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Spanish Energy Regulator Rejects Government Push For Coal Power Subsidies
The US is not the only country where powerful coal interests are pressuring the government to give favorable treatment to coal fired electrical generating plants. Spain has a long history of burning...
Report: EU Renewables Beat Coal Power for the First Time
New EU renewables generation increased sharply in 2017, but the lion's share of these gains were shouldered by the UK and Germany, demonstrating the "uneven" nature of energy sector decarbonisation across Europe.
That...
Macron: France Will Shut All Coal-Fired Power Stations by 2021
France will shut down all of its coal-fired power plants by 2021, President Emmanuel Macron announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The deadline is two years ahead of his predecessor...
Tesla’s Massive Australian Battery Responds to Coal Power Outages in Milliseconds
Tesla's massive lithium-ion battery storage facility, which was designed to feed South Australia's unstable power grid, is already proving itself by responding to power outages within milliseconds.
The system—the largest of its kind...
Alberta (Tar Sands Capital Of The World) Invests In 600 MW Of Wind Power
Bill McKibben calls the Alberta tar sands a “carbon bomb.” Not only does it require huge quantities of energy to separate the oil from the sands, the oil produced creates more carbon...
EURELECTRIC: European Power Giants Vow to ‘Accelerate Clean Energy Transition’
The European electricity industry has publicly reiterated its "unwavering commitment" to accelerating investment in clean energy in order to deliver a "carbon-neutral electricity mix in the EU well before mid-century".
Trade body EURELECTRIC,...
A Third Of Power Capacity Added In India This Year Is Solar
2017 has been a good year for Indian solar power market, if one compares it with the developments in the coal-based power market. Record solar power capacity has been added in India...
200 Megawatts To Be Re-Tendered At India’s Largest Solar Power Park
India’s largest solar power park, in Karnataka, will witness a re-tendering of 200 megawatts of capacity shortly.
The tender was first issued in July 2017 but was withdrawn the following month. The tender...
Canada & UK Form Alliance To Dump Coal
At the COP 23 climate conference in Bonn, Germany this week, Canada and the UK announced that they are spearheading a global alliance to phase out the use of coal completely. The...
Tipping Point: How Renewables Could Dominate UK and German Power Grids Within a Decade
A series of economic 'tipping points' could lead to a surge in renewables deployment in the UK and Germany over the next decade, paving the way for the countries to rely entirely...
Germany Could Shutter 20 Oldest Brown Coal Plants Without Creating Energy Shortages
Following the most recent election, German chancellor Angela Merkel is faced with the task of forming a coalition government involving the CDU/CSU alliance, the pro-business FDP, and the environmentalist Green Party. The...
EPA Estimates Rolling Back Clean Power Plan Could Cause 100,000 Deaths By 2050
In its mania to prove how horrible the Clean Power Plan is, the EPA has rejiggered the numbers and found — the Clean Power Plan could save more lives than the Obama...
World’s Largest Coal Miner Launches 200 Megawatt Solar Power Tender
The solar blitzkrieg in India has now attracted the world’s largest coal miner as well.
Earlier this month, Solar Energy Corporation of India issued a tender on behalf of Coal India Limited for...
Italy Sets Sights on 2025 Coal Power Phase-Out
The Italian government today announced its intention to phase-out domestic coal-fired power by 2025 when it formally adopts its national energy strategy next month.
The move would see Italy join a growing list...
Quitting Coal: New Global Survey Names the Companies, Countries and Cities
More than a quarter of the 1,675 companies that owned or developed coal-fired power capacity since 2010 have entirely left the coal power business, according to new research from CoalSwarm and Greenpeace....
Lancaster (California) Is “Solar Power Capital Of The Universe”
Lancaster, California, produces more solar power per capita than any other city in the state. Devastated by the recession of 2009, when unemployment rose to 17%, the city has made its commitment...
