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United Kingdom: Farmers turn to renewables as crop yields falter
2013-02-26 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Farmers producing their own wind energy earned up to 50,000 last year, according to an industry-backed study. Analysis from NatWest, RBS, and trade association RenewableUK shows the majority of wind farm installations saw up to 80kW of capacity installed, generating 50,000 payments for farmers from electricity generated and exported to the grid. Meanwhile, smaller installations of 20kW attracted payments of around 12,000 a year. The National Farmers Union (NFU) estimates that during 2012...
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China: Wind Surpasses Nuclear: Proof Positive Renewables Can Power the Planet
2013-02-25 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Wind has overtaken nuclear as an electricity source in China. In 2012, wind farms generated two percent more electricity than nuclear power plants did, a gap that will likely widen dramatically over the next few years as wind surges ahead. Since 2007, nuclear power generation has risen by 10 percent annually, compared with winds explosive growth of 80 percent per year. Before the March 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan, China had 10,200 megawatts of installed nuclear capacity. With 28,000 megawatts...
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Saudi Arabia invites companies to bid for colossal renewables contracts
2013-02-22 12:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Green businesses have welcomed the official launch of Saudi Arabia's massive renewable energy procurement programme, which could see 54GW of new capacity added to the grid by 2032. The government-backed K.A. CARE (King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy) yesterday unveiled a white paper detailing the tender processes for new solar PV and solar thermal power plants, wind farms, geothermal facilities and waste-to-energy plants. The first three rounds of contracts are now expected to...
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Poll: Climate change a priority, but GOP, Dems split on renewables, emissions
2013-02-21 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: About one-third of people in the United States say action on climate change is "essential" in 2013, according to a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center poll released Thursday. Thirty-four percent of people in the poll called taking action on climate change essential this year." Thirty-nine percent said climate change needs to be addressed in the next few years, while 19 percent said nothing should be done and 8 percent had no opinion. Republicans who were polled rejected two major options for mitigating...
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Renewables Offer Profitable Diversification
2013-02-19 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - Diversification into renewables can bring good investment returns for farmers providing a steady and predictable income, writes Chris Harris.
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