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by Sven Teske on January 24, 2019 at 12:25 am

The gas industry of the future could manufacture and deliver renewable fuels, rather than mining and processing natural gas. The post How 100% renewables can create jobs and even save the gas industry appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Michael Barnard on January 23, 2019 at 10:11 pm

It’s clear that shifting to a renewable economy is viable, will have economic consequences for a subset of industries, and will be economically beneficial in multiple ways […]

by Steve Hanley on January 23, 2019 at 8:00 pm

Swedish prime minister Stefan Löfven has announced that the sale of cars with gasoline or diesel engines will be banned in his country after 2030. Sweden now joins Denmark, India, the Netherlands, Ireland, and Israel on the list of nations which say they will ban the sale of cars with internal combustion engines by that date. […]

by Steve Hanley on January 23, 2019 at 7:55 pm

Waymo and Magna have announced they will open a factory to manufacture self-driving cars somewhere in southeastern Michigan and expect the first cars to come off the assembly line this year. […]

on January 23, 2019 at 7:02 pm

As regulators call for a more formal transportation electrification framework, the state's utilities are stepping up with pilot programs that address peak demand and rate concerns. […]

by Joshua S Hill on January 23, 2019 at 7:00 pm

The world's greenest and most sustainable companies have been highlighted in two parallel reports published this week by CDP, the non-profit global environmental disclosure platform, and Canadian media and research company Corporate Knights, with the common thread in both lists being the consistent economic performance of companies committed to fighting climate change and addressing environmental issues.&nbs […]

on January 23, 2019 at 6:28 pm

China-based integrated polysilicon and merchant cell manufacturer Tongwei Group has guided net profit in 2018 to be flat to slightly up on the previous year, despite rapid solar cell capacity expansions. […]

by Joshua S Hill on January 23, 2019 at 6:00 pm

Surface melt in Greenland's southwest is causing the ice sheet to melt faster than previously thought […]

on January 23, 2019 at 5:26 pm

Scatec Solar and its partners were busy over the last month, with the company completing a 65MW PV project in Malaysia while starting work on a 117MW installation in Argentina. […]

by Steve Hanley on January 23, 2019 at 5:00 pm

Google has signed a PPA with solar energy companies in Taiwan to supply its local data center with 10 megawatts of zero emissions electricity. This is Google's first renewable energy venture in Asia. […]

by Joshua S Hill on January 23, 2019 at 4:00 pm

Spanish industrial energy supplier FORTIA ENERGÍA and Nordic renewable energy producer Statkraft announced on Monday a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) which will see Statkraft provide 3 terawatt-hours of renewable energy over ten years […]

on January 23, 2019 at 3:41 pm

Tata Power Co. is seeking to set up electric vehicle chargers in the Indian capital, a company official said, as one of the most polluted cities on earth plans an ambitious push toward cleaner vehicles. […]

on January 23, 2019 at 3:02 pm

Pacific Gas & Electric expects the bankruptcy process to stretch two years, or possibly longer, leaving developers worried about getting paid for their existing power purchase agreements. […]

by Joshua S Hill on January 23, 2019 at 3:00 pm

The energy regulators for France and Spain announced last week that they had rejected the controversial Franco-Spanish South Transit East Pyrenees (STEP) natural gas pipeline, the first stage in the larger Midi-Catalonia (MidCat) gas pipeline, citing costs and that it was not necessary […]

by info@greentechmedia.com on January 23, 2019 at 2:45 pm

Texas may be the center of the U.S. oil and gas industry, but the latest data shows that the state's competitive energy market is increasingly favoring clean energy over fossil fuel alternatives. New information from state grid operator ERCOT shows that carbon-free resources made up more than 30 percent of its 2018 energy consumption, and a slightly larger percentage of its 2019 generation capacity. In both cases, the largest share of credit goes to the state’s massive wind farms, which […]