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Why not a global green new deal through a federation of microgrids?
Among my circle of friends and colleagues, everyone is aware of the impact of human activities on climate change – the melting of arctic ice, the destruction of species – and the major causes of it, namely, coal burning for electricity and fossil fuels burning for transport. What nearly everyone is unclear about is what…
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Iberdrola inaugurates 350-MW Baixo Iguacu hydroelectric power plant in Brazil
Iberdrola, through its Brazilian affiliate Neoenergia, has opened the 350-MW Baixo Iguacu hydroelectric power plant, with an investment of more than €500 million (US$559.5 million). Source: Renewable Energy
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Advocates want next phase of ComEd microgrid powered by renewables
Stakeholders including clean energy and community groups are watching closely as ComEd begins the second phase of a microgrid pilot project in Chicago. Source: Renewable Energy
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Enel Green Power starts construction of 90-MW Azov wind farm in Russia
Enel Green Power announces it has begun construction of the 90-MW Azov wind farm, located in the Rostov region of Southern Russia. Source: Renewable Energy
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Turbine collapses at Oklahoma wind farm
No cause has been announced, but Enel Green Power North America is investigating why its turbine, made by GE, failed at the Chisholm View II project. Source: Renewable Energy
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UPS bets on renewable gas from landfills in largest deal ever
United Parcel Service Inc. has agreed to buy the equivalent of 170 million gallons of renewable natural gas from Clean Energy Fuels Corp. over the next seven years in what the company described as the biggest-ever deal involving the alternative fuel. Source: Renewable Energy
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Report: Global electricity access up but sustainable development goals are not being met
A new report produced by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO) and released this week says that despite significant progress in recent years, the world is falling short of meeting the global energy targets set…
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Report: Global electricity access up but sustainable development goals are not being met
A new report produced by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO) and released this week says that despite significant progress in recent years, the world is falling short of meeting the global energy targets set…
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U.S. DOE announces $6.6 million available through Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program
The Water Power Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy is now accepting applications for $6.6 million in the latest round of funding under section 242 of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT). Source: Renewable Energy
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U.S. set to overtake South Korea in 2019 as world’s largest grid-connected battery energy-storage market
The United States in 2019 will become the world’s largest market for grid-connected battery energy storage, as solar-plus-storage and peaking capacity requirements drive increased procurement, according to IHS Markit. Source: Renewable Energy
