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Is Wave Energy Ready to Climb Out of the ‘Valley of Death’?

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A clutch of wave power developers is hoping to shake off the technology’s forever-round-the-corner reputation with commercial-scale arrays that could be in the water next year. megawatt array in Scottish waters; Pelamis got as far as installing three machines off of Aguçadoura, Portugal in a 2.25-megawatt megawatt array.

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Two pioneers chart paths to energy justice

GreenBiz

In a discussion that tacked to the personal and political, Baker and Klee reviewed principles for renewable energy economics. Both leaders pointed toward community solar, in which a developer sets up an array in one place to serve customers in another, as a key future marketplace.

Energy 363
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How the EU’s new ‘toxic-free’ vision could shape your safer chemicals strategy

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Further, the new EU chemical strategy identifies a wide array of initiatives for realizing its goal of a toxic-free environment. Policy & Politics. Instead of reacting, we want to prevent. As a rule, the use of the most harmful substances will be prohibited in consumer products. Chemicals & Toxics. Circular Economy. European Union.

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GTM’s Live Coronavirus Blog: The Impact on Clean Energy

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This week's podcast episode of Political Climate takes a look. Utility Sector Braces for Coronavirus Impact : Power utilities and generators face an array of risks in the weeks ahead, from energy "demand destruction" as economies slow to tightening debt conditions that could ripple through the commodity markets.

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How Energy Storage’s Growth Trajectory Differs From the Early Days of Solar

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Pockets of development later formed in Hawaii and the Desert Southwest, and in the less sunny but politically supportive New England states. But Finn-Foley's argument cautions against extrapolating too much from the solar experience to the storage experience, because storage can follow a more diverse array of paths to market.

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The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again.

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Now, in conjunction with accelerating climate change, El Niño means a wide array of exacerbated hazards may be coming down the pike. They’re going to actually have to affect the politics so that the special interests do not control — especially the fossil fuel industry — does not control the future.”

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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

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He argued oil and gas company advertising is usually not directed at getting consumers to buy their products and services but is more akin to political lobbying. This is political advertising that they're running to maintain their influence over public policy," he suggested.