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Green Energy Stories Yesterday
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A wastewater treatment plant west of Adelaide, Australia, is using stale beer to generate biogas, which in turn can power up to 1,200 homes.
- The South Korean capital will phase out diesel vehicles in public-sector fleets by 2025.
- Newark, Delaware, launches a nearly $10 million solar project.
- Pure Electric opens a new store in central London as demand for e-bikes and scooters grows.
- Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and your bank account — all without changing your utility company. Sign up to receive your $20 Amazon Gift Card.
Green Energy Stories August 6
- EDP Renewables’ Harvest Ridge wind farm in Douglas County, Illinois, is now operational.
- US appeals court allows the Dakota Access Pipeline to stay open.
- Global EV charging network ChargePoint secures an additional $127 million in funding.
- Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and your bank account — all without changing your utility company. Sign up to receive your $20 Amazon Gift Card.
Green Energy Stories August 5
In its first corporate sustainability report, the federally owned utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) says it’s on track to reduce emissions by 70% below 2005 levels by 2030.
But on Monday, Donald Trump fired two members of its board of directors, including its chair, on the grounds that it’s hiring low-cost foreign labor. The TVA says that’s not true. So what’s really going on?
- Fossil-fuel giant BP cuts oil and gas production and invests billions in EVs and green energy.
- The Tennessee Valley Authority is on track to reduce emissions by 70% below 2005 levels by 2030.
- UK architects say: Renovate, don’t demolish, old buildings.
- Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and your bank account — all without changing your utility company. Sign up to receive your $20 Amazon Gift Card.
Green Energy Stories August 3
- Americans are staying home more this summer, resulting in high energy bills.
- Parcel giant DPD goes full throttle with EVs in the UK.
- Scotland unveils plans to decarbonize passenger rail services by 2035.
- Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and your bank account — all without changing your utility company. Sign up to receive your $20 Amazon Gift Card.
Green Energy Stories July 31
- Construction of the UK’s first road made partially from plastic has begun in Carlisle.
- An EV coalition (but not Tesla) asked congressional leaders for help in the latest stimulus package.
- EV alliance ChargeUp Europe gains Portugal’s energy giant EDP as its eighth member.
- Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and your bank account — all without changing your utility company. Sign up to receive your $20 Amazon Gift Card.
Green Energy Stories July 30
- Germany breaks ground on the world’s first hydrogen filling station for passenger trains.
- A Dutch offshore wind farm will also feature floating solar, batteries, and hydrogen.
- North Dakota will spend $66 million to plug disused oil and gas wells.
- Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and your bank account — all without changing your utility company. Sign up to receive your $20 Amazon Gift Card.
Green Energy Stories July 29
Randolph County in eastern Indiana has adopted a first-ever solar energy ordinance that includes a pollinator-friendly provision ahead of the construction of Indiana’s largest solar farm.
- The United Nations has suggestions for making religious buildings more green-energy friendly.
- An Indiana county is launching a first-ever solar farm that requires pollinator-friendly fields.
- Green energy projects are approved for First Nations communities in British Columbia, Canada.
- Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and your bank account — all without changing your utility company. Sign up to receive your $20 Amazon Gift Card.
