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Historic opportunity: Renewables start competing with fossil fuels
2015-02-06 09:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RT: The cost of supplying wind and solar energy has been plummeting since 2010, with accelerated deployment putting it on par with the costs of fossil fuel energy generation in some of the areas, says the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Hydro, biomass, geothermal and wind power are now competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, despite oil prices are falling , according to a IRENA report. The IRENA study called Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014,...
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Construction Week: Dodge Starts End 2014 With a 7% Annual Increase; Vt. Boosts Renewables Target
2015-01-28 21:27:59| ENR.com: Headline News
Construction starts totaled $575.3 billion in 2014, a 7% increase over the previous year, says Dodge Data & Analytics.
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Modi shifts on climate change with India renewables goal
2015-01-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is ready to expand its use of renewable energy as a way to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, a signal that his government is moving toward joining an international deal on global warming. After a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in New Delhi, the prime minister said that his nation along with all others has an obligation to act on reducing the fossil-fuel emissions blamed for damaging the climate. The remarks represent a shift in Indias tone on...
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When it comes to climate, Modi is more worried about renewables than Obama's emission cuts
2015-01-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: With U.S. President Barack Obamas visit to India just days away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is focused more on boosting the use of renewables in his country than committing to cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions. Obama announced a pact with China two months ago for capping emissions, raising the pressure on India, the third-biggest greenhouse polluter behind those two countries, to follow suit. Instead, Modi is likely to cite a 90 percent success rate in a program aimed at forcing companies to...
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Penn Energy Renewables receives financing for three Canadian solar power projects
2015-01-22 01:00:00| Power Technology
Penn Energy Renewables has received $125m financing for three solar energy projects to be developed in Ontario, Canada.
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