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 […]
Renewable energies covered around 56% of electricity consumption in Germany in the first quarter of 2024. This is according to projections by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), which were made available to dpa on Friday. In total, renewable energy plants […]
Apr. 15—BATESVILLE — Team EARTH has announced Kids Discovery Factory as its chosen renewable energy demonstration site. Team EARTH (Energy Awareness Rural Towns and Homes) is one of 67 qualifying teams competing nationwide in Phase 2 of the Energizing Rural Communities Prize with a goal of advancing renewable energy projects through innovative partnerships in rural […]
Guiding principle: CRES recognizes that addressing climate change is an urgent issue. Requiring a rapid transition to zero-carbon energy sources. Some Colorado utilities and policymakers are exploring new nuclear power plants to provide zero-carbon electricity. Most existing nuclear power plants were built in the 1970s and 1980s and have significantly reduced carbon emissions from the […]
Mar. 23—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center made history Friday when it unveiled a nearly four-acre solar array that now powers the school — becoming the first educational institution in western Pennsylvania to be powered by a solar array, officials said. There are 1,980 double-sided solar panels on the former GJCTC softball […]
The Munich-based company Turn2X said on Friday it had opened the first production facility in Spain for the commercial production of renewable and climate-neutral natural gas in Europe. The plant, which opened on Friday in the western town of Miajadas, will accelerate the clean energy transition, said the company, which was founded in 2022. The […]
Australia’s energy authority says power outages in Victoria during fierce storms in February 2024 were caused by damage to electricity poles and power lines, contradicting social media posts that placed the blame on the “failure of renewable energy”. A preliminary report from the Australian Energy Market Operator said there was enough electricity being generated to […]
Renewable-energy stocks have been under considerable pressure over the past couple of years. Surging interest rates have boosted borrowing costs, making it more expensive for many of these companies to fund new development projects. This has caused some concerns about their near-term growth prospects. Those worries have weighed on the shares of NextEra Energy (NYSE: […]
Feb. 16—GRANITE FALLS — Yellow Medicine County will be taking a look at its ordinances governing wind and solar development in response to increasing interest in renewable energy development in the western Minnesota county. The County Board of Commissioners at its meeting on Feb. 13 asked Planning and Zoning Coordinator Jolene Johnson and the county […]
There is booming interest across Florida in turning cow manure, urban sewage and other nasty stuff once considered waste into “renewable” gas. If used instead of oil and other fossil fuels, such alternative sources of energy could, at least potentially, help slow emissions driving climate change and the rising seas that threaten communities up and […]