Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

According to Kurnik, hydroponics and aeroponic farming use less water and don't degrade soil like traditional farming, but for vertical farming to become environmentally sustainable on a carbon emissions level, these systems need to source electricity from renewables such as solar, wind or hydro.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Unlike the revenue neutral carbon tax which appeared on ballots in 2016, Initiative 1631 is a carbon pollution fee which generates revenue for investments guided by an appointed board. These include investment in five categories: wind power, forestry and water, energy efficiency, and public transit including a focus on rural investments.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 1, 2022

The Block Island Offshore Wind Project, 5 kilometers off the coast of Block Island and 21 kilometers from the Rhode Island coast, was the first U.S. offshore wind project, commencing operation in 2016. Roopali Phadke, “Public Deliberation and the Geographies of Wind Justice,” Science as Culture 22, no. 1 (2000): 49–64.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 1, 2020

As with the last stimulus bill, the industry's plans center on securing changes to two federal policies: the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar power and the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind power. For wind power, the term "safe harbor" applies not to when projects are started but when they’re completed.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 17, 2021

Meanwhile, the Rocky Mountain Institute report notes that if customers of Prairie State aren’t able to move to replace that power relatively soon, they may miss out on the opportunity for low-cost solar and wind power purchase agreements. A mine in the mix. The Prairie State coal plant is like a Venus flytrap,” Kibbey said.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

FPL joined other Florida utilities in a multi-year fight against the expansion of net metering in the state, including backing a ballot initiative, defeated in 2016, that would have locked in utility monopoly over electric sales. NV Energy also faced a revolt from its largest commercial client, MGM Resorts International.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

These almost certainly won’t be the last of the state’s land-based wind farms: Duke Energy, the state’s dominant monopoly utility, envisions building at least 750 megawatts of the resource in the next 15 years, and clean energy advocates are pushing the company to do many times that. We want those carbon-free electrons,” Simmons said. “We

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

As the credit neared its phaseout and the Clean Power Plan awaited implementation, analysts warned of an “unprecedented boom” through 2016 before solar hit the skids and dropped into a pit of uncertainty through 2019. Four years ago, the U.S. This spring, lawmakers introduced legislation extending the ITC.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

There is a widely held belief in the Democrat camp that Hillary Clinton, despite winning the popular vote in 2016, failed to motivate important demographics to turn out in crucial swing states, including - very broadly speaking - youth and minority groups. That is, at least, the picture Joe Biden's campaign has sought to paint.

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