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DNC Platform Calls for Fossil Fuel Investigations, 100% Renewable Energy
2016-06-27 15:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The committee drafting the Democratic Party platform unanimously voted to include a call for the Justice Department to investigate fossil fuel companies for misleading the public on climate change. "All corporations owe it to their shareholders to fully analyze and disclose risks they face including climate risks. Those who fail to do so should be held accountable, the committee declared. The committee also included the goal of producing 100 percent of electricity from renewable sources by...
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Renewable energy set to get a separate power trading market
2016-06-27 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Standard: With the increasing share of renewable energy in the grid and its likelihood to disturb existing power systems, the government is preparing a separate power trading platform for clean energy. The platform will be jointly developed by the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) and Power Trading Corporation of India (PTC), a public-private venture for power trading. This would help states buy, sell and trade renewable-based power. This is likely to help states which have surplus renewable energy...
Report: Increase in electricity demand to spur growth of renewable energy in Tunisia
2016-06-24 01:00:00| Power Technology
The share of renewable energy in Tunisias' total energy mix is expected to increase as demand for electricity is estimated to reach 5,687MW by 2031, says a report by Timetric.
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GreenWish and Denham to build 600MW of renewable energy assets in Africa
2016-06-24 01:00:00| Power Technology
Energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital and renewable energy investment company GreenWish Partners have entered into a partnership to develop, build, and finance 600MW of renewable energy assets across sub-Saharan Africa by 2020.
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Germany had so much renewable energy on Sunday that it had to pay people to use electricity
2016-06-23 13:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: Last year the average renewable mix was 33%, reports Agora Energiewende, a German clean energy think tank. New wind power coming online should push that even higher. "We have a greater share of renewable energy every year,' said Christoph Podewils of Agora. "The power system adapted to this quite nicely. This day shows again that a system with large amounts of renewable energy works fine.' Critics have argued that because of the daily peaks and troughs of renewable energy--as the sun goes in and...
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