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Category Archives: Solar
New solar array projected to save $370,000 for Madison, N.H.
Madison, N.H., population 2,600, recently dedicated, according to the Conway Daily Sun, a: 63-kilowatt, 180-photovoltaic panel solar array, which was installed by ReVision Energy and will produce more than 80,000 kilowatt-hours of solar electricity each year. It will provide the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Haven Initiative, Madison, N.H., ReVision Energy, Solar array
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Biden, Sanders Agree: Clean Electricity by 2035
The New York Times reports that Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders agree that the Democrats’ 2020 platform should include: moving all electric power off fossil fuels by 2035; achieving carbon-neutrality in all new buildings by 2030; and installing 500 million … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden
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U.S. Electric Grid Could Be 90% Clean By 2035
A University of California, Berkeley report argues: The U.S. can reach 90 percent clean electricity by 2035, dependably and without increasing consumer bills Dr. Amol Phadke, Senior Scientist and affiliate at UC Berkeley’s Center for Environmental Public Policy, says: “This … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkley, electric grid, Renewable Energy, University of California, wind power
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Investor Prediction: Solar insanely, world-changingly cheap
Ramez Naam , author and solar investor, writes in part at his blog: Solar has plunged in price faster than anyone – including me – predicted. And modeling of that price decline leads me to forecast that solar will continue to drop … Continue reading
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Tagged fossil fuels decline, Ramez Naam, renewables, solar predictions
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NYTimes: Renewable Energy Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S.
A New York Times article by Brad Plumer notes that partly driven by Covid-19: The United States is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewable power than from coal for the first time on record. It adds: It … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, Decline of coal, energy predictions, renewables, wind power
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Covid-19 and the Future of Energy Use
Will the world wide decline in energy use, caused by the Covid-19 related economic slowdown, be a way to transition to clean energy or will the rebound be more use of fossil fuels? Here is key summary paragraph from … Continue reading
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Tagged energy predictions, fossil fuels decline, IEA
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Will Covid-19 Ruin Big Oil and Help Save the Climate?
The prevailing narrative is that big bad oil and the fossil fuel industry will prevail no matter how bad a business model it might be. A Guardian article weakens that assumption, by addressing: Will the coronavirus kill the oil industry and … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, End of Fossil Fuel
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Save The World, Speak Up, Word of Mouth Works
The more research we do in posting articles here, the more it becomes apparent we have to change the climate change narrative to catch up with the new reality. We like this phrase from a Wired magazine article: “If we … Continue reading
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Tagged Clive Thompson, Social influence, Stefano Carattini
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It’s Now More Profitable to Save World than to Ruin It
As part of our continuing series on how renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels, here is the Wired magazine article: Solar Power Is Sustainable for the Economy, Too by Stephen Witt. Here is my favorite quote from the article, which I am … Continue reading
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Tagged fossil fuels in decline, green renewables, Solar cheaper
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Forbes Contributor Bullish on Renewables
Frank Holmes, who covers emerging markets for Forbes, makes:The Case For Pivoting Into Renewable Energy. He writes: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects electricity generation from renewable sources to surpass nuclear and coal by as early as next year. … Continue reading
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Tagged divesting fossil fuels, green renewables, investing, stock market
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