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Germany Had So Much Renewable Energy Over Christmas It Had to Pay People to Use It
People in Germany essentially got paid to use electricity on Christmas.
Electricity prices in the country went negative for many customers - as in, below zero - on Sunday and Monday, because the...
44% Wind — Denmark Set New Wind Energy Record In 2017
Numbers have just come out this week from danskenergi.dk, the Danish energy organization whose members support companies in delivering steady green power to the Danes, with an impressive uptime of 99.99% at...
2017 Second Hottest Year On Record, After Only 2016
2017 was the second hottest year on record with regard to global average temperatures — after only 2016 — according to a new report from the Europe-based Copernicus Climate Change Service.
The high...
Nikola Rajaković: Will Conventional Energy in Serbia Be Able to Respond to the Challenge of Electromobility?
It became clear to all of us that the Republic of Serbia is seriously preparing for the transport transformation - from traditional fossil fuels vehicles to sustainable electric and hybrid cars, buses,...
India Tenders 1.2 Gigawatts Of Solar Capacity In First Week Of 2018
Giving an overview of what to expected over the next few months, the Solar Energy Corporation of India announced three tenders for solar power projects within the first week of this year.
The...
Report: US Records ‘Lowest Renewables Plus Storage Bids’ to Date
The growing attractiveness of the US renewables sector was again underlined last week, as a new analysis detailed how wind and solar projects in Colorado are set to undercut the cost of...
Chicago Fires Up $160m LED Street-Lighting Plan
Chicago is set to become one of the largest cities in the world to switch its street lighting infrastructure to LEDs, after officials confirmed plans to replace 85 per cent of its...
India Plans To Increase Rooftop Solar Subsidy By 5X, To $3.7 Billion
The Indian government is planning to revamp its incentive program for rooftop solar power systems in an attempt to expedite implementation of the capacity across various segments of power consumers.
The Ministry of...
Trump Plan to Reduce Marine Monuments Could Put Vital Ecosystems at Risk
A report from United States Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke recommends shrinking three ocean monuments and opening them up to commercial fishing. The monuments, two in the Pacific Ocean and one...
Sweden Hails New Climate Act as ‘Most Ambitious in the World’
Sweden's ambitious new climate change legislation entered into force this week, setting out a framework for the Scandinavian nation to become a net zero greenhouse gas emitter by 2045.
The new Climate Act,...
California Becomes First US State to Ban Incandescent Lightbulbs
California became the first US state to completely ban incandescent light bulbs on Monday, after new energy efficiency standards for lighting came into effect.
The rules, which California is introducing two years ahead...
Low-Carbon Electricity Outstrips Fossil Fuel Electricity in 2017
2017 was a record-breaking year for clean electricity in the UK, with new analysis from Carbon Brief today revealing more power came from low-carbon sources than all fossil fuels combined for the...
Aleksandar Vranić: I Would Like to See Post of Serbia Have an Electrically Powered Fleet
Aleksandar Vranić with an MA in Economics, employed in the Economic and Procurement Service in PE “Post of Serbia”, participated in the conference “The construction of electric vehicle charging stations in urban...
Vehicles are Now America’s Biggest CO2 Source but EPA is Tearing Up Regulations
Some of the most common avatars of climate change - hulking power stations and billowing smokestacks - may need a slight update. For the first time in more than 40 years, the...
Dutch Utility Proposes Artificial North Sea Island & Massive Offshore Wind Farm
TenneT, the Dutch equivalent of the UK’s National Grid, is thinking about future offshore wind power for a decade or more from now. It proposes to construct a man-made island on Dogger...
Miroslav Tadić: The United Nations Strongly Support the Transition of Serbia towards Ecomobility
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is helping the transition of the Republic of Serbia through the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which define priority areas of development in the...