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Apple's Siri adds voice to renewables as tech giant unveils plans to run on wind
2015-02-24 01:00:00| Power Technology
With the world's largest company unveiling plans to power its online services on Danish and Irish wind and global brands continuing to decarbonise operations, business is starting to take a lead on climate action. We look at why Tim Cook and Leonardo
Interconnectors: the key to bringing more renewables to the UK grid?
2015-02-19 01:00:00| Power Technology
UK energy regulator Ofgem is assessing five new interconnector projects that could result in renewable energy being transported between the UK and Europe, with other projects proposed between the UK and Africa. Could vastly increasing grid interconne
India: Land, finance key to India renewables drive: First Solar CEO
2015-02-15 13:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India will struggle to hit its "hugely ambitious" renewable energy target if it fails to make more land available for plants and ensure utilities have the means to buy in clean energy, the head of U.S.-based First Solar said on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made renewable energy a priority for his government, as he looks to leverage the falling cost of solar power - expected to reach parity with conventional energy by 2017 - and address India's chronic power shortages. First Solar Chief...
Seven Reasons Cheap Oil Can't Stop Renewables Now
2015-02-13 03:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Oil prices have fallen by more than half since July. Just five years ago, such a plunge in fossil fuels would have put the renewable-energy industry on bankruptcy watch. Today: Meh. Here are seven reasons why humanitys transition to cleaner energy wont be sidetracked by cheap oil. 1. The Sun Doesn't Compete With Oil Oil is for cars; renewables are for electricity. The two dont really compete. Oil is just too expensive to power the grid, even with prices well below $50 a barrel. Instead, solar...
War on Renewables Claims Victory in West Virginia
2015-02-06 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: West Virginia lowered the bar on renewable energy this week when Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed into law Tuesday the repeal of its Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio, enacted in 2009. In doing so, West Virginia became the first state of the 29 that currently have renewable energy targets to completely eliminate previously passed standards. The previous low bar was set in Ohio last July, when its legislature passed and Governor John Kasich signed into law a two-year freeze of its standards....
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