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INFO: Climate change is a potential threat to the welfare of mankind and its mitigation is becoming urgent. Nuclear energy, which provides one-fifth of U.S. electricity generation, is a leading utilit…
The EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2016: Looks Like a Bright Future for Renewables
Every July, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) holds an annual conference to discuss current energy technology, market, and policy issues, and this year, they presented results from their Ann…
Corporations are Becoming Major Players in Renewable Energy Growth - PPAs are a Key Factor
With the Paris Agreement having set aggressive climate goals and the price of renewable energy getting cheaper, more and more corporations are adopting clean energy in order to become more economical …
Are Renewable Energies Reversing Progress on Climate Goals in Some Ways?
Renewable energy sources have seen great progress in the last decade, with significant innovation and growth, especially since the Paris Agreement was signed lasted fall. However, with their embraceme…
President Obama's Clean Energy Savings for All Plan
President Barack Obama made Environmental history on July 19th, as he announced a plan to bring more solar energy to American homes. The Clean Energy Savings for All Plan sets a monumental goal of bri…
Tesla's Master Plan II Revealed
Elon Musk has revealed the second master plan for his electric car company Tesla - although in a couple years it may be a lot more than a car company. I made a prediction on what Elon's plan might ent…
Cloud Services Turning to Renewable Energy
The cloud - a service many of us use to extend our phone's and computer's storage by uploading information to remote servers - consume a lot of electricity to stay operational. In fact, in 2013 data c…
Solar Impulse 2 - The First Aircraft to Circle the Globe Using Solar
The Solar Impulse 2 has become the first solar powered aircraft to complete a trip around the world. Packing 17,000 solar cells in its wings, the Solar Impulse 2 harnessed energy from the sun to power…
Women: Promoting Clean Energy & The Renewable Energy Revolution
According to the the UN’s Industrial Development Organization, approximately 1.3 billion people worldwide lack access to basic energy, for cooking, lighting and powering homes. The organization also…
Massachusetts Passes Compromise Energy Bill: “An Act to Promote Energy Diversity”
The Massachusetts State Legislature has devised a compromise energy bill to be sent Gov. Charlie Baker. Though significantly less specific than the original Senate draft bill, it still requires the st…
New Solar Cell Produces Burnable Fuel
A new solar cell breakthrough at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has the potential to expedite our adoption of solar significantly as it fixes a serious shortcoming that plagues current ce…
California’s Efficient Permit Licensing Helps Residential Solar Expand
California has been leading the country in solar energy consumption and looks to continue this impressive achievement as it implements new progressive policies like “The Expedited Solar Permitting A…
India Committing to a Renewable Future
NTPC, India’s largest electricity producer, is altering its expansion plan to include a greater emphasis on renewable energy. With a successful completion of the company’s expansion plan, NTPC wil…
Senate Bill 32 Sets Aggressive New Goal for California Emission Levels
California is leading the nation in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, and has done so through aggressive climate bills. This effective methodology looks to continue as California recently passed Sena…
The Exponential Growth of Electric Vehicle Adoption
The rise of electric car companies like Tesla, growing fears of climate change, and tougher policies on emissions have culminated in a growing attention on the electric vehicle industry. And the EV in…
The Price of Solar Continues to Fall
The price of both installation and buying solar panels is reaching remarkable lows. New data from 2015 shows that the price of installation in 2015 went down 5% for residential rooftop systems and 12%…
Harvesting River and Tidal Energy – A sustainable, local, low-cost approach - NSTC October Business Breakfast, 10/26 - 7 am
Harvesting River and Tidal Energy – A sustainable, local, low-cost approach NSTC October Business Breakfast Co-Produced by NSTC Sustainability Forum Wednesday, October 26 - Registration start…
Tesla Gigafactory: What it means for solar energy?
Tesla's Gigafactory out in Nevada has been creating a stir in the news recently, and with good reason. Their goal? Running the battery production facility with zero fossil fuel consumption. In ord…
All Dutch trains now run 100% on wind power
Electric trains have always been a relatively sustainable mode of transport, with much lower emissions than cars, but as of the 1st of January, 2017, all electric train rides in the Netherlands have b…
Scottish Government unveils plans to meet half of country's electricity needs from renewables by 2030
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…
America's First Offshore Wind Farm
America's first offshore wind farm began generating energy off the coast of Rhode Island last month. This wind farm is called the Block Island wind farm, and was created by the Deepwater Wind company.…
New York Approves Largest United States Offshore Wind Farm
New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has approved the largest U.S. offshore wind farm, which will be built off of Long Island. It will generate enough electricity to power over 50,000 homes on Long Island…
Why Current & Future Jobs Rely on Clean Energy - Key Trends as Reported by the Environmental Defense Fund
President Trump has frozen four important rules that were created to promote greater energy efficiency, and this seems to be step one of a larger plan to cut into environmental protections/budgets. Ac…
Wind turbines in US Great Plains states produced more than half the Region’s Power, for the first time
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 Panha…
China to invest $361 billion into renewable power generation by 2020
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. …