Germany achieved a new record for renewable energy generation, covering some 58% of its electricity consumption in the first half of 2024 with wind, solar, biomass and hydropower. This is the result of projections by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in the south-western state of Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he campaigned for the presidency, Joe Biden promised to spend billions of dollars to “save the world” from climate change. One of the largest players in the solar industry was ready. Officials, board members and major investors in First Solar, the largest domestic maker of solar panels, donated at least $1.5 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he campaigned for the presidency, Joe Biden promised to spend billions of dollars to “save the world” from climate change. One of the largest players in the solar industry was ready. Executives, officials and major investors in First Solar, the largest domestic maker of solar panels, donated at least $2 million […]
French energy prices fell into negative territory on an overflow of renewable power, Bloomberg reported. Day-ahead prices hit a four-year low of -€5.76 per megawatt-hour in one auction. That caused some French nuclear plants to go offline ahead of the weekend. Day-ahead energy prices in France fell into negative territory amid surging renewable power production, Bloomberg […]
The Scoop A top US energy company said it will prioritize Ukraine for the delivery of vital, backlogged hardware as the country fights to keep the lights on after losing half of its power capacity due to Russian attacks. At a Ukraine recovery conference in Berlin on Tuesday GE Vernova signed an agreement with Ukrainian […]
By increasing its use of renewable energy, the US has not only slashed its planet-warming emissions but also improved its air quality, yielding hundreds of billions of dollars of benefits, a new report has found. The study, published in Cell Reports Sustainability on Wednesday and based on publicly available data, focuses on uptick of renewable […]
May 28—The University of Colorado Boulder received $675,000 from the state on Friday to explore the feasibility of incorporating geothermal energy on campus. Geothermal energy is the use of heat from the Earth to create renewable energy. CU Boulder will use the money to conduct two feasibility and design studies for geothermal projects that could […]
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‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Bets Heavy On Gold, Renewable Energy Stocks, Exits Amazon, Alphabet Michael Burry, the legendary investor who famously predicted the 2008 financial crisis, has once again made headlines with his latest 13F filing for his hedge fund Scion Asset Management LLC. The first quarter of 2024 reveals a strategic recalibration towards […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal energy regulators on Monday approved a long-awaited rule to make it easier to transmit renewable energy such as wind and solar power to the electric grid — a key part of President Joe Biden’s goal to eliminate carbon emissions economy-wide by 2050. The rule, under development for two years, is aimed […]
May 7—BEMIDJI — U.S. Sen. Tina Smith recently announced farms in Shevlin and Clearbrook will receive grants to purchase and install a 50-kilowatt solar array through the Renewable Energy for America program. Seventy farms and small businesses across Minnesota received a total of $7,875,510 to install clean energy technology on their farms. Grant funding will […]
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has signed a first-of-its-kind global framework agreement to accelerate renewable energy capacity expansion. The five-year deal will help support the development of over 10.5 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable energy capacity. That’s a staggering eight times larger than the biggest corporate power-purchase agreement (PPA) ever signed. The tech titan signed this agreement […]