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Mainland Portugal Generated More Renewable Energy Than It Needed in March
Renewable energy sources made up 103.6 percent of mainland Portugal’s electricity use this March, according to industry information released Tuesday and reported by Reuters. Portugal has been a leader in renewable energy since before 2016, when it broke records for…
Ørsted & Eversource Announce 200 Megawatt Connecticut Offshore Wind Farm
Global offshore wind leader Ørsted and Eversource, the largest energy provider in New England, have announced this week their intention to build Connecticut’s first offshore wind farm, the 200 megawatt (MW) Constitution Wind project. Announced on Monday, Ørsted and Eversource…
Siemens Gamesa Awarded 120 Megawatt Expansion Of Taiwan’s Formosa 1 Offshore Wind Project
Siemens Gamesa, one of the world’s leading wind energy companies, has been awarded the contract for the 120 megawatt (MW) expansion of Taiwan’s landmark Formosa 1 offshore wind project. The Formosa 1 offshore wind project, developed by Swancor Renewable Energy,…
11 US States To Challenge EPA Rollback Of 2025 Fuel-Efficiency Standards
The US EPA is pursuing a rollback of earlier plans (implemented under Obama’s presidency) to raise the new-vehicle fuel-efficiency standard to nearly 50 miles per gallon by 2025 (that would be a fleet-level requirement, not model level). In response to…
Crop Fires Can Push Delhi Air Pollution 20 Times Beyond Safe Levels, Study Finds
As of 2016, New Delhi was the 11th most polluted city in the world, which was a positive development compared to 2014, when it had the dubious honor of being number one, according to World Health Organization (WHO) data reported…
Antarctica Lost a London-Sized Area of Underwater Ice in Only 6 Years
Antarctica’s ice sheet is retreating due to warm ocean water circulating beneath its floating edge, researchers from the UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling at the University of Leeds have found. The study, published in Nature Geoscience, shows that…
China Joins World Green Building Council Community
China’s Green Building Council has officially partnered with the World Green Building Council in a major boost to international efforts to curb the environmental impact of the building and construction sectors, the two organisations announced yesterday. The partnership was hailed…