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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyBuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySub-National Governments

    Nova Scotia Unveils EV, Energy Retrofit Fund, but Climate Analysts Look for More

    Full Story: The Canadian Press @CdnPressNews with files from The Energy Mix

    February 26, 2021
     
    February 26, 2021
    Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin has announced C$19 million in rebates to help people buy electric vehicles and to assist low-income families in making ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsSupply Chains & Consumption

    Global Solar Installations Could Reach 209 GW This Year as BNEF Projects 13 to 50% Growth

    February 26, 2021
     
    February 26, 2021
    New installations of photovoltaic solar capacity will reach 160 to 209 gigawatts (that’s up to 209 billion watts) this year, with booming activity in ...
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    U.S. Wind, Solar Post Record Growth in 2020 Despite Pandemic Restrictions, Job Losses

    February 24, 2021
     
    February 24, 2021
    United States solar and wind developers had a record year in 2020 despite punishing restrictions and job losses brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
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    Time to Come Clean on Rising Carbon Emissions, Bloomberg Columnist Urges Musk

    February 24, 2021
     
    February 24, 2021
    It’s time for Tesla founder Elon Musk to come clean about the rising carbon footprint of his signature product, as the company’s rapid growth ...
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  • Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    $16,752 Power Bill was a Feature, Not a Bug, in Texas’ Market-Driven Electricity System

    February 22, 2021
     
    February 22, 2021
    With one Texas ratepayer looking at a US$16,752 power bill, and another down to her last $200 after her electricity reseller cleaned out her ...
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    Texas Blackouts Highlight Disaster Risk for U.S., Canadian Utilities

    February 22, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 22, 2021
    With many Texans still scrambling to recover from a week of freezing cold weather, power blackouts, and water shortages, early analysis in the United ...
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    BREAKING: Texas Was ‘Seconds and Minutes’ from Months-Long Blackouts, Grid Operator Admits

    February 19, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 19, 2021
    At least 47 people were dead, hundreds of thousands of homes were still without power, half of the state was under a boil water ...
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  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Missouri Solar Installer Reports ‘Overwhelming’ Interest as Customers Face Rolling Blackouts

    February 19, 2021
     
    February 19, 2021
    Though politicians in Texas might insist on wrongly blaming renewable energy for the devastated condition of the state’s power grid, people in northwestern Missouri ...
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    Bitcoin Draws as Much Electricity as Argentina as Consumption Quadruples in Four Years

    February 19, 2021
     
    February 19, 2021
    With the computing power that drives the popular cryptocurrency bitcoin now consuming nearly as much energy as Argentina, analysts are warning the renegade technology’s ...
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    Brutal Cold Snap Triggers Rolling Blackouts, Drives Up Power Costs as Texas Gas Plants Fail

    February 17, 2021
     
    February 17, 2021
    A brutal blast of cold, winter weather this week killed at least 14 people in four U.S. states, dropped snow and ice on an ...
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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentHydropowerJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergyUnited States

    Wilkinson, McCarthy Hold First Talks on Cross-Border Climate Action

    February 15, 2021
     
    February 15, 2021
    With a new administration in Washington, DC setting climate action as one of its four defining priorities, Canadian Environment and Climate Minister Jonathan Wilkinson ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaBioenergyCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsOff-GridRenewable EnergySolarSub-National Governments

    Indigenous Clean Energy Seeks Federal Endowment to Build ‘Decolonized Energy Future’

    February 15, 2021
     
    February 15, 2021
    With nearly 200 renewable energy projects in progress, each of them generating more than a megawatt of electricity at full capacity, Indigenous Clean Energy ...
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  • Batteries/StorageCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridHydropowerJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Trudeau Touts Hydropower Exports as U.S. Looks to Canadian Dams for Electricity Storage

    February 12, 2021
     
    February 12, 2021
    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking to promote hydropower exports to the United States, as one response to President Joe Biden’s commitment to decarbonize ...
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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind

    Study Shows U.S. Decarbonizing by 2050 for $1 Per Person Per Day

    Full Story: Climate News Network @ClimateNewsDay

    February 12, 2021
     
    Primary Author Tim Radford
    February 12, 2021
    The United States—per head of population perhaps the world’s most prodigal emitter of greenhouse gases—can reverse that and have a carbon-free future within three ...
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    Canada Can Thrive on Road to Net-Zero if Governments Make Good Decisions Now

    February 10, 2021
     
    February 10, 2021
    Canada has multiple opportunities to thrive along the road to a net-zero economy by 2050 as long as governments make the right decisions now, ...
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    Taiwan to Offset Coal with 20.4 GW of Renewables by 2030

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Utility to Close Wisconsin’s Second-Biggest Coal Plant by 2025

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Iowa Sees Longer Wait List for State Solar Tax Credit

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
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    Wells Fargo Plans 30 MW of Rooftop Solar in Seven U.S. States

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydropowerICYMIIndiaJurisdictionsRenewable Energy

    Punjab Region Wants 5,000 MW of New Power Production by 2024

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesICYMIJurisdictionsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaRenewable Energy

    Dominican Republic Puts More Emphasis on Renewables

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentICYMIInternationalJurisdictionsNon-Renewable Energy

    IBM Pledges Net-Zero GHG Emissions by 2030

    February 25, 2021
     
    February 25, 2021
  • BioenergyBuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySub-National Governments

    Siemens to Build Canada’s First Waste Heat-to-Power Plant

    February 23, 2021
     
    February 23, 2021
  • Batteries/StorageBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Tucson Electric Nears Completion of 100 MW Solar/30 MW Storage Plant

    February 23, 2021
     
    February 23, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Texas Utility Shuts Gas Plant that Powered Coal Generator’s Carbon Capture Project

    February 23, 2021
     
    February 23, 2021
  • AsiaAuto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictions

    Thailand to Receive Green Loan to Boost EV Charging

    February 23, 2021
     
    February 23, 2021
  • Air & MarineAsiaBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentWave & Tidal

    Japan Pilots First Tidal Turbine

    February 23, 2021
     
    February 23, 2021
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    Big Three Manufacturers Compete for World’s Largest Wind Turbine

    February 23, 2021
     
    February 23, 2021
  • Air & MarineAsiaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar

    Thailand’s 2-MW Floating Solar Project Goes Online

    February 21, 2021
     
    February 21, 2021
  • BuildingsClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    U.S. Utility Giant Duke Plans to Build 15 New Gas Plants, Retire Them Early

    February 21, 2021
     
    February 21, 2021
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