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Alberta’s Wind and Solar Regulations Put More Than 6,000 Jobs at Risk, Critics Say

DeSmogBlog

The province has outlined 13 new regulations limiting wind and solar projects near agriculture land and other proposed “protected” areas. These include the creation of 35-kilometre buffer zones intended to protect what the province has termed “pristine viewscapes” from wind power development. million homes. “By

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What should homeowners consider when switching to renewable energy?

Smart Energy International

Large solar farms are becoming more common, and homeowners who live near one may be able to purchase power from the grid. Another way to power homes with renewable energy is through the wind. Solar may be the first renewable that comes to mind, but wind power is the biggest source of green energy in the US.

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Renewable power plants need better planning and design

Renewable Energy World

Over the past decade, $3 trillion has been invested in clean power worldwide. degrees Fahrenheit), the best-case scenario outlined at the Paris Climate Accord, global investment in renewable energy needs to double over the next decade. The world will need thousands of new solar, wind, and geothermal power plants.

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Interview – Eliminating roadblocks to further geothermal development in Kenya and Africa

ThinkGeoEnergy

With Kenya soon to join the 1-GW club of geothermal power producers, the momentum of development is certainly in the favor of the East African country. This is, however, an under-representation of the geothermal potential of Kenya. They have essentially de-risked the field and confirmed that there is a resource.

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Alok Sharma: 'Climate must be at the heart of everything that we do'

Business Green

Now people in my country talk about nuclear or fossil as baseload, but geothermal is doing that job in countries like Kenya. The plant I visited, Olkaria, was already producing 1 gigawatt of power. Kenya has the potential for ten times more geothermal power. Central banks or investment banks.

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The Fight to Define ‘Green Hydrogen’ Could Determine America’s Emissions Future

DeSmogBlog

But the hydrogen industry, oil companies like Chevron and BP that are investing in the technology, and even a few renewable energy groups argued otherwise. They would shut down investment in the industry, “effectively making it dead on arrival.” The stakes are extremely high.”

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Interview – Taiwan at a critical juncture in geothermal development

ThinkGeoEnergy

In recent years, Taiwan has slowly but resolutely built a modest geothermal power sector. At this critical juncture of Taiwan’s geothermal journey, the country will once again be hosting the Taiwan International Geothermal Conference in Taipei on February 20-21, 2024.