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Construction has begun on a new biomass energy generation station in French Guiana, helping the South American French territory move closer to its renewable energy goals for 2023. Source: Renewable Energy

A new report released this week is calling for the UK to establish a supplemental net zero target by 2020. Source: Renewable Energy

Mission of Mary is on its way to going solar thanks to RE-volv, a national nonprofit organization that is enlisting “solar ambassadors” at colleges to raise money to put solar on nonprofits, and creating a revolving seed fund to buy solar for more nonprofits in the future. Source: Renewable Energy

Plans are afoot to harness the sun’s power to build B.C.’s largest solar farm on the Upper Nicola Band’s Quilchena reserve. Source: Renewable Energy

JinkoSolar announced last week that it plans to build a 400-MW capacity solar module manufacturing plant in Jacksonville, Florida. NextEra Energy announced that it plans to buy a significant portion of the modules from the facility over the next four years.   Source: Renewable Energy

Saudi Arabia and SoftBank Group Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding to build a $200 billion solar power development that’s exponentially larger than any other project. Source: Renewable Energy

Source: Renewable Energy

Source: Renewable Energy

Like many towns across Alberta, the landscape around Hinton is a pincushion of oil wells. At the bottom of some of the deeper wells, temperatures can reach upwards of 120 degrees Celsius, and that geothermal heat could be about to spur the town on to its next energy windfall. Source: Renewable Energy

The University of Hawai’i Maui College says it will be capable of generating 100 percent of its energy from on-site solar PV systems coupled with battery storage next year. The effort is part of a goal for the 10-campus UH system to be net-zero by 2035. Source: Renewable Energy