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‘Game-Changing’ Analysis: Unsubsidized Renewables, Efficiency Cost Less than New Alberta Gas Plants
Solar, wind, battery storage, energy efficiency, and demand flexibility can reliably replace coal in Alberta at less cost than new gas plants, according to ... -
Saskatchewan Issues Proposal Call for 300 MW of New Wind Capacity
Saskatchewan is out with a new call for proposals for 300 megawatts of wind energy capacity. -
Batteries/StorageCoalElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSolarUnited StatesWind
U.S. Renewables+Storage to Wipe Out Coal in 10 Years, Mega-Utility CEO Tells Analysts
Unsubsidized renewable energy and battery storage are so much less expensive than conventional electricity generation that they will likely replace all coal generation in ... -
Confusion Reigns as California Utility Cuts Power in 34 Counties to Reduce Wildfire Risk
California is getting a close-up look at the challenge of trying to prevent severe climate emergencies, and the costs of relying on a “feeble” ... -
Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States
New York Grid Looks to Carbon Pricing to Support Zero-Emission Target
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) is looking to carbon pricing as an option to reduce the otherwise “astounding” cost of bringing the ... -
CoalElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Colorado Utility Inks Landmark Deal to Shift Major Steel Plant from Coal to Solar
U.S. utility Xcel Energy has announced a landmark, US$250-million deal to replace coal-fired electricity with a 240-megawatt solar power plant to power a steel ... -
BuildingsCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & EfficiencyDrawdownElectricity GridPost-Carbon TransitionSolarWater
Net Zero Buildings Would Save At Least 1.7 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Net Zero Buildings place #79 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, capable of sequestering 7.1 gigatons of carbon by 2050 if only 9.7% of ... -
Batteries/StorageCanadaChinaElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSolarTar Sands/Oil SandsWind
Canada Risks Missing the Cleantech Revolution as Politicians, Fossils Haggle Over Climate Policy
While Canadian politicians and fossil executives haggle over national climate and energy policy, a global wave of technological disruption is emerging as a “real ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridHydroNuclearSub-National Governments
Ontario Power Supply to Get ‘Dirtier’ as Nuclear Refits Trigger New Demand for Gas
Ontario’s electricity supply is about to get dirtier and more carbon-intensive, as the province begins burning more natural gas to replace electricity from nuclear ... -
Batteries/StorageClimate Action/"Blockadia"CoalElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
U.S. Utility Aims to Save $600 Million Over 20 Years by Replacing Coal with Cheaper Renewables
Big U.S. utility PacifiCorp is laying out a strategy that relies heavily on solar, energy storage, and wind and speeds up the phaseout of ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsNuclearPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Pennsylvania Moves to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Pennsylvania is moving to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), making it the biggest carbon emitter in what would now become a nine-state ... -
CoalElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
U.S. Coal Giant Murray Energy Slides Closer to Default
The U.S. coal baron and avid Donald Trump donor who begged his influential friend for an industry bailout, after suing TV comedian John Oliver ... -
Climate Hawks See No Gain in German Utility RWE’s Plan for 2040 Coal Phaseout
German coal and power plant giant RWE, Europe’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, is promising to make its operations carbon neutral by 2040, prompting ...
