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Massachusetts Preps for US Offshore Wind Construction Boom

Massachusetts,Wind energy,US Offshore Energy

by Kalyani.rc Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), a ratepayer-funded research organization that works to accelerate the success of clean energy technologies, companies and projects in the state, last week announced plans to conduct a study o… more...

  Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 6163 views | Posted on: 03/16/2017 | Last updated: 03/16/2017

China to invest $361 billion into renewable power generation by 2020

Renewable Energy,China

by Kalyani.rc Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

China will invest 2.5 trillion yuan ($361 billion) into renewable power generation by 2020, as the world's largest energy market continues to shift away from dirty coal power towards cleaner fuels. The investment will create over 13 mill… more...

  Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 2988 views | Posted on: 03/13/2017 | Last updated: 03/13/2017

Battery Breakthrough by CUNY Energy Institute: Low Cost, Long Life, Non-Toxic & Safe

Energy,Solar,Wind,Battery Storage

by Kalyani.rc Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

A low-cost, nonflammable battery with a high energy density and the capability of thousands of more recycling cycles than any comparable battery to come out of a laboratory has been developed by researchers at The City University of New Yor… more...

  Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 2799 views | Posted on: 03/13/2017 | Last updated: 03/13/2017

The Union Budget 2017 Was a Missed Opportunity for the Solar Industry

solar energy, solar power, solar rooftop

by Rajesh Jhamb

The Union Budget of 2017 was announced on February 1, 2017. It is no doubt that the budget of the FY 2017-18 was the most anticipated budget of the recent past thanks to events like demonetization that shook the entire nation. As a result, … more...

  Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 1247 views | Posted on: 02/28/2017 | Last updated: 02/28/2017

India’s solar capacity to double in 2017

Solar Energy,India clean energy

by Kalyani.rc Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

In 2017, India’s solar capacity is projected to double to 18 GW, with 14.2 GW of solar projects currently under development and tenders for approximately 6.3 GW are yet to be auctioned. India’s solar capacity is set to double as larg… more...

  Filed under: Energy

2 replies | 4549 views | Posted on: 02/16/2017 | Last updated: 02/28/2017

Low-cost solar solutions light thousands of homes in India

Solar Energy,India clean energy

by Kalyani.rc Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

India’s Energy Minister Piyush Goyal announced it is now less costly to produce electricity from the sun than from coal in the country. According to the World Energy Outlook 2016, 244 million people in India do not have access to elect… more...

  Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 5265 views | Posted on: 02/16/2017 | Last updated: 02/16/2017

How California is charting a path forward on Clean Energy

California,renewables,Clean Energy Policy,clean energy jobs

by Kalyani.rc Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

The late California historian Kevin Starr once wrote, “California had long since become one of the prisms through which the American people, for better and for worse, could glimpse their future.” These words have never felt truer. C… more...

  Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 5255 views | Posted on: 02/16/2017 | Last updated: 02/16/2017

Wind turbines in US Great Plains states produced more than half the Region’s Power, for the first time

clean energy,Wind energy,Renewable Energy

by Kalyani.rc Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Wind turbines across the Great Plains states produced, for the first time, more than half the region’s electricity. The power grid that supplies a corridor stretching from Montana to the Texas Panhandle was getting 52.1 percent of its pow… more...

  Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 3405 views | Posted on: 02/15/2017 | Last updated: 02/15/2017

Google Soon to Deliver on 100% Renewables Promise

clean energy,google,Corporate Renewable Energy

by Kalyani.rc Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Sometime within the next 12 months, internet search and cloud services giant Google will be buying enough clean power on an ongoing basis to account for the electricity needs of both its 13 data centers (so far) and offices in more than 150… more...

  Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 1435 views | Posted on: 02/14/2017 | Last updated: 02/15/2017

Scottish Government unveils plans to meet half of country's electricity needs from renewables by 2030

Renewable Energy,Carbon Reduction

by Kalyani.rc Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

The Scottish government has taken the first steps to heavily cutting the country’s reliance on North Sea oil and gas after calling for 50% of Scotland’s entire energy needs to come from renewables. In a subtle but significant shift o… more...

  Filed under: Energy

0 replies | 2442 views | Posted on: 01/25/2017 | Last updated: 01/25/2017

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