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US Industry Fears Tariff Ruling Could Double Price of Solar Power
The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is warning the price of solar technologies could double if President Trump approves proposals to impose new import tariffs on Chinese solar panels.
The US International...
Nicaragua To Sign Paris Agreement Leaving United States Alone With Syria
Reports coming out of Central American country Nicaragua say that the country’s President Daniel Ortega has confirmed his country will finally sign the Paris Climate Agreement, leaving the United States and Syria...
Report: Closing Coal Plants Would Save US $10bn a Year
Energy consumers in the US could be paying an extra $10bn a year by 2021 to prop up ageing coal power plants, according to a new study which argues cheap gas and...
U.S. Solar Industry Sees Phenomenal Growth
The U.S. solar market continued its years-long expansion in the second quarter of 2017 as the industry installed 2,387 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaics (PV), the largest total in a second quarter...
Wind Power Saves Over $100 Billion In Health Care Costs In US, Study Finds
A study done by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and published by Nature Energy in August finds that wind power in the United States is responsible for saving thousands of lives and over...
Tesla Donates Solar Panels to Power 150 US Low-income Households
Tesla has made a major donation of solar panels to America’s largest nonprofit solar installer to provide power for roughly 150 low-income households across the United States.
“Solar power has so many benefits...
Climate Change To Dramatically Shift European Electricity Consumption
A team of scientists from Germany and the United States has determined that rising temperatures due to climate change will have a dramatic impact on Europe’s electricity consumption patterns, culminating in putting...
Solar Plants Are Cropping Up On Farms
If the United States wants to kick its coal habit, it will need to install a lot more solar power. That raises an important question: Where should all those panels reside?
They could...
Colorado Co-Op To Develop Country’s Largest Low-Income Community Solar Project
A partnership between the Colorado Energy Office, GRID Alternatives, and the Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association will work to develop the United States’ largest low-income community solar project aimed at lowering the...
Vestas Secures 350 Megawatts In Wind Turbine Orders For US In 2 Weeks
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas is doing strong business in the United States in the third quarter so far, taking in just under 350 megawatts worth of wind turbine orders in the...
USA’s Largest & World’s Second-Largest Onshore Wind Farm (2 Gigawatt Farm) To Be Built In Oklahoma
North America’s largest independent renewable energy company, Invenergy, has announced that it is partnering with GE Renewable Energy to build the 2 GW Wind Catcher onshore wind farm, which will be the...
The Largest Wind Farm In The US Is Being Built In Wyoming, And Lawmakers Want To Raise Wind Tax
There’s the Wyoming you see on postcards — the snow-dusted mountains and caramel-colored prairies where movie stars build their second homes. But there’s another Wyoming — the one that powers America’s homes and businesses. The Cowboy...
European Union To Meet To Discuss Implementing Paris Climate Agreement
Environment ministers from across the European Union will meet this week in Estonia to discuss recent global developments on climate change and the European Union’s implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.
To say...
APPLE: Building Another Data Center Fueled Entirely by Renewable Energy
Apple said it will spend 6 billion Danish crowns ($921 million) on a new data center in Denmark, its second in the Nordic country to run entirely on renewable energy. Facebook in...
Cutting the Cost of Ethanol, other Biofuels and Gasoline is Pretty Simple
Biofuels like the ethanol in U.S. gasoline could get cheaper thanks to experts at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Michigan State University.
They've demonstrated how to design and genetically engineer enzyme surfaces so they...
Sunrun Expands Into Seven New States, Nearly Doubles Market Reach
Sunrun, one of the United States’ leading residential solar developers, announced this week that it has recently completed expanding into seven new US state markets, nearly doubling its market reach in just...
