The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Solar, geothermal and wind power, all offer a cleaner alternative to traditional fossil fuels. The post The road to a sustainable economy appeared first on The Environmental Blog. Through investment, countries can help support renewable energy, reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 7, 2024

Environment minister says ‘large areas of [wetland] will be destroyed or substantially modified’ by the proposal for windfarm development Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Tanya Plibersek has blocked plans by the Victorian government to build a plant to (..)

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This article delves into the details of the Gansu Wind Complex, highlighting its significance, the technologies it employs, its environmental impact, and its role in China’s ambitious green energy strategy. With its staggering scale, it comprises numerous interconnected wind farms, each with a sea of towering wind turbines.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Scientists say that’s not backed by credible evidence Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Some pictures show a whale lifeless on a beach. In others, the whale is on fire, jumping from the ocean, as wind turbines loom behind it.

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Energy Transition

JANUARY 2, 2024

The adoption of renewables, especially wind and solar, continues grow — though certainly not fast enough. In 2022, solar and wind power accounted for an impressive 12% of electricity generated worldwide. Going forward, the IEA’s Net Zero Scenario (NZS) calls.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Labor hopes plan will contribute to renewable energy target but opposition leader says government ‘hasn’t done its homework’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The opposition leader, Peter Dutton , has taken aim at a proposed windfarm off the coast of the (..)

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Officials say intervention is needed for Australia to reach its 2030 renewable energy target as private investment slows Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government will radically expand a taxpayer-underwritten scheme to support new clean power (..)

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

Wind Power. Wind power is an efficient source of energy that can be used to power individual households, large communities and establishments. The UK is one of the best locations for wind power in the world.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Industry experts say businesses could pay up to 20 times more tax if bill passes Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Victoria’s ambitious emissions targets could be imperilled if the state government’s plan to slug renewable energy providers millions more (..)

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Solar and wind power is a productive means to help the ecosystem because the resource can be replenished quicker than used, eliminating your involvement in increasing the impact of fossil fuels. The post How To Incorporate Sustainable Materials Into Your Everyday Life appeared first on The Environmental Blog.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Solar and windfarms will need to triple by 2030 to 57GW and expand seven-fold by 2050 to 126GW Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s main power grid faces the “real” possibility ageing coal-fired power plants will drop out before sufficient generation (..)

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The country must work harder to attract investment to keep up with the US and other competitors, Clean Energy Council says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese will need to increase Australia’s investment in the renewable energy sector to $10bn (..)

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

We can help to reduce these emissions by using cleaner energy sources such as solar and wind power. The post Why We Should All Be Concerned About the Environment appeared first on The Environmental Blog. Burning coal, oil, and natural gas release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping heat and causing the Earth to warm.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

The most common renewable energy sources used in poultry farming are solar and wind power. Solar panels can be installed on the roofs of poultry houses to generate electricity, while wind turbines can be placed on farms to generate electricity. Poultry farms are also using renewable energy.

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 26, 2021

Solar power is predicted to dominate the global market, with key stakeholders including SunPower (US), Canadian Solar (Canada), Jinko Solar (China), and Tina Solar (China). Solar and wind power is set to lead the renewables market, but with a reinvigorated drive towards greater efficiency in production, innovation and storage.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

However wind energy generation is closely looked at by many governments, especially in Africa, for its permanent consistency in the continent which should result in high profitability for the embedded countries due to low cost and sustainability. For example, Denmark receives over 50% of its electricity from the wind farms.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Renewable energy – Renewable energy sources like solar and wind power can be used to power agricultural operations. The post The State of Sustainable Agriculture appeared first on The Environmental Blog. This allows farmers to target their resources more precisely, reducing waste and improving yields.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 19, 2019

“Senvion’s plight is largely due to the collapse of its domestic German onshore wind power market after a countrywide shift to competitive power contract auctions in 2018,” commented Navigant Research senior research analyst Jesse Broehl in a December blog post.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The development of the wind industry, on the other hand, picked up slightly this quarter. gigawatts of wind generation capacity were installed in the second quarter of 2021, compared to just under 3 gigawatts in the previous quarter. All of the wind capacity built out in the second quarter of 2021 was onshore.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2020

Facebook has unveiled a new heat recovery system at a wind-powered data centre in Denmark that shuttles surplus heat from its servers to homes in the nearby community. Lauren Edelman, energy specialist at Facebook, explained in a blog post that the data centre had been specifically selected for its potential to enable heat recovery.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

“The science is clear: The world must act now if we’re going to avert the worst consequences of climate change,” Pichai wrote in the blog post. It starts with collecting data on the carbon intensity of the power supplied across different regions and calculating the resulting carbon footprints of different facilities.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Vortex Bladeless: wind power without blades. While debate rumbles on over the relative merits of vertical-axis wind turbines versus horizontal-axis machines, Spanish firm Vortex Bladeless thinks it can do away with axes altogether.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Wind Turbines . The benefits of wind power are nearly the same as those from solar panels—mainly reduced energy costs and energy independence. However, it is important to understand that wind turbines on a residential property may require more annual maintenance than a solar panel.

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Better Ventures

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

solar and wind power now cost less than natural gas. Society is at a tipping point on prioritizing climate change, we’re seeing a wave of government funding and mandates to hasten the change, and the need for energy security has been laid bare by geopolitics. a $13T opportunity.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2020

Ed Crooks, vice-chair of the Americas for energy consultant Wood Mackenzie, argued in a blog post earlier this month that the Covid-19 crisis was highlighting the "superior resilience" of electricity businesses.

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EDF + Business

JULY 16, 2019

Earlier this spring, after realizing that shipping is responsible for 98% of their carbon impact, the company announced zero emissions shipping , which it plans on meeting by purchasing offsets, with projects including wind power generation, forest protection and devising auto components that pollute less. Etsy isn’t alone.

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Defend Our Future

MAY 28, 2019

Wind power is almost 70% cheaper. American ingenuity has unlocked innovative solutions that have put humans on the moon and ushered in the digital age. In just the last decade, solar energy prices have dropped nearly 90%. Potential breakthrough technologies are on the horizon.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

EIA estimates that wind power accounted for 9% of U.S. The agency expects wind to make up 31% of the nearly 40GW of new generating capacity in 2021. Renewables account for more than two thirds of new generating capacity additions in the U.S. electricity generation in 2020.,

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

The plans, available at The Solutions Project’s “ Clean Energy ” link, reveal the unique mix of wind, water and sun technologies capable of powering states, countries and even select U.S. Wind, Water and Sun (aka WWS) include wind power; waterpower from tides, rivers, and subsurface water (geothermal water); and solar power.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 29, 2020

Specifically, some areas of the country have more developed alternative energy sources, such as wind power and solar power. Energy and efficiency can be concerns as well, leading to more disadvantages to local business.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 2, 2021

Report authors curated and analyzed 10-years of data across social media, news and blogging platforms, including Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr and Google, drawing on 1.3 The report highlights how attitudes to the environment have shifted, how discourse was becoming more urgent and how Covid-19 has affected the global online climate conversation.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

“The focus of [energy returned on energy invested] research is often with respect to whether the [energy returned on energy invested] of a particular type of energy production is ‘high enough’ relative to some goal, such as 3:1 or 10:1,” wrote energy researcher Gail Tverberg in a recent blog post.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 11, 2021

” This blog asserts that grid-enhancing technologies should be considered “additions, modifications, and upgrades to the Transmission System” in definitions of network upgrade and interconnection facilities.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

From an energy standpoint, the fact that the panels point in many directions helps the Google buildings capture "the power of the sun from multiple angles," Tahir wrote in a blog about the installation. The panels will contribute about 40 per cent of the buildings' annual electricity needs.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

With the addition of storage, the batteries can use the interconnection rights to inject electricity into the grid at one time of day, and the solar panels can use the interconnection rights at another time.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

Google, for example, can deliver seven times as much computing power today as it did five years ago, using the same amount of electrical power, according to a blog published by Urs Holze, senior vice president of technical infrastructure, in late February.

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Jigar Shah

MARCH 29, 2019

Clean Electricity Like their peers, Amazon has been transitioning to fuel its data centers with solar and wind power. both to save the world and to make even more money for his shareholders. Here’s where he can start. In January 2018, AWS stated that it had achieved 50% renewable energy usage.

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