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Renewable energy losing its shine in Europe
2013-03-22 04:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: For British entrepreneur Timothy Porter and millions of other Europeans who get generous financial incentives for solar panels, the sun has been very lucrative. Not only does the government pay Porter for producing solar energy he produces, at far higher than the market rate for electricity, but he can also use what he generates for himself. "It's fantastic," he said, admiring the solar panel he installed on the roof of his home in the English West Midlands two years ago. Such subsidies...
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United Kingdom: RSPB and Ecotricity team up to create renewable energy nature reserves
2013-03-22 02:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Wind farms have long been characterised as being harmful to wildlife, but thanks to a pioneering new partnership between the RSPB and one of the UK's leading wind farm developers they could soon become established as valuable wild life habitats. The charity has this week officially launched a partnership with Ecotricity that will see the two organisations work together on selecting new wind farm locations, establishing new wildlife habitats at renewable energy projects, and reducing the environmental...
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Apple makes renewable energy push with solar, fuel cells
2013-03-21 19:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Apple Inc now runs its largest U.S. data center entirely on renewable energy, with a majority of the power generated on-site from solar panels and fuel cells, the company's chief financial officer, Peter Oppenheimer, said on Thursday. The data center in Maiden, North Carolina, which supports Internet storage and Apple's service-hosting iCloud product, produces 167 million kilowatts -- the power equivalent of 17,600 homes for one year -- from a 100-acre solar farm and fuel cell installations provided...
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Apple hits 75 percent renewable energy across the board
2013-03-21 19:05:03| CNET News.com
The tech giant says three-quarters of its energy needs are now renewable, with some facilities now at 100 percent. [Read more]
Australia: Renewable energy target survives review, despite criticism
2013-03-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Australia's renewable energy target will survive at its current size after the Gillard government rejected calls from some of the country's largest power companies and business lobbies to cut it back. Responding to a review of the target on Thursday, Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said the government had decided to maintain the current target to ensure certainty for investors. He said modelling by the Climate Change Authority -- which carried out a review of the target and recommended...
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