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Revealed: Scale of The Telegraph’s Climate Change ‘Propaganda’

DeSmogBlog

The Telegraph’s print circulation at the end of 2019, when it last released the data, was over 300,000. Wind power is not cheap or secure. Both newspapers [The Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] are campaigning against climate policies,” Ward told DeSmog. The paper had an online audience of 13.5

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Global wind power grows by more than 60GW in 2019

Business Green

But Global Wind Energy Council forced to revise its forecasts for 2020 and beyond as coronavirus fallout continues. Meanwhile, the growing number of wind farms around the world continues to be largely driven by financing via market based policy mechanisms, such as the UK's Contracts for Difference scheme, it seems.

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Wind power experts expect wind energy costs to decline up to 35% by 2035

Renewable Energy World

Technology and commercial advancements are expected to continue to drive down the cost of wind energy, according to a survey led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the world’s foremost wind power experts. Estimated change in levelized costs varies across all three future-cost scenarios.

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New ‘decade that matters’ report shows shifting attitudes about renewables and climate change

Renewable Energy World

Over the past ten years, vocabulary moved from ‘global warming’ to ‘climate change’ to ‘climate crisis.’. launched its new “Decade That Matters” report, a deep dive into online climate discussions over the past 10 years and what these may tell us about where we are heading over the next 10 years. On March 1, BayWa r.e.

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Celebrating the Achievements of Wind Power on Global Wind Day

Green Market Oracle

Wind is key to our energy mix because it reduces fossil fuel use which combats climate change and contributes to cleaner air. There is now more than 591GW of wind power capacity installed globally in 91 countries, with continued growth predicted. Advances in wind energy has made turbines bigger and more efficient.

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Nestlé UK bags 15-year wind power purchase agreement with Ørsted

Business Green

The 125GWh deal, which comes into effect from 1 May, will cover half of the food and beverage giant's power consumption in the UK and should ensure that, once combined with other deals, all the firm's electricity consumption is covered by wind power generation, backed by certificates.

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Could wind power the green recovery?

Business Green

But few sectors can lay as strong a claim for playing a central and strategic role in any recovery, as the renewables industry in general and the wind power sector in particular. It confirms that 2019 was a record year for the sector with 6.1GW of new capacity added, as costs continued to fall sharply.