Felicia Jackson writes on Forbes that emerging economies have set a record in renewable energy investments.
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Amazon To Become World’s Largest Corporate Renewables Investor
“Amazon has announced plans to invest in 26 utility scale wind and solar plants generating 3.4GW of electricity. That will bring its renewables capacity to 4GW of renewables, making it the world’s largest corporate buyer of clean energy, outstripping Facebook and Google.”
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Apex Clean Energy Expands Partnership with McDonald’s
BusinessWire reports that McDonald’s has partnered with Apex Clean Energy to buy renewable energy.
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Germany Rejected Nuclear Power—and Deadly Emissions Spiked
The study found that this dwarfs the cost of keeping nuclear power plants online by billions of dollars, even when the risks of a meltdown and the cost of nuclear waste storage are considered.
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PGE and NextEra advance innovative hybrid project that combines wind, solar and batteries
As Renewable Energy World writes, Portland General Electric and NextEra Energy Resources are working together to develop a commercial power generation facility in eastern Oregon.
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How to Talk to Your Relatives About Nuclear Energy During the Holidays
“When your great-aunt talks about how dangerous nuclear energy is, you can allay her fears. Nuclear energy is actually one of the safest industrial professions, for workers and the larger local communities.”
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The Energy To Light Christmas
“Using Arcadia’s proprietary nationwide energy bill data, they estimated that running those lights in December costs Americans a total of $645 million. For each household that has Christmas lights, that’s an average of an extra $12 on their December power bill (up to $20 in California).”
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China Vows Green Energy Boom, Triggering Race For Battery Tech
"To that end, President Xi said that the total amount of wind and solar power that China generates will rise exponentially — from 500 million kilowatts to 1.2 billion kilowatts in a decade. To do that, local governments in China need as much as 20% storage capacity. Now that the starting gun has been fired, which technologies have the inside track?”
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US oil lobby launches program to reduce emissions from flaring of natural gas
“'This program will help the industry collectively improve operations and continue to drive down emissions,' Matthew Todd, program director of the Environmental Partnership, told the Washington Examiner."
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Real climate solutions won’t happen without natural gas and oil
"The U.S. has driven carbon emissions down to generational lows, even as U.S. energy production and energy demand have grown."
