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THE U.K. JUST WENT 55 HOURS WITHOUT USING COAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
The government aims to switch off all coal plants by 2025 and has given renewables priority access to the grid... READ MORE›
MPS TO PRESSURE GOVERNMENT ON BACKING FOR SWANSEA TIDAL LAGOON PROJECT
While the Swansea lagoon is currently stalled, another UK tidal power project took an important step forward this week... READ MORE›
PLANS FOR WELSH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DELAYED BY CONCERNS OVER SEABIRDS
The Welsh plant would have a capacity of 3GW, similar to the 3.2GW of the nuclear power station being built at Hinkley Point in Somerset... READ MORE›
COAL GENERATOR THAT TRUMP TRIED TO SAVE FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
Few have embodied the struggle as much as FirstEnergy Solutions, which owns a fleet of coal and nuclear plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania... READ MORE›
GOOD NEWS ABOUT RENEWABLES: BUT THE HEAT IS STILL ON TO CUT FOSSIL FUEL USE
The most sobering figure in the agency's research is 81 percent the amount of global energy that comes from fossil fuels... READ MORE›
BALEARICS LAUNCH PIONEERING PLAN TO PHASE OUT EMISSIONS
Green manifesto for 2050 includes measures for transport and clean energy but could put islands on a path to confrontation with Madrid... READ MORE›
EUROPE'S TRANSITION TO A GREEN ENERGY FUTURE
Sweden is one of the leading lights when it comes to energy transition in Europe... READ MORE›
TESLA, AUSTRALIA TO TURN 50,000 HOMES INTO POWER GENERATORS
More than 60 percent of electricity generation in Australia is from coal, with 14 percent from renewables, according to government data published in 2016... READ MORE›
ALBERTA URGED TO REQUIRE LICENSED LAND AGENTS AS WIND AND SOLAR BOOM TAKES OFF
Alberta urged to require licensed land agents as wind and solar boom takes off... READ MORE›
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BRITAIN GOES A DAY WITHOUT BURNING COAL FOR ELECTRICITY
Coal-fired power generation contributes heavily to climate change burning coal produces twice as much carbon dioxide as burning natural gas... READ MORE›
U.K. JUST WENT WITHOUT COAL POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1880S
Coal plants by 2025 How to Hit the Brakes on Climate Change The U.K... READ MORE›
CHINA BUILDS WORLD'S BIGGEST SOLAR FARM IN JOURNEY TO BECOME GREEN SUPERPOWER #GLOBALWARNING
Vast plant in Qinghai province is part of China's determination to transform itself from climate change villain to a green energy colossus... READ MORE›
CHINA AIMS TO SPEND AT LEAST $360 BILLION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2020
China surpassed the United States a decade ago as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gasses, and now discharges about twice as much... READ MORE›
CHINA JUST BUILT A CUTE SOLAR PLANT SHAPED LIKE A PANDA
The first phase of the plant was completed on June 30, PV magazine reported and it has started delivering power to a grid in North Western China... READ MORE›
THE CHEAP ENERGY REVOLUTION IS HERE, AND COAL WON'T CUT IT
Unsubsidized wind and solar are beginning to outcompete coal and natural gas in an ever-widening circle of countries... READ MORE›
'SPECTACULAR' DROP IN RENEWABLE ENERGY COSTS LEADS TO RECORD GLOBAL BOOST
Falling solar and wind prices have led to new power deals across the world despite investment in renewables falling... READ MORE›
HUGE BOOST FOR RENEWABLES AS OFFSHORE WINDFARM COSTS FALL TO RECORD LOW
The price is half of what new offshore windfarms were being awarded just two years ago... READ MORE›
TRUMP MAY BE GOOD FOR OIL TROUBLE FORRENEWABLES
The president-elect has promised to promote oil, natural gas and coal aggressively, and pull back on Obama administration commitments to fighting climate change... READ MORE›
SUBSIDY PLAN FOR COAL AND NUCLEAR PLANTS 'WILL COST US TAXPAYERS $10.6BN A YEAR'
Non-partisan analysis reveals the cost of energy secretary Rick Perry's proposal to give handouts to some of the country's oldest and dirtiest power plants... READ MORE›
HINKLEY POINT: THE DREADFUL DEAL BEHIND THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE POWER PLANT
When it is finally completed, Hinkley Point C will be the most expensive power station in the world... READ MORE›
PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT: COST FOR U.S. ECONOMY FROM TRUMP'S WITHDRAWAL
Benioff tweeted that he was deeply disappointed by the decision, noting that his company would continue to strive to run only renewable energy... READ MORE›
CHINA CEMENTING GLOBAL DOMINANCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
The report noted the global expansion cements China's total domination of renewable energy growth globally... READ MORE›
NEW RECORD LOW PRICES FOR ELECTRICITY ARE SHAKING UP A STAID INDUSTRY
As market bidding structures expand beyond Alberta, the low bid prices will be crucial -- and disruptive -- for companies making the electricity... READ MORE›
RENEWABLES INVESTMENT IN UK WILL FALL 95% OVER NEXT THREE YEARS - STUDY
In contrast, public sector high carbon investment is rising, although slowly, the authors wrote... READ MORE›
ENERGY AGENCY REJECTS TRUMP PLAN TO PROP UP COAL AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
The industry has been besieged by multiple bankruptcies and a steady loss of market share as natural gas and renewable energy have flourished... READ MORE›
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TURN TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TO BREAK CYCLE OF WELFARE
Melina Loubicon-Massimo, from the Lubicon Cree First Nation in Canada, says her community has achieved incredible results with renewable energy... READ MORE›
ENERGY MINISTER TO BE GIVEN MORE CONTROL IN STATE'S $500M PLAN TO SECURE FUTURE
Photo SA wants to secure its own interests, say Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis and Premier Jay Weatherill... READ MORE›
CLEAN ENERGY IS TROUNCING OIL, GAS AND COAL IN TRUMP ERA
President Donald Trump took office vowing to revive the coal industry's fortunes. So far, the smart money has been on clean energy... READ MORE›
EXPLOSION AT EDF'S FLAMANVILLE NUCLEAR PLANT IN NORTHERN FRANCE
Nuclear power provides four-fifths of France's electricity generation, but much of the country's ageing nuclear fleet is expected to close in the 2030s... READ MORE›
UK SPENT 300 TIMES MORE ON FOSSIL FUELS THAN CLEAN ENERGY DESPITE GREEN PLEDGE
UK government failed to keep its pledge to support clean energy over fossil fuels abroad... READ MORE›
JAPAN, INDIA SIGN AGREEMENT ON CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER
Energy-hungry India wants to increase nuclear power generation to support its strong economic growth... READ MORE›
ECONOMICS TO KEEP WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY THRIVING WITH TRUMP
California and New York have set goals to source half of their power from clean energy by 2030... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST SOLAR FARM SET TO SPROUT IN A QUEENSLAND FIELD
That is equivalent to one fifth of the current total renewable energy target for the entire country in a single power station... READ MORE›
THESE 5 CHARTS SHOW THE SEISMIC SHIFTS HAPPENING IN GLOBAL ENERGY
Even China's Turning Away This map shows that most of the world's economies are turning away from coal, the most environmentally harmful fossil fuel... READ MORE›
FOSSIL-FUEL FRIENDLY TAX PLAN SPARES OIL, NOT SOLAR OR TESLA
Those held through corporate entities would see a big benefit from the 20 percent corporate tax rate, he said... READ MORE›
BURNING WOOD FOR POWER IS MISGUIDED SAY CLIMATE EXPERTS
He says wind and solar projects should dominate programmes to boost renewable energy generation in Europe... READ MORE›
'NO PLANS' TO CUT RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGET, JOSH FRYDENBERG SAYS
A report by the commission found that the cost of wind power had fallen by 60 percent in the past five years... READ MORE›
EARTH HOUR IS BAD FOR THE POOR
Foreign aid is increasingly tied to renewable energy projects such as building solar and wind power capacity, or tiny off-grid energy generators... READ MORE›
AA JOINS PROTEST AT GOVERNMENT'S GREEN CHANGES
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd recently said the government would keep its commitments on climate change, but more efficiently... READ MORE›