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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• UN: A decade of renewables quadruples capacity — and it’s led by solar.
• The advantages and challenges of super-tall wind turbine towers.
• Extreme weather is driving battery-powered energy storage.
• Crops under solar panels is a win for both.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• 5 green energy standouts from the Democrats’ climate-crisis town hall
• Rutgers University releases new study on states, equity, and green energy.
• 3 ways cities are improving the energy efficiency of homes.
• Big oil to seal record number of green energy deals in 2019.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Cory Booker announces $3 trillion climate change plan — here are five green energy highlights.
• Elizabeth Warren pledges another $1 trillion to achieve clean energy by 2035.
• The New York Times pulls out of sponsoring the Oil and Money conference.
• Everyone can use these small solar panels for outdoor fun.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Will the Bahamas escalate solar power, post-Hurricane Dorian devastation?
• Britain’s Prince Harry launches green initiative with travel companies.
• Scotland breaks ground on country’s first subsidy-free onshore wind farm.
• How Tokyo is using sustainable energy for the 2020 Olympics.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Algae as a biofuel has stalled in recent years but is now expected to grow.
• Tokyo breaks ground on a huge regeneration scheme with 100% renewable energy.
• The US Coast Guard is conducting safety exercises around the Block Island wind farm.
• Australia’s old power lines are holding back the renewable energy boom.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• EPA weakens regulations of environmentally harmful methane emissions.
• 5 East coast governors urge the feds to green-light a delayed offshore wind power project.
• Scotland is building the world’s most powerful floating tidal turbine.
• Why Kathmandu’s trailblazing EV movement failed — yet is now making a comeback.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Marie Curie’s lab is still radioactive, and France has to clean it up.
• 16 cool inventions getting us off fossil fuels and on green energy.
• 101 companies who are working to reduce their carbon footprint.
• A Sioux Falls, South Dakota, dump stops accepting wind turbine blades.
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Joe Biden says ‘we’re doing’ $25-per-hour minimum wage for renewable energy workers.
• Andrew Yang releases his five-point sustainability plan.
• Renewables exceed 20.1% of US electricity in the first half of 2019.
• The London Underground’s Northern line will heat north London homes during the winter.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• How to make solar power more affordable for low-income Nevadans.
• The Detroit Zoo plans to be on 100% renewable energy by 2021.
• Utah has a big housing pollution problem, but its builders are implementing solutions.
• How to have an all-renewable electric grid.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Bernie Sanders announces his Green New Deal.
• Apple develops rooftop solar for Taiwanese soy sauce company.
• Wind farms: How do you protect both the climate and flying wildlife?
• Why hot days are actually bad for solar panels.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Clean energy advocate Jay Inslee (pictured) drops out of the US presidential race.
• Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen officially opens the country’s largest offshore wind farm.
• Germany-headquartered energy giant E.ON raises €1.5 billion of green bonds.
• Residential customers are increasingly willing to pay more for zero net energy homes.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• How bad are private jets for CO2 in comparison to commercial flights?
• This video shows you how to hook up solar to your camper van.
• The World Economic Forum explores four steps to take to unlock clean tech innovation.
• Pennsylvania high schoolers build their own sustainable technology.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Onshore wind farms in Europe could potentially power the world until 2050.
• US Department of Energy: Chill out with that AC use.
• US DOE awards green energy money to farmers, rural businesses.
• Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten converts three of its ships to hybrid.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Greenpeace names the worst global sulfur dioxide air pollutant hotspots.
• The UK is exploring using minewater as a source of geothermal energy.
• A gas plant in Fife, Scotland, sparks safety fears due to technical failures.
• Six green energy ideas that flopped.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• A new house in New York’s Hudson Valley is not only beautiful, it’s Net Zero.
• US military bases are switching to green energy.
• Organic Valley’s Butter Solar Project achieves 100% renewable energy.
• Why utility companies are key players in the fight against climate change.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• 21 US states sue Trump administration over relaxed coal restrictions.
• Seattle passes its own Green New Deal.
• A new study has confirmed that solar is now cheaper than grid electricity in China.
• Helsinki, Finland, has launched the Think Sustainably program.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• US government offshore wind farm reviews could threaten their development.
• The weakened Endangered Species Act empowers dirty energy.
• Carbon dioxide levels broke global records in 2018.
• Pennsylvania has a new bipartisan-backed Renewable Energy Bill.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Al Gore: Climate change is “getting worse faster than we are mobilizing to solve it.”
• Greenland residents are stressed about their diminishing ice.
• 5 innovative ways Australia is recycling.
• Aarhus, Denmark, is the poster child of renewable energy.

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In today’s EGEB:

• US congressman John Larson introduces global climate action and infrastructure bill.
• Leclanche builds largest solar-plus-storage facility in the Caribbean.
• Starbucks achieves 100% renewable energy in Illinois.
• Study shows that tiny-home dwellers reduce energy consumption by 45%.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren announces Green New Deal for farmers.
• Amazon launches two sustainable energy projects.
• Shame Plane shows how much Arctic sea ice you’re melting by flying.
• Cape Air provides sustainability benefits for its employees.

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In today’s EGEB:

• LED lighting installed to help homeless in Washington, DC.
• Cleveland is working to achieve 100% clean energy by 2050.
• Hand County, South Dakota, approves a new wind farm.
• We list the Top 5 sectors for renewable-energy jobs.

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