Green Energy

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:

• 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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The UK’s South Western Railway is about to launch a new type of solar energy project that will power trains using solar panels — without first distributing that power to the electrical grid.

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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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In today’s EGEB:

• German electricity generation was led by solar for the first time this June.
• 24 firms are being considered to develop Abu Dhabi’s next “world’s largest” solar plant.
• The London Stock Exchange now lists oil and gas companies as non-renewables.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Jackson, Michigan is creating a “smart energy district” for energy innovation and testing.
• Sky-high energy bills in Appalachia are pushing some to investigate rooftop solar.
• New Mexico and Tennessee utilities look to go big on solar and battery storage.
• Duke Energy surpasses 1 GW in owned solar capacity — but it has a long way to go on renewables.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Los Angeles readies a record low solar price (with battery) that could be a game changer.
• The largest US commercial insurance company is leaving coal.
• A Virginia offshore wind project starts construction.

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In today’s EGEB:

• The world’s largest solar plant comes online.
• A new analysis estimates a full decarbonization of the US grid will cost $4.5 trillion.
• The World Bank looks at the potential for mini grids.
• Turbine installations start at one of the world’s biggest wind projects.

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In today’s EGEB:

• The World Trade Organization ruled in India’s favor in a solar dispute with the US.
• Mondelez’s new partnership procures renewable energy.
• Scotland generated 88% of its electricity from renewables earlier this year.
• An Alberta town may be the first in Canada to be solely powered by solar.

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In today’s EGEB:

• A newly introduced bill calls for at least 50% of electricity generation from renewables by 2035.
• As expected, US renewable electricity generation surpassed coal for the first time in April.
• The European solar market is rebounding.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Nevada utility NV Energy announces big solar plans.
• Researchers develop a new method of solar steam generation.
• Rhode Island gets the US headquarters of a UK wind power company.
• New York communities band together for lower renewable rates.

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