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Global Impacts of Germanys Renewable Energy Transformation
2014-09-18 18:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The New York Times has finally broken away from the old narrative that renewable power is simply too expensive to be really competitive, with a ground-breaking if incomplete piece on the global and spreading impacts of the German energiewende (energy transformation). The article points out that by creating a secure, ring-fenced market for renewable electricity, Germany not only built up its own manufacturing capacities to make solar and wind cheaper, but lured the Chinese into the market at such...
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Australia: Christine Milne offers to pass Direct Action if renewable energy target stays
2014-09-18 09:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Christine Milne has said the Greens will help put spine and rigour into the Coalitions Direct Action climate plan and allow it to become law, in return for an assurance that the renewable energy target will not be wound back. Milne called Direct Action a pathetic ill-defined excuse for climate action but said the Greens would negotiate with the government to improve it on condition the RET remained unchanged. The Greens leader said the government had put jobs at risk by repealing carbon...
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White House Highlights New DOE Measures to Advance Renewable Energy Deployment and Increase ...
2014-09-18 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Energy Department announced executive actions to expand renewable energy and cut GHG emissions. To connect skilled veterans to clean energy industry, Solar Instructor Training Network is launching pilot job training program for veterans at 3 military bases. SunShot Initiative announced online tool to chip away at solar soft costs, such as interconnection, permitting, and financing. In addition, Department issued proposed energy efficiency conservation standard for commercial unitary air ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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Australia: Renewable energy target: Coalition and Labor no closer compromise
2014-09-17 09:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The two major parties appear no closer to a compromise on the future of the renewable energy target, amid a push by Coalition backbenchers to strip away the mechanism for large-scale wind and solar projects. The government has repeatedly called on Labor to compromise over the RET, which requires that 41,000 gigawatt hours of Australias energy comes from renewable sources by 2020. The scheme is made up of the large-scale RET, aimed at wind and solar farms, and the small-scale renewable energy scheme,...
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Cargill claims milestone in quest for renewable source of superabsorbency
2014-09-16 18:42:40| Chemicals - Topix.net
Diapers are among products that use acrylic acid, which is synthesized from crude oil. A team of researchers said they've achieved a milestone in producing acrylic acid from renewable materials.
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