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Canada becomes 160th member of the International Renewable Energy Agency
Canada has become a member of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), a global intergovernmental organization dedicated to the widespread adoption of renewable energy Source: Renewable Energy
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China Plans Subsidy-Free Solar, Wind Power Pilot Projects
China will start building pilot wind and solar power projects that won’t receive national government payments as it pushes to improve the competitiveness of renewable energy and rein in subsidy bills. Shares of solar manufacturers surged in New York and Hong Kong. Source: Renewable Energy
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Crowdfunding Sites That Allow True Investment in Renewable Energy and Sustainability: Alternatives to Kickstarter & Indiegogo
Crowdfunding has become a popular tool for people and organizations to use to test out their new ideas for green products while securing funds to begin operations. The most well-known crowdfunding websites, Kickstarter and Indiegogo, have helped a significant amount of projects in renewable energy and sustainability get off the ground, projects that have been…
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Vestas Hits 100 GW Windpower Milestone
Vestas has become the first company to install 100 GW of wind turbines. Source: Renewable Energy
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China's State Grid to Spend $5.7 Billion on Pumped Hydro Plants
State Grid Corp. of China, the dominant electricity distributor in the world’s biggest energy consumer, will invest 38.7 billion yuan ($5.7 billion) to build five pumped hydro storage plants as part of the nation’s efforts to ease idled solar and wind power capacity. Source: Renewable Energy
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How Minnesota Could Economically Reach 70 percent Renewable Electricity
A recent report from Minnesota pollution regulators shows the state is making progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but it isn’t doing enough to keep pace with its long-term goals or stop catastrophic climate change. Source: Renewable Energy
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AES, Kaua'i Utility Open Solar-Storage Peaker Project in Hawaii
The Lāwa’I Solar and Energy Storage Project combines a 28-MW solar PV and 100-MWh five-hour duration energy storage system. The system can deliver approximately 11 percent of the Kaua’i island’s power needs. Source: Renewable Energy
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75-MW Duke Energy Florida Solar Farm now in Operation
Duke Energy Florida has about 300,000 solar panels in operation totaling 100 MW across its territory. Source: Renewable Energy
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PG&E Bankruptcy Risk Gets Real — But What's Next?
Standoffs over who pays what for infrastructure are kind of where America’s at right now. Besides the shutdown in D.C. over the southern border barrier, California is grappling with how to finance a somewhat more useful bit of equipment: its power grid. Source: Renewable Energy
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Nexans connects 88 MW windfarm in Scotland
French cable company Nexans has connected an 88 MW onshore windfarm to the grid in Scotland. Source: Renewable Energy