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Fortune 500 listed companies pledge to use 100% renewable electricity
2015-09-23 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, NIKE, Inc., Procter & Gamble, Salesforce, Starbucks, Steelcase, Voya Financial, and Walmart have today joined RE100, pledging to source 100% of their electricity from renewable energy to reduce CO2 emissions and seize the business benefits. RE100 is an ambitious global campaign led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, to engage, support and showcase influential businesses committed to 100% renewable electricity. The companies have chosen this years Climate...
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Opposition parties warn sale of Hydro One will drive electricity rates higher
2015-09-14 20:31:03| Energy - Topix.net
A plan by Ontario's Liberal government to sell the province's largest electricity transmission company came under attack from both opposition parties as the legislature resumed Monday. The Progressive Conservatives and the New Democrats are opposed to the sale of Hydro One, warning it will lead to higher electricity prices.
Pakistan: Worlds Largest Solar Farm Generate Enough Electricity to Power 320,000 Households
2015-09-09 16:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: China is helping Pakistan build the largest solar farm in the world. The Chinese company Xinjiang SunOasis took only three months to install a 100-Megawatt (MW), 400,000-panel pilot power project--marking the first solar power plant in Pakistan. The plant started selling electricity to the grid last month, according to China Dialogue. The Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Park is a $130 million project on nearly 500 acres of land in the Cholistan desert in Punjab. And it`s just the first part of a larger...
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How Australias Electricity Demand Is Slashed By Solar PV
2015-09-05 13:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CleanTechnica: Every Australian household is aware of just how much electricity bills have risen in the past five years. They have effectively doubled, driven almost entirely by soaring network costs the result of building a grid for demand forecasts that were never met. And the reason they were never met is because the energy industry scoffed at two major innovations energy efficiency and rooftop solar. Consumers ended up paying billions of dollars for an oversized network, in anticipation of demand peaks...
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Joint IEA-NEA report details plunge in costs of renewable electricity; nuclear competitive with other baseload power sources
2015-08-31 18:55:54| Green Car Congress
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