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EDC celebrates 40th anniversary of Tongonan geothermal field, Philippines

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) recently celebrated the 40th year anniversary of the Tongonan geothermal power plant in the Leyte geothermal field of the Philippines. After several years of intensive exploration and development work, the Tongonan-1 geothermal power plant was inaugurated on July 02, 1983.

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

GreenBiz

The series is supported by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University, and is part of their POWER project. . In 2013, when Enviva Biomass opened a new plant near Belinda Joyner’s community in Northampton County, North Carolina, she already knew what to expect.

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5 States Blazing the Trail for Integrating Distributed Energy Resources

GreenTechMedia

Distributed energy resources (DERs) is an expansive term, including everything from backup generators to microgrids. In some states with 100 percent clean energy mandates, like California and Hawaii, the focus is on solar — lots and lots of it — and the tools needed to integrate this massive new grid edge resource.

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Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap Expected in Early 2023; Here’s Why the OSW Industry Should Take Note

Energy and Cleantech Council

The State of Maine is expected to release the Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap in early 2023, and the global offshore wind industry should be watching. Maine’s offshore wind energy potential is ranked seventh in the nation, with more than 411 TWh/yr of offshore resource-generating potential. Economic Development Administration.

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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Why tech needs to come clean on climate

Business Green

Technology must be part of the solution, but at the moment it's part of the problem. Governments are very keen to promote the role of technology when it comes to the fight against climate change. While technology may provide part of the solution to climate change, right now it's part of the problem. per cent of GHG emissions.

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Scientists Find Appalachian Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Put Endangered Species at Risk Thousands of Times

DeSmogBlog

Dubbed one of the “ Desperate Dozen ” imperiled species by conservationists, the diamond darter won a new lease on continued existence in 2013 when its name was added to the federal government’s list of protected endangered species. The paper suggests that all of this might have happened in violation of federal law.