including the Wolf Creek nuclear facility in Kansas, . . . according to current and former U.S. officials, . . . sparking concerns that the attacke...
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#rate Hike/bond Sale
Jul 07 2017 05:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Chair Janet Yellen, will deliver to Congress next week, . . . the Fed's semi-annual monetary report to Congress, The government reported Friday that employers added . . . 222,000 jobs in June. Analysts predicted the next rate hike will likely occ...
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#usa Grids
Jul 07 2017 04:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The UDS has 3 primary power grids: . . . . . . Eastern Interconnection, . . . . . . Western Interconnection,and . . . . . . Electric Reliability Council of Texas, and . . . very little electricity moves among them. All over the Iowa countryside, . ....
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#follow The Money: $22 Trillion
Jul 07 2017 03:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
$22 Trillion, . . . Managed by nearly . . . 389 Global Investors, . . . who urge G20, to . . . help drive investment into the low carbon transition. “In line with the commitments already made by G20 governments, . . . we need to see a clear pla...
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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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#money: Crude Oil
Jul 01 2017 12:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
A barrel of crude oil, that cost: . . . $130.- in 2008, is . . . $45.- in 2017. So, Oil companies are just not that into . . . TransCanada, Keystone XL, pipeline’s operator, . . . (its estimated costs have jumped from $7 billion, to...
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#coal Experiment Fails
Jun 30 2017 12:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Mississippi Power project, . . . which relied on a “gasifier” to turn a cheap and common grade of coal into fuel, . . . is over, at least for now. The 582-megawatt plant, initially projected to cost . . .$US1.8 billion, has so far run up a bill o...
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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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#doe: Us Solar Employment
Jun 26 2017 01:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], Solar energy alone, employs more people than combined, coal, gas and oil. 6-26-2017 Source: #DOE: US solar employment
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#usa Debt Vs Gdp
Jun 25 2017 08:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
2016 USA Debit ~106.1% of GDP 6-25-2017 Source: #USA Debt VS GDP
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#illinois Debt = "junk"
Jun 25 2017 07:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
S&P Global Ratings has warned the agency will likely lower Illinois' creditworthiness to below investment grade. 6-25-2017 Source: #Illinois debt = "JUNK"
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#failed Banks In 2017
Jun 25 2017 01:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
2017 Failed Banks IL Fayette County Bank, WI Guaranty Bank, LA First NBC Bank, UT Proficio Bank, IL Seaway Bank and Trust Company, NJ Harvest Community Bank, 6-25-2017 Source: #Failed Banks in 2017
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#electricity Price Hikes: Australia’S
Jun 22 2017 12:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Australians are paying too much due to electricity price hikes. . . . In the 5 years to 2013, . . . the average household power bill rose 70%, from . . . $970 to $1,660 annually, . . . according to a Grattan Institute report. 6-22-2017 Spurc...
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#jobs: Ford To Build In China
Jun 21 2017 10:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Jim Hackett Agrees Not To Build Ford Focus In Mexico. . . . Will Build It In China Instead. If the Focus strategy works, . . . the company could transfer, . . . production of other vehicles to China. 6-21-2017 Source: #Jobs: Ford to build in China
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#follow The Money: Sweden
Jun 19 2017 02:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
AP7, Sweden’s largest pension fund, . . . sold off a total investment of nearly $100 million in: . . . . . . 23 coal, . . . . . . 15 oil, and gas enterprises. It just sold off its shares in . . . ExxonMobil, and . . . TransCanada. 6-19-2017 So...
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#follow The Money: $10.2 Trillion
Jun 18 2017 09:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), . . . $10.2 trillion will be invested in new global power generation, about . . . $7.6 trillion, of that on renewable's, . . . between 2017, and 2040. 6-18-2017 Source: #Follow the Money: $10....
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#irea & China
Jun 12 2017 08:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Renewable Energy Agency (IREA) and . . . State Grid Corporation of China, . . . (the largest utility in the world) . . . intend to advance China’s energy transition, . . . providing the electricity backbone, for over . . . 1 billion people. 6-12-2017...
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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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#doe/dod
Jun 05 2017 03:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The basic problem, grid-wise, is . . . that much of the nation’s best solar and wind resources, . . . are concentrated in the southwest. DoD has been at the vanguard of transitioning the US, . . . to clean and sustainable energy. For DoD, it’s as a ma...
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#paris Climate Accords
Jun 01 2017 01:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Musk Will Quit Trumps Advisory Panels, . . . If Trump Reneges On Paris Climate Accords. https://www.youtube....h?v=v3AmtjqqVvo Because, what Elon Musk is trying to do, . . . is connected to his desire to see the world stop using fossil fuels, . . . tha...
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#follow The Money: $15 Barrel Oil
May 25 2017 01:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
International Monetary Fund (IMF) research paper says, . . . Oil could converge to about $15 per barrel by the early 2040's, . . . when electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to take a larger share, . . . implying fossil fuels' much shorter...
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#coca-Cola Europe = 100% Renewable
May 24 2017 12:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), . . . has announced that it has begun sourcing, . . . 100% of its electricity, from renewable sources. 5-24-2017 Source: #Coca-Cola Europe = 100% Renewable
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#executive Order: Virginia
May 22 2017 02:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Virginia’s governor, Terry McAuliffe, . . . has recently signed an executive order, . . . that directs the state’s environmental regulators, . . . to create a cap and trade plan for carbon emissions. “The threat of climate change is real, and . . . we...
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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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#electric Cars China
May 08 2017 12:15 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Last year, Beijing, China, . . . to mitigate rising levels of pollution in China’s industrial megacities, . . . proposed a law to put a cap on carbon emission, . . . that requires automakers to allocate, . . . 8% (1 million vehicles) of their sales, ....
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