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Leading the Charge: Countries that Dominate Wind Energy Production

The Environmental Blog

As the world grapples with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, many countries have embraced wind power as a clean and sustainable solution. China China has 124 gW this year and has grown by 10 gW since 2014 and by 44 gW since 2013. India’s wind capacity target for 2030 is 170 gigawatts.

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Examining the Limits of ‘Energy Return on Investment’

GreenTechMedia

At the heart of this debate is one of the most important physical metrics you’ve never heard of: energy return on investment, or EROI. Hall and others, the basic principle behind EROI, also called energy returned on energy invested, is simple: A source of energy is only useful if you can get more energy out of it than what you put in.

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MidAmerican plans to add 2 GW of wind energy resources in Iowa

Renewable Energy World

The company said that since 2004, it has invested around $14 billion in renewable energy projects across Iowa. . If approved, the new capacity–known as Wind PRIME–would enable the utility to cover 111% of its customers’ annual energy needs with renewable energy and sustain 100% coverage into the 2030s.

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US Wind will expand offshore project in Maryland to include up to 82 turbines, company says

Renewable Energy World

US Wind also intends to develop 90 waterfront acres into a new offshore wind deployment hub where the company will invest $77 million through the existing MarWin project. Read more: First half of 2021 sees record investment in renewable energy. gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity.

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Amazon’s massive renewable energy portfolio just got a lot bigger

Renewable Energy World

Significant investments in renewable energy globally are an important step in delivering on The Climate Pledge, our commitment to reach net-zero carbon by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement.". The power purchase agreement, or PPA, allows a corporation to match its annual energy consumption with clean energy produced elsewhere.

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'Oil has no place in our future': Rockefeller fund returns shine after ditching fossil fuels

Business Green

Rockefeller Brothers Fund announces that its investment portfolio has exceeded expectations and industry averages in the five years since it divested from fossil fuels. Following its high-profile decision to divest its endowment from coal, tar sands, and oil and gas in 2014, RBF's investment portfolio is now 99 per cent fossil fuel free.

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The Corona Virus Reduces China's Emissions by 25 Percent

Green Market Oracle

China burns about half the coal used globally while at the same time it is the leading market for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. This duality is evident in Shanxi, which is both China's coal mining region and the location of some of the country's largest solar and wind power projects.