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- Some Australian states are discovering what happens when they have too much rooftop solar 11 October 2024Alerts to possible power shortfalls have become a familiar occurrence. But experts say it won’t be long before the opposite is commonGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Victoria basks in mostly sunny spring weather this weekend, energy authorities will be monitoring how far electricity demand ebbs. If needed, they’ll turn […]Peter Hannam
- China to head green energy boom with 60% of new projects in next six years 9 October 2024IEA says faster clean energy rollout being led by solar power in China with country set to boast half of world’s renewables by 2030China is expected to account for almost 60% of all renewable energy capacity installed worldwide between now and 2030, according to the International Energy Agency.The IEA’s highly influential renewable energy report found […]Jillian Ambrose
- Today, with a £22bn pledge for carbon capture, Labour’s green revolution for Britain begins | Rachel Reeves 3 October 2024Revitalising the country’s industrial heartlands and creating decent, well-paid jobs is at the heart of our missionRachel Reeves is the chancellor of the exchequerThree months ago, the British people voted for change. For a Britain that works for working people again, with an economy that is growing, an NHS that is fixed and more money […]Rachel Reeves
- The man in charge of Labour’s green energy dream: ‘It’s at the limit of what’s achievable’ 1 October 2024Fintan Slye, head of the new grid operator Neso, is aware that critics are sceptical about achieving ‘clean power by 2030’. But with tough decisions, he says, it can be doneThe dense latticework of Great Britain’s electricity grid looms above the control-room floor from giant digital screens that show every pulse of the country’s power […]Jillian Ambrose
- Amid Australia’s chaotic climate politics, the rooftop solar boom is an unlikely triumph | Adam Morton 30 September 2024It’s difficult to overstate how rapidly Australians have embraced solar power – there’s now more rooftop solar than coal-fired power. The key question is what policymakers can learn from its successGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia was a different place in 2011. Julia Gillard’s Labor government, the Greens and a […]Adam Morton
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- Work starts on New York’s first offshore wind project 15 February 2022South Fork Wind Farm is a 132 MW project to be located 19 miles southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island. The project is approved to install 12 or fewer wind turbines and will use Siemens-Gamesa’s 11 MW turbines. Kiewit Offshore Services will design and build the project’s substation.John Engel
- Ethanol isn’t as green as you might think, researchers say 15 February 2022The carbon intensity of corn ethanol supported by the U.S.'s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is likely at least 24% higher than gasoline, according to aJohn Engel
- ‘This is punitive’: Kansas Senate committee considers poison pill wind energy bills 15 February 2022Senators heard three hours of testimony from anti-wind sources and just one hour from proponents of renewable energyRenewable Energy World
- California PUC adopts plan to add 25.5GW of renewables by 2023 14 February 2022The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved plans to add around 25,500 MW of renewable energy resources and 15,000 MW of energy storage and demand response resources by 2032. The decision also adopted a 35 million metric ton (MMT) electric sector greenhouse gas emission (GHG) planning target. That goal, also to be achieved by 2032, is […]Renewable Energy World
- Duke Energy aims to double renewable energy capacity by 2030 14 February 2022The utility's five-year capital plan totals $63 billion, 80% of which will support investments in grid modernization and zero or lower-carbon emitting generation.John Engel