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Climate change Unveiled: The Urgent Fight for Our Planet

The Environmental Blog

According to NASA , the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been losing an average of 279 billion tons of ice per year since 2002. For instance, Denmark now generates over 50% of its electricity from wind power. This ice melt contributes to rising sea levels, which are currently increasing at a rate of about 3.3

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Clean Energy Group announces retirement of Lewis Milford as President; Seth Mullendore named successor

Renewable Energy World

In his work, Milford applied principles of disruptive technology innovation to clean energy markets, assisted by the late Professor at Harvard Business School Clay Christensen, an early mentor. CEG has worked on technology innovation from fuel cells to offshore wind, to energy storage and advancing energy equity over the past two decades.

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Left in the cold: Why UK homes are still hundreds of years off schedule for delivering net zero emissions

Business Green

But while emissions from heating have fallen 11 per cent since 1990 in the UK, the research body points out that much of this success was achieved by efficiency programmes from 2002-2012, and that progress since then has been moving at a snail's pace. million units installed in British homes, a rise of 1.8 per cent from 2018, UKERC said.

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The era of green finance

Renewable Energy World

For instance, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which kick-started its renewables effort in 2017, said it formed a new company, Renewable Power Capital, to boost its European investments in solar, onshore wind, and battery storage. Green finance means more than just projects. About the Authors.

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Granholm sworn in as 16th Secretary at U.S. Department of Energy

Renewable Energy World

“DOE is powered by brilliant scientists, engineers, and energy policy experts who are the very best for the job we’ve been tasked with: to develop and deploy new clean energy technologies that will achieve the Administration’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and secure our nation’s future.

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Why 2022 will be pivotal for UK offshore wind

Business Green

We need to revolutionise the way we power people, from heating to transport and beyond. In order to reach 40GW of offshore wind by 2030, wind power must become the supporting pillar of the UK's electricity system within the next few years, contributing a third of all supply at a value that undercuts fossil fuel alternatives.

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90% Clean Grid By 2035 Is Not Just Feasible, But Cheaper, Study Says

GreenTechMedia

The high-level problem of designing a clean grid is to maximize use of cheap intermittent solar and wind power while maintaining enough dependable capacity to meet demand all year long. added 65 gigawatts of gas capacity in 2002 alone, the study notes, so this level of power investment has happened — just not with renewables.

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