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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...
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...
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...
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...
Indian State Plans Massive Solar Project At Retired Coal Power Plant
More Indian states are switching to solar power from thermal power due to the cost benefits available with the former.
Now, the northern state of Punjab is considering setting up a huge solar...
Indian Insurers Launch Products For Solar Power Sector
With the rapid boom in the solar power market in India, increasing competition, and collapsing tariff bids, Indian insurance companies have launched products to protect lenders as well as developers.
HDFC ERGO General...
2017: The ‘Greenest Year Ever’ for Electricity
The UK smashed 13 clean energy records last year in the ‘greenest year ever' for electricity production in the country, according to WWF analysis of National Grid data.
The sweep of new records...
Ice Will Return but Extinctions Can’t Be Reversed. We Must Act now
We have to develop digital forecasts of species’ responses to climate change, design robust strategies to protect as many as possible, and help nature to adapt.
Each day increasingly dangerous hurricanes, wildfires, and...
Worst Wildfire in California History Threatens State’s Climate Goals
As predicted, the Thomas Fire in Southern California was officially declared the largest wildfire in state history, surpassing the 2003 Cedar Fire which burned 273,246 acres and killed 15 people.
The vast blaze,...
