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In today’s EGEB:

• Wind energy pioneer Steve Sawyer dies.
• Stationary energy storage installations surge as costs drop.
• The pros and cons of Israel’s sustainability efforts.
• How the Sunrise Movement fueled serious action on climate change.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Andrew Yang says Americans need to move to higher ground.
• Solar energy projects replace agriculture in California due to drought.
• More than half of UK councils declare a “climate emergency.”
• Scientists’ motivations to live sustainably: head, heart, or both?

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In today’s EGEB:

• Another California gas-fired plant is looking toward solar and battery storage for its future.
• China is funding more renewables abroad! And also, coal.
• Earth Overshoot Day lands earlier than ever.
• DC moves to streamline solar installations.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Australia is quickly becoming a world renewable energy leader.
• North Dakota unveils its first solar farm.
• Scotland opens its largest offshore wind farm.
• High schoolers learning the solar industry in Philadelphia.

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In today’s EGEB:

• The largest wind/solar/storage project in the US is coming to Oklahoma.
• Senators introduced the American Energy Efficiency Act of 2019.
• A California natural gas company earns astroturfing accusations.
• Guess who’s spent millions lobbying against the Green New Deal?

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In today’s EGEB:

• Wind power has passed coal in electricity generation so far this year in Texas.
• A newly demonstrated technology can make carbon-neutral fuels from a rooftop solar refinery.
• Renewables + nuclear made up more than 50% of UK electricity last year.
• One of the oldest utilities in the US vows to go carbon-free by 2050.

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In today’s EGEB:

• A 302 megawatt Texas wind farm reaches completion.
• A Japanese corporation invests in a blockchain platform that enables wind, solar purchases.
• Pakistan aims for 20% renewable energy capacity with new projects.
• Another new poll shows support for the Green New Deal.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Ohio votes for a bill that will bail out nuclear plants and offer coal subsidies while cutting renewable funding.
• The importance of building renewable energy to complement existing ecosystems.
• A Washington State wildfire was started by a wind turbine.
• Maryland is getting an offshore wind energy staging center.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Berkeley, California becomes the first US city to ban natural gas in new homes.
• Africa’s largest wind farm launches in Kenya.
• A new consortium looks into high-wave offshore solar technology.
• Melbourne’s trams to run on 100% solar power.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Solar developers are stockpiling panels ahead of the tax credit phaseout.
• A former Australian prime minister calls wind turbines “satanic.”
• A bill to increase renewables on public lands in the US.
• A look at a cost-effective zero energy home.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Five Georgia regulators, all Republicans, call for more solar — and to shut down coal.
• A porous, recyclable silicon battery said to offer more energy density, longer life, for half the price of lithium.
• New York awards offshore wind contracts to Equinor, Orsted.
• Hawaiian Electric looks to build more than 900 new megawatts of solar generation.

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In today’s EGEB:

• GE and BlackRock come together to work on solar.
• A look at the “true value” of rooftop solar.
• The largest offshore wind auction in a decade is coming to the UK.
• Advocates hope a new Iowa project kickstarts solar in the state.

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In today’s EGEB:

• A new study reveals the EROI for fossil fuels is worse than believed.
• An architecture firm’s winning design for a Czech concert hall, which will be solely powered by rooftop solar.
• Scotland’s massive amount of wind power.
• Saudi Arabia to get its first utility-scale wind farm.
• LA looks from coal…to gas?

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In today’s EGEB:

• The majority of Americans support mandatory rooftop solar, according to recent surveys.
• The Affordable Clean Energy rule isn’t showing any signs of saving coal plants.
• India’s renewable energy workforce quintuples.
• Solar installations and capped landfills — it’s a match.

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In today’s EGEB:

• A thermal battery is being developed that could be used in a solar power system for overnight electricity.
• One developer pulls out of the running for a Long Island-area offshore wind farm.
• The first solar project in Anchorage, Alaska comes online.
• Solar panels in the popular video game Fortnite.

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In today’s EGEB:

• New York introduces the first round of funding for its Future Grid Challenge.
• A look at how floating solar could take off in the US.
• Massachusetts offshore wind farm Vineyard Wind could see development delays.
• The largest municipal rooftop solar project in Canada is now online.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Researchers have invented a device that can produce both electricity and fresh water from solar.
• Renewable investments drop in the first half of 2019 to the lowest half-year period since 2013.
• More utility solar plants coming to Florida by next year.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Florida utilities draw criticism for the state’s home solar issues.
• Global wind power capacity expected to grow 60% in the next five years.
• A Massachusetts city mayor shuns short-term natural gas.
• India adds a record amount of rooftop solar.
• A big US solar investor eyes smaller installations.

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In today’s EGEB:

• The newest FERC energy infrastructure update reveals even more coal retirements.
• A new study claims Europe could get 10x of its electricity needs through onshore wind alone.
• Solar installations pick up in New York City.
• Cleaning up China’s air pollution can increase solar output.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Vietnam’s huge leap in solar installations catches some observers by surprise.
• A Thai group is taking over two Vietnamese solar farms.
• Solar-cell producer Oxford PV earns millions more in funding.
• A wind farm will observe the flight patterns of birds in a first-of-its-kind study.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Researchers find the key to a long-pursued method for increasing solar cell efficiency.
• Malawi gets a boost from solar — in more ways than one.
• India wants to increase its share of renewables, but it also doesn’t want to abandon coal.
• A Canadian town sees a shift from oil and gas to wind, but its concerns aren’t with the energy.

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