Renewable Energy
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CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolar
Hastings-Simon: Alberta Government Must Wake up to ‘Spectacular’ Drop in Solar Power Costs
Solar’s recent coronation by the International Energy Agency as the “king” of global electricity markets is a literal power shift that bodes ill for ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesHydrogenJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySupply Chains & Consumption
Global Hydrogen Race Will Be Only Won by Cleanest Producers, Smith and Petrevan Predict
As Canada moves to stake its claim in the burgeoning hydrogen fuel market—a claim that includes Alberta’s recent bet on “blue hydrogen”—policy experts are ... -
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Ottawa City Plan Sets Sights on Zero Emissions, 4.4 GW of New Renewables by 2050
The City of Ottawa has released a long-awaited energy transition plan that has it eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions, phasing out all fossil fuel ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsRenewable Energy
Germany’s City Utilities Help Boost Clean Energy Revolution
Germany’s network of city utilities (stadtwerke) has moved to the forefront of the clean energy revolution, according to an urban planner based in Berlin, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsOff-GridRenewable EnergySevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesSolarWind
Small Island States Speed Up the Shift from Imported Fossils to Local Solar, Wind
Small island states are working to accelerate the shift from imported fossil fuels to their own renewable energy resources, both to protect themselves from ... -
Air & MarineCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyInternational Agencies & StudiesRenewable Energy
New Carbon Regulations Give International Shipping a Free Pass Until 2030
International shipping companies are on track to get a free pass on their greenhouse gas emissions for the rest of this decade under what’s ... -
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Western Australia Greets 26-GW Asian Renewable Energy Hub as Job Creator, ‘Major Contributor’ to Carbon Reductions
The state government in Western Australia has issued planning approvals for the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, a vast solar, wind, and green hydrogen production ... -
Checkerboard Design More Than Doubles Solar Cell Light Absorption
Researchers at the University of York and NOVA University of Lisbon have come up with a new checkerboard design that could more than double ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable EnergySolarTar Sands/Oil Sands
Solar the ‘New King of Electricity’, Trans Mountain at Risk as IEA Analysis Sinks In
An acknowledgement that solar now delivers the “cheapest electricity in history” and a new source of uncertainty for Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are ... -
AsiaBatteries/StorageCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable Energy
Study Urges Fast Transition Off Fossil Fuels for Asia’s Electricity Grids
It’s time for Asia—the region that British Columbia and Alberta are counting on as a future market for oil and gas exports—to reduce its ... -
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Sacramento Utility Moves to Measure Energy Efficiency by Avoided Carbon Emissions
The publicly-owned utility in the California capital of Sacramento is shifting the focus of its energy efficiency programs by adopting a metric that emphasizes ... -
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Analysis: Alberta Natural Gas Plan Has Kenney Venturing Boldly Backwards
The Jason Kenney government in Alberta is pitching hydrogen, plastics recycling, and even geothermal energy as elements of an economic diversification strategy that leans ... -
BuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearRenewable EnergySolarWind
‘Silver Bullet’ Hopes Shouldn’t Distract from Today’s Renewable Energy Solutions, Experts Say
Faced with a massive wave of hype for a new generation of “silver bullet” climate solutions, from green hydrogen to carbon capture to (relatively) ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarUnited States
Wildfire Smoke Cuts Into California Solar Production
Severe smoke from the wildfires that have been sweeping parts of California reduced power output from the state’s utility-scale solar installations by 13% in ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyDemographicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable Energy
University of Calgary Sees Plummeting Enrolment for Oil and Gas Sciences
University of Calgary undergrads are fleeing en masse from oil and gas-friendly majors as job security in the industry plummets. And renewable energy studies ...
