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Doe Outlines Nation’S Energy Priorities
Nov 11 2015 12:35 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Melanie Kenderdine, director of the Office of Energy Policy, and . . . Systems Analysis at the U.S. Department of Energy, . . . showed a chart of the sources, and uses, of the world’s various kinds of energy, . . . pointed out, that almost 1/2 of the w...
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Follow The Money: Oil Can’T Match Solar On Cost
Mar 02 2015 03:40 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi says, . . . even at $10/barrel for oil, . . . solar is still a cheaper option. The report is important, . . . because they need to add another 170GW of electricity in the next decade, and . . . the major financiers...
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Canada’S Sunniest City, Medicine Hat
Mar 22 2015 02:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, will be the location of Canada's: . . . First, . . . Sunniest City, . . . Smallest(1-megawatt), and . . . most Northern-based, . . . Concentrated Solar Thermal plant. 03-22-2015 Source: Canada’s sunniest city, Med...
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Follow The Money: Germany’S Allianz Se
Jul 10 2016 01:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Germany’s Allianz SE, . . . one of the world’s largest financial asset managers, . . . n 2014, managed about, . . . $1.9 Trillion assets in: . . . . . . US, . . . . . . Germany, . . . . . . France, . . . . . . Italy, . . . . . . Britain, and . ....
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Pakistan’S Parliament: 100% Solar
Feb 26 2016 12:00 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Pakistan’s Parliament building, new $53 million solar roof, . . . is the first in the world to be powered 100% by solar energy, and . . . any unused electricity, will be feed back into the national grid. 2-25-2016 Source: Pakistan’s Parliament:...
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China’S Economy Could Grow 6X
Oct 18 2016 08:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
China’s economy could grow, . . . 6-fold by 2050 with renewable energy accounting for . . . 69% of national electricity supply, . . . while lowering carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, . . . 42% below the 2010 level by 2050. 10-18-2016 Source: China’s ec...
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#renewable-Energy Florida
May 06 2017 02:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Florida's plan, to expand the use of solar, and . . . other renewable-energy devices, (batteries?), . . . is ready to go to Gov. Rick Scott. A selling point of the constitutional amendment was, . . . that it would make renewable-energy equipment,...
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Follow The Money: $5 Trillion
Aug 26 2014 08:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
More than $5 trillion is invested in: . . . 1,469 oil and gas companies, and . . . 275 coal companies. Dozens of public and private institutions are now divesting their money, . . . because of: . . . Environmental concerns, . . . Strategic planni...
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Russia’S Oil & Gas Age Coming To End
Oct 05 2016 12:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Oil and gas resources in Russia may run out by 2030, and . . . the country doesn’t have much time to diversify its economy, . . . to minimize reliance on energy income, . . . Sberbank CEO Herman Gref said on a popular TV show. According to Russia’s En...
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World’S Largest #battery Energy Storage Facility
Jan 25 2018 03:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The project has been in development as part of a . . . $2 billion repowering project in Long Beach, CA, . . . to replace aging natural gas peakers, . . . with a combination of more modern/efficient combined-cycle gas capacity, and . . . the world’...
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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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India’S Coal Buys Renewable Energy
Feb 21 2017 07:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Tax, levied on every ton of coal, . . . mined or imported in to India, has invested . . . $1.8 Billion in Renewable Energy so far. 2-21-2017 Source: India’s Coal buys Renewable Energy
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Un Framework Convention On #climate Change
May 05 2018 12:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
BONN, Germany: . . . . . . Not millions, . . . . . . Not billions, . . . . . . But trillions. This is the amount of funding and investment the world needs, . . . if it is to protect itself from the devastating impacts of climate change, . . . according...
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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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China’S Investment In Renewable Energy
Dec 20 2015 03:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Over the past 5 years, . . . 40% of all newly added renewable energy power was generated by China, . . . while the country’s investment in clean and renewable energy, . . . exceeded the combined total invested by Europe and the U.S. China is also inve...
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2014: China’S Coal Use Peaked
Jul 27 2016 03:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Economists at China’s Tsinghua University, and . . . the London School of Economics, said . . . this peak is likely a permanent trend – which is significant, . . . as China produces more emissions, . . . than any other country in the world. 7-27-2016...
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People In Charge Don’T Believe In #science?
Nov 19 2017 03:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Harrison Ford said, . . . “We face an unprecedented moment in this country. . . . Today’s greatest threat is not: . . . . . . climate change, . . . . . . pollution, . . . . . . flood, or . . . . . . fire. . . . It’s that we’ve got people in charge of i...
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#electric Cars
Apr 29 2017 11:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
In the last 3 years, India's energy consumption has grown by about . . . 6.5% CAGR (compounded annual growth rate). Yet, in the last 2 years, India's LED bulbs, . . . 500 million were sold, . . . using less energy, and lowering it's cost....
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Foodlogica
Oct 11 2014 01:45 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Amsterdam-based FOODLOGICA, is using sustainable, . . . e-trikes, powered by the sun, for . . . ‘last mile’ food transport, from . . . 40 foot Cargo containers, to customers. 10-10-2014 Source: FoodLogica
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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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Sense & Sustainability” Study
Sep 18 2016 07:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
According to the poll, . . . 85% believe customers benefit from having, . . . alternatives to conventional power utilities, . . . such as distributed energy resources, . . . that include rooftop solar and wind. 9-18-2016 Source: Sense & Sustainab...
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Follow The Money: #renewable Costs
May 10 2018 12:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Costs for solar power have fallen by 90%, . . . while the costs for wind power have fallen by 50%. “We’ve already seen huge billion-dollar plays, . . . by some of the oil majors, to get into renewables: . . . . . . Shell, . . . . . . Total, . . . . ....
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China Vs Usa: Green #energy Programs
May 13 2018 08:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
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2016: China Could Install 25–30 Gw Solar Pv
Jul 27 2016 01:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
China’s cumulative installed capacity may reach between, . . . 68 to 73 GW at the end of the first year of the 13th . . . 5-Year-Plan (2016–2020). 7-27-2016 Source: 2016: China could install 25–30 GW Solar PV
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Iceland: 80% #renewable Energy
May 12 2018 12:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The Icelandic government has put in place, . . . a state-financed incentive program, . . . to increase the use of electric vehicles. With, 6,000 electric cars in 2018 VS . . . 90 in 2014. https://www.youtube....1&v=ha9ViEpbZiQ 5-12-2018 Source: I...
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