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Media brief: The impact of clean stimulus measures on the U.S. economy following the 2008 downturn

Clean Energy Canada

Two weeks ago, Clean Energy Canada and 11 clean energy sector industry associations and organizations sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau detailing the benefits of employing clean-energy-focussed stimulus measures. power grid has contributed to cutting carbon pollution in the power sector by 28% since 2005.

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A Vibrant Cleantech Startup Ecosystem Takes Root in India

GreenTechMedia

Renewable energy projects coupled with energy storage will “change the game” for India’s power grid, Raju said, by eliminating arguments that coal and gas are needed to provide baseload power. And yet, hundreds of millions of people in India still don’t have access to affordable and reliable power.

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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

This story is told for the first time with over 130 slides and data visualizations that put 2020 performance in the context of past years, said the organizations. Notable clean energy statistics from the pandemic year include: Power Generation. Renewables’ contribution to the power grid set another record, rising 11% year-on-year.

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Top 10 Women of Solar

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

For her work at Sunrun, Jurich was named on Fortune Magazine’s list of top 10 Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in December 2009, and, with her co-founder Edward Fenster, Jurich earned a 2010 Ernst & Yung Entrepreneurs of the year. In this vision, GRID Alternatives , a non-profit solar installer, was formed in 2004.

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Solar Net Metering Under Threat as Shadowy Group Demands Intervention in State Policies

GreenTechMedia

” In other words, NERA is asking FERC to assert control over all state net metering programs, which pay customers for the energy they don't consume on-site, but feed back to the power grid. FERC has addressed net energy metering before in decisions in 2001 and in 2009, Peskoe said.

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Dynamic Line Rating: Expanding Transmission Grid Capacity for Clean Energy

GreenTechMedia

This is a valuable safety feature in a world where power grid failures are causing deadly wildfires , Gilmer noted. ” Getting the grid policies in place for DLR. More than half the U.S. transmission infrastructure is more than 30 years old, and “utilities just don’t have good tools to deal with this.

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Climate-Science Deniers, Right-Wing Think Tanks, and Fossil Fuel Shills Are Plotting Against the Clean Energy Transition

DeSmogBlog

From his perch at Climate Depot , the blog he’s run since 2009, Morano has elevated fake climate experts, encouraged the harassment of real climate scientists , and promoted the myth of “global cooling.” It’s not just offshore wind at risk either. Wind opponents began showing up to nearly every city council meeting.