Renewable energy - Weekly update ⋅ December 31, 2018

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	Apple and Google can help power the switch to renewable energy Wired.co.uk In April, the company announced that its entire worldwide operation ran on 100 per cent renewable energy, including hundreds of retail stores, dozens ... Flag as irrelevant
	6 Renewable Energy Trends To Watch In 2019 Forbes 2019 promises to be an exciting year for clean tech. An increasing number of countries, companies and regions are embracing sustainable energy ... Flag as irrelevant
	Colorado Governor-Elect Pushes For 100 Percent Renewable Energy WLRN So spiders expend a lot of energy making their webs, and in order to lessen the damage, they try to build them to - so they won't get the full brunt of the ... Colorado Governor-Elect Pushes For 100 Percent Renewable Energy - GPB News Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	My No. 1 Renewable Energy Stock for 2019 Motley Fool The company got off to a great start to the year by working with Brookfield Asset Management to acquire Spanish wind and solar power company ... Flag as irrelevant
	2018 Farm Bill Includes Key Renewable Energy Program CleanTechnica Funding for a wide-ranging renewable energy funding program that benefits farmers and other rural businesses somehow made it into the new Farm ... Flag as irrelevant
	How Maryland's renewable energy law subsidizes Virginia's dirty air Washington Post For more than a decade, Maryland utilities have been paying Virginia paper mills for renewable energy credits representing black liquor, a waste ... Flag as irrelevant
	Saudi Arabia Reaches Renewable Energy Crossroads In 2019 Forbes The annual UN climate change talks ended just as the festive season was upon us with the conclusion focusing on two key points. An agreement was ... Flag as irrelevant
	Why Nobody In Renewable Energy Had A Better 2018 Than First Solar Forbes In mid-2017 Arizona's First Solar was set up for a tricky 2018. It was overhauling its manufacturing facilities, juggling inventory, wary of the impact of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Tyranny of distance: The renewable power disconnect The Sydney Morning Herald The renewable energy boom may be going to waste because the best place to put wind and solar is too far away to connect to the grid. Australia has ... Yay! Coal In My Stocking! Critiques Of Climate Action Amidst Moves To Renewable Energy - CleanTechnica 2018: The Year of 100% Clean Energy - Greentech Media India Revises Solar Auction Plans As Tariffs Beat Thermal Power Prices - CleanTechnica Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	9 Renewable Energy Highlights of 2018 EcoWatch By Jeff Deyette. Despite the Trump administration's ongoing attempts to prop up coal and undermine renewables—at FERC, EPA and through tariffs ... 2018 Was Key To Australian Clean Energy Industry, 2019 Has To Continue That Growth - CleanTechnica NV Energy Reorients Generation Mix toward Solar, Retiring Coal - Electric Light & Power NV Energy Reorients Generation Mix toward Solar, Retiring Coal - Power Engineering Magazine Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	City Utilities contracts with Kansas wind farm, boosting Springfield's renewable energy Springfield News-Leader City Utilities announced Thursday that another 100 megawatts of wind-generated electricity will soon be part of Springfield's power supply. In a news ... CU hits goal of 40% renewable energy - Springfield Business Journal Enel celebrates US double - reNEWS City Utilities Adds 100 MW Of Wind To Energy Supply For Springfield - KTTS Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Colorado Governor-Elect Pushes For 100 Percent Renewable Energy NPR Colorado's incoming governor Jared Polis is among a number of state Democratic leaders pledging more action on climate as the Trump ... Flag as irrelevant
	Achieving perfect fit for renewable energy puzzle Thegardenisland.com Kauai Island Utility Cooperative has reached an important milestone by increasing its renewable portfolio to more than 50 percent. This was KIUC's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Renewable Energy Opponents Turn Up The Volume CleanTechnica I came across two articles recently — one from the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the other from New American — that savage renewable energy ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sunshine Sector: Job Opportunities in Solar Entrepreneur Sustainable energy is the future for our world. In addition, when we are saying sustainable, we need to highlight solar here, because it has proven to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Local groups put weight behind Keene renewable energy plans The Keene Sentinel Local groups put weight behind Keene renewable energy plans ... behind a proposed resolution to rid the city's energy grid of fossil fuels by 2030. Flag as irrelevant
	IEMOP proposes nationwide system for renewable energy development Philippine Star The Philippine Renewable Energy Market System (PREMS) was set to be implemented by January 2019, but may face delays due to a failed bidding, ... Flag as irrelevant
	3 Top Renewable Energy Stocks to Watch in December Motley Fool With renewable energy growing at staggering rates, we asked three Motley Fool contributors to highlight a stock they think investors should have on ... Flag as irrelevant
	India renewable energy sector awaits a reboot Livemint Is the stage set for a rebound in the Indian renewable energy sector? Heading into 2019 that is the question stakeholders will try to get a grip on. Flag as irrelevant
	Minnesota set to see second consecutive year of strong solar energy growth Minneapolis Star Tribune Minnesota is set for a second consecutive year of strong growth for solar energy, anchored by a 23 percent increase in the size of the state's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Black Hills Corp. balances renewable, traditional energy Sioux City Journal Corriedale Wind Energy Project is the official name for the wind farm near Cheyenne. It is the primary renewable energy project currently serving ... Black Hills Corp. balances renewable, traditional energy - San Francisco Chronicle Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Healdsburg becomes second Sonoma County city to operate on 100 percent renewable power Santa Rosa Press Democrat Healdsburg has transitioned its electrical accounts for city government to entirely renewable sources, becoming just the second city in Sonoma County ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pakistan can meet SDGs by tapping wind, solar energy SciDev.Net [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan can bridge 86 per cent of its estimated 38.36 terawatt-hour electricity shortfall by unlocking its wind and solar energy potential, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Share of renewable energy in Mongolia reaches 16 pct Xinhua ULAN BATOR, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- The share of renewable energy in Mongolia's total electricity production has reached a record high in 2018, local ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reliance to buy majority stake in renewable energy services firm Kanoda VCCircle Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd has agreed to pick up a 88% stake in renewable energy services firm Kanoda Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd for ... Flag as irrelevant
	State commission recommends funding for solar power project Brainerd Dispatch The White Earth Nation Community Solar for Community Action project, led by the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance in Backus, recently received ... Flag as irrelevant
	World Bank: Arab, African Countries Among 'Best' in Developing Renewable Energy Asharq Al-awsat English The World Bank has recently released a report, titled Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2018, in which it warned that the world, as a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Light Years Ahead! Karnataka Now Leads India's Renewable Energy Revolution With A Capacity ... India Times Karnataka is showing the rest of the country, how to gradually transform the energy sources from non renewable to sustainable. With a total production ... Flag as irrelevant
	These Arab countries among 'best' in renewable energy development StepFeed The United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Tunisia have been listed among the world's fastest developers in "renewable energy" between 2010 and 2017. Flag as irrelevant
	Apple gets honors, Zuckerberg's hearing, and even Apple Stores now run on renewable energy ... AppleInsider As of April 2018, Apple's entire operation runs on 100% renewable power. That does include Apple Park, it does include its data centers and it even ... Flag as irrelevant
	ICRA maintains stable year end outlook for conventional power sector Economic Times Rising demand is being met from higher generation by thermal and renewable energy plants. This is reflected in improvement in capacity utilisation of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Egypt, UAE and Tunisia among best countries worldwide in developing renewable energy Arab News It said that incentives provided to the private sector in those countries have encouraged it to invest in renewable energy. They helped by developing ... Report: 3 Arab Countries Among Best Countries Worldwide in Developing Renewable Energy - Al-Bawaba UAE and Egypt among best countries in developing renewable energy: World Bank - ZAWYA UAE, Egypt, Tunisia on best renewable energy developers list - MENAFN.COM Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Top 10 local news stories of 2018: No. 7 - Longmont adopts 100 percent renewable-energy goal Longmont Times-Call Top 10 local news stories of 2018. Through Dec.31, the Times-Call will count down the top stories of the year, as selected by the newspaper's editors. Flag as irrelevant
	Inside the Bill That Set the 'Strongest Clean Energy Requirement in the Nation' CityLab While several smaller cities have already reached similar 100-percent renewable energy targets, Washington, D.C., is by far the largest city to make ... Flag as irrelevant
	Pelosi Names Castor Chair of New Committee to Address Climate Crisis Fortune Castor said Friday that the committee she will lead “must act with urgency” to limit carbon dioxide pollution and create green energy jobs. “The costs of ... Pelosi taps Florida Democrat to lead climate change panel - Seymour Tribune Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Hawaii taxpayers claim close to $86M in renewable energy tax credits in 2016 Pacific Business News (Honolulu) The state of Hawaii dished out $85.8 million in renewable energy tax credits in 2016, down from $98.6 million during the previous year, according to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Rewind 2018: Was renewable energy in power? Down To Earth Magazine Here are the major policies framed, studies conducted and steps taken in the last year to boost use of renewable energy in India ... Round-up of renewable energy PPA news (Dec 17-28) - Renewables Now India actively promotes renewable energy: minister - Xinhua India 2019: Govt should propel growth in infra, renewable energy sector to ease unemployment pain - Firstpost Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Anthesis: putting theory into best practice Energy Digital - Energy News, Magazine and Website “Additionally, in the area of energy and renewables we provide support with alternative financing to access funds to accelerate the delivery of those ... Flag as irrelevant
	Climate and energy news in 2018 actually wasn't all bad Vox Public opinion shifted in 2018 in favor of regulating greenhouse gases, and 100 percent renewable energy goals became wildly popular. In the ... Is Maryland prepared for a clean energy future? - Frederick News Post These are the 17 countries that have done the most to limit global warming since 2017 - Business Insider Climate Policy In 2018 Centers On IPCC Warning & Continued Global Growth - CleanTechnica Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	Indian Renewable Energy Sector Received $3.2 Billion in FDI During 2015-2018: DIPP Mercom India The Indian renewable energy sector received approximately $3.2 billion in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI) from April 2015 to June 2018, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Voices of 2018: Renewable Energy, the Cloud & Security Data Center Frontier (blog) Data centers' adoption of renewable energy sources like wind power were a topic of discussion in 2018. (Image: American Public Power Association ... Flag as irrelevant
	EPA Improves Tool for Siting Renewable Energy Projects on Contaminated Lands Renewable Energy Magazine (press release) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has updated a key tool in helping project developers and local regulators site renewable energy facilities ... Flag as irrelevant
	Top 5 Renewable Energy Trends for 2019: Why Hydrogen Makes The Cut Triple Pundit (blog) With the urgency of climate action in mind, here are five energy trends to look out for in 2019. They are not necessarily the biggest trends in terms of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Year in Review: 9 Clean Energy Transition Stories from 2018 Union of Concerned Scientists (blog) Here are nine storylines that caught my attention this past year and help illustrate the unstoppable advancement of renewable energy and other ... Flag as irrelevant
	China's Big Push for Solar Energy Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses Emerging markets are frontrunners in solar energy production and consumption. By overtaking the developed countries, emerging economies like ... Flag as irrelevant
	Major Funding Pledges Won't Close the Clean Energy Investment Gap Scientific American (blog) And several countries increased their funding to the Green Climate Fund, which supports renewable energy and climate resilience projects in ... Flag as irrelevant
	Green light: India to near clean energy goals in 2019 Financial Express India's renewable energy (wind and solar) sector's contribution to the overall power generation mix is expected to cross 10% in FY20 as the country ... How upcoming budget, general elections may decide for India's renewable energy sufficiency ... - Financial Express Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	New Jersey BPU moves to change solar energy subsidies Press of Atlantic City TRENTON — The state is getting ready to lessen the financial burden of subsidizing solar energy development, shouldered for years by ratepayers. New Jersey BPU releases plan for new solar program after SREC ends - Solar Power World Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	DTBird SuccessfullyTests its V4D4 Module in the United States Renewable Energy Magazine (press release) DTBird's ability to detect and deter large raptors, particularly golden eagles, and to reduce the risk of collisions with wind turbines (WTG) was ... Flag as irrelevant
	Incentivizing green energy locally Utica Observer Dispatch NEW HARTFORD — To Potentia Management Group, ideas of efficient energy go past the aesthetics of LED. And with the state's continued promotion ... Flag as irrelevant