Climate

The world will get about half of its electricity from solar, wind, and battery storage by 2050, according to a new report.

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In today’s EGEB:

• New Jersey will rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
• Wind energy experts see greater potential in Ireland.
• A solar-powered gondola in Bogotá is cutting travel time, pollution, and emissions.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Florida’s Supreme Court makes a solar ruling.
• Nearly half the electricity generated in Germany this year has come from renewables.
• A US offshore wind group urges state cooperation — not just competition.
• A grant gives rural Maine businesses a solar lifeline.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Southwestern states have the best solar resources, highest capacity factors in US.
• France is looking to double its annual offshore wind targets due to dropping costs.
• Tunisia’s solar tender looks to change the game in the country.
• A New Jersey theme park is almost completely solar-powered.

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US electricity generation capacity from renewable energy sources surpassed coal for the first time this April, and that gap looks to grow substantially during the next three years.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others support a solar plan for NYC’s Rikers Island.
• An Alabama poultry house goes solar.
• NASA breaks ground on a solar project.
• A Dutch wind farm puts a large scale battery storage system into service.

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In today’s EGEB:

• A Spanish utility plans to build the largest solar farm in Europe.
• The Netherlands looks to add 2 GW of floating solar.
• The Grain Belt Express transmission line is a step closer to construction once more.
• A hybrid energy park combines wind and hydraulic power in Greece.
• The world’s largest macadamia processor moves to solar power.

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In today’s EGEB:

• California has to figure out how to utilize all of its solar power, and how to move forward.
• Solar installations in the UK fell off a cliff last month.
• Connecticut makes a huge commitment to offshore wind.
• A huge Australian solar project secures financing, and a giant battery may be on the way.

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In today’s EGEB:

• An Anheuser-Busch solar project to brew all beer with renewable-generated electricity.
• Nebraska city gets a large scale battery to store solar power.
• An offshore wind bill is reintroduced in Congress.
• An attempt to change the definition of renewable energy in California fails.
• Another “without coal” record in Britain.

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In today’s EGEB:

• A new 280 megawatt solar farm is set for construction in Australia.
• And a 100 MW farm will be one of the largest solar projects in Alabama.
• Wyoming is ready to break ground on a multi-wind farm $3.1 billion project.
• Michigan residents can now add commercial solar arrays to their farmland.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Renewable spending set to pass upstream oil and gas next year in Asia.
• A look at the potential for geothermal energy in the US.
• Albuquerque looks to get more from solar power.
• Massachusetts wants more offshore wind.

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Plummeting costs have made renewable energy sources the most inexpensive option for new power generation throughout most parts of the world, according to a new study.

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In today’s EGEB:

• A $2 billion solar farm/data center proposal in Virginia.
• Maine is back in the wind energy game, and it’s approved a new wind farm.
• A Hawaiian wind farm is getting a bat deterrent system.
• Senegal looks to build “mini hybrid” solar plants.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Florida Power & Light starts construction on 10 new solar farms…
• …and all 10 of those won’t equal the capacity of one proposed solar plant in Morocco.
• Why does selenium improve cadmium telluride thin-film solar cells?
• Offshore wind vs. the Atlantic sea scallop.

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In today’s EGEB:

• A $175 million solar power project is coming to Indiana.
• Vineyard Wind is looking for ways to protect an endangered whale.
• New Brunswick is setting new marks for renewable energy in New Jersey.
• A joint venture aims to become an offshore wind power.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Xcel Energy shifting to solar — and more — as it plans to phase out coal in Minnesota by 2030.
• Construction has started on a large wind project in Kansas.
• The Brits are helping the US with offshore wind, as coastal populations adjust to turbines.
• A small Canadian town looks to hit 100% renewable energy by next year.

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In today’s EGEB:

• A UK company plans on bringing perovskite-based solar cells to market by the end of 2020.
• A California casino uses Tesla batteries in its microgrid — and such microgrids could be “the future.”
• West Virginia welcomes a proposed wind farm.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Democrats look to extend solar and wind tax credits…
• …while the IEA sees the phaseout as encouraging to wind development.
• One of the largest coal producers in the US files for bankruptcy.
• UK solar generation peaked twice in the past week.

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In today’s EGEB:

• An analyst thinks solar will be cheaper than natural gas almost everywhere in four years.
• A look at the astroturfing efforts of utilities.
• The German onshore wind industry is facing a “collapse.”

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In today’s EGEB:

• An upcoming VAT increase could stifle UK solar panel additions.
• But in Australia, homes and businesses keep adding more solar power.
• A look at Budweiser’s wind power deal.
• Very few ships are large enough to carry offshore wind turbine parts.

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In today’s EGEB:

• The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is partnering with ExxonMobil.
• Germany’s first subsidy-free solar park is set to enter construction this summer.
• The EIA expects less electricity to be generated from coal once again this summer.
• A look at how offshore wind giant Ørsted can succeed in the US.

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