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Archives: Solar Energy

Morocco’s Solar Power Revolution Sparks Jobs, High-Tech Investment

The World Bank | (Video News Report) | - - "Concentrating Solar Power, CSP, is huge in Morocco. Literally, it’s huge. Panels almost the size of tennis courts stretch across acres of…

France plans to double Solar & Wind to 40% of Electricity by 2030

By Samuel White | EurActiv.com | - - The cost of solar power is falling quickly. France plans to more than double its solar power capacity in the next ten years and…

Disrupting Climate Change

By Jules Kortenhorst | (Project Syndicate) | - - Despite a surge of apocalyptic weather and fears of runaway climate change, there is still time to stem global warming and save the…

The Gasoline Car will be History before you Know it

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The world transportation sector is a major source of carbon dioxide emissions, heat trapping gas that warmed up the Caribbean and contributed to…

EV Game-Changer: China dumping Gasoline Cars even Sooner

By Zoran Radosavljevic | EURACTIV.com China announced on Thursday (28 September) it would start phasing out fossil fuel cars and set a 10% minimum quota of “new energy vehicles” in 2019, in…

Floridians with Solar Inverters had Electricity after Irma & other Green energy success stories

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - After Hurricane Irma in Florida, millions have been without electricity. But those Floridians who had solar panels plus an inverter or a Tesla…

Can Yosef Abramowitz make Solar Power Bloom in Fossil Fuels-Addicted Israel?

i24 News | (Video News Report) | - - i24 News: "Yosef Abramowitz-Captain Sunshine-Solar Energy Pioneer" from Wikipedia: "Abramowitz was born in 1964. He lived in Israel as a child from 1969–1972,…

Green Energy Jobs: Top 7 Pieces of Rare Good News for US Workers on Labor Day

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 1. The Christian Science Monitor says that in 2016, US solar businesses employed 260,077 workers – up 25 percent from 2015. 2. That…

China smashes 2020 solar power target, leaves US & Europe in Dust

By Sam Morgan | ( EURACTIV.com) | - - China eclipses Europe as 2020 solar power target is smashed. China has reached its 2020 solar power target three years ahead of schedule,…

Inconvenient Sequel: 9 Ways To Make Your Home Greener (TYT Video)

Brett Erlich | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "Use your home to act on climate. Download our guide to learn easy changes that will lower your carbon footprint and…

Desert solar project could power 5 million EU homes

By Sam Morgan | EURACTIV.com . | - - A consortium of clean energy developers has applied for permission to build a gigantic solar power plant on the edge of the Sahara…

Solar now most popular form of new electricity generation worldwide

By Andrew Blaker | (The Conversation) | - - Solar has become the world’s favourite new type of electricity generation, according to global data showing that more solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity is…

On one day in May, Italy got 87% of its Electricity from Renewables

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - * On one day in May, Italy met 87% of its electricity production needs from renewables. This statistic was a fluke, since ordinarily…

Shell, terrified of EVs, expects ‘low forever’ Gasoline Prices; it is too Optimistic

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Telegraph reports that Royal Dutch Shell, the massive oil company, has abruptly decided that petroleum prices are likely to remain low "forever,"…

India: With 370% increase in Solar, aims at Electricity for all by 2030

World Bank. | (Video Report) | - - "With a sweeping commitment to solar power, innovative solutions and energy efficiency initiatives to supply its people with 24x7 electricity by 2030, India is…

For Clean, Cheap Energy, Cities & Counties should Take Over

By Sarah van Gelder | ( Yes! Magazine ) | - - A new report finds public ownership is the best way for cities and towns to meet renewable energy and efficiency…

25% of Australian Homes have gone Solar and other Green Triumphs this Week

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Renewables continue to take the world by storm, which is good news for the climate. Because of less expensive and more efficient technology,…

G-20: Germany aims to isolate Trump on Paris Climate Plan

By Dave Keating | Euractiv.com | - - Angela Merkel wants all countries in the group except the US to sign up to a strong statement supporting the Paris Agreement but Saudi…

Record: Germany at 35% Renewables in Electricity Production

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - So far this year, over a third of German electricity has come from wind, solar, biomass and hydro, at 35%. That is 2…

Trump has it Backwards: Green Energy will Make America Great

By Joseph E. Stiglitz | (Project Syndicate) | - - BRUSSELS – Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States took another major step toward establishing itself as a rogue state on…