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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationHydrogenJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentSolarSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionTransitUnited StatesWind

    Biden Jobs, Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Turbocharge the Transition’ Off Fossil Fuels

    April 5, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    April 5, 2021
    U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh last Wednesday to unveil a US$2-billion jobs and infrastructure plan that includes a 10-year, $650-billion commitment to ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarUnited StatesWind

    Record 260 GW of New Capacity in 2020 ‘Marks Start of the Decade of Renewables’, IRENA Says

    April 5, 2021
     
    April 5, 2021
    Renewable energy producers around the world installed a record 260 billion watts of new capacity last year, with China and the United States setting ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergyShale & FrackingSolarWind

    Renewable Stocks Deliver 422% Return in 10 Years, Outperform Fossils Seven-Fold

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
    Investors’ overall returns on their renewable energy stocks have outperformed fossil fuels three-fold over the last five years and seven-fold over the last 10, ...
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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionTransitUnited StatesWind

    Biden to Announce Massive Jobs and Infrastructure Plan as Allies Push for Climate Spending

    March 31, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by The Energy Mix staff
    March 31, 2021
    U.S. President Joe Biden will be in Pittsburgh today to announce a massive new jobs and infrastructure plan worth as much as US$4 trillion ...
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  • AfricaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSupply Chains & Consumption

    Reliable Solar Can Support Vaccine Distribution in Africa

    March 30, 2021
     
    March 30, 2021
    The struggle to acquire and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in many African countries is only the latest iteration of a long-standing problem: poor electricity access. ...
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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageBioenergyBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionElectricity GridHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind

    New Legislation Requires Massachusetts to Reach Net-Zero by 2050

    March 28, 2021
     
    March 28, 2021
    Two months after he vetoed a landmark climate bill, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) has signed something very similar, with a 2050 net-zero target ...
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  • AsiaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPetrochemicals & PlasticsPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable EnergyShale & FrackingSolarUnited StatesWind

    Economic Future Looks Dim for Appalachian Fracking, Plastics Production

    March 28, 2021
     
    March 28, 2021
    Those banking on reviving Appalachia with shale gas and plastics would do well to think again, says a new report. A resource glut and ...
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    U.S. Aims to Cut Solar Costs 60% in a Decade

    March 28, 2021
     
    March 28, 2021
    The United States government is setting out to cut the cost of solar-generated electricity by 60% over the next decade, five years ahead of ...
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    Growth of Canada’s Renewable Energy Capacity to Slow Through 2023

    March 25, 2021
     
    Primary Author Bill Eggertson @renewablesca
    March 25, 2021
    Renewable electricity capacity in Canada will grow over the next few years at less than half the rate it’s seen in recent years, according ...
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    Shiny, New Innovations Won’t Move Fast Enough to Deliver Deep Carbon Reductions

    March 23, 2021
     
    March 23, 2021
    Even the most promising new emissions reduction innovation would only have a limited impact on the climate crisis if it were introduced today, given ...
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    Don’t Let Nuclear Boosterism, ‘Hydrogen Hype’ Distract from Practical Renewable Alternatives, Analyst Urges

    March 21, 2021
     
    March 21, 2021
    Nuclear boosterism and “hydrogen hype” mustn’t distract countries from the renewable energy technologies that can actually deliver on a 2050 target for net-zero greenhouse ...
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    ‘Conventional Energy Bubble’ Could Cost Utilities $1 Trillion as Cheap Renewables Undercut Fossil Plants

    March 19, 2021
     
    March 19, 2021
    Power utilities are on track to lose US$1 trillion over the next 15 years after analysts, agencies, and bankers grossly overestimated the revenue they’re ...
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    U.S. Revives $40-Billion Loan Program Office with Jigar Shah at the Helm

    March 19, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by The Energy Mix staff
    March 19, 2021
    The Biden administration is reactivating a US$40-billion loan office left on hold in the years since the Obama presidency, with pioneering cleantech entrepreneur and ...
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    Canadian Wind, Solar Boost Market Share Tenfold in a Decade—to 6%

    March 14, 2021
     
    Primary Author Bill Eggertson @renewablesca
    March 14, 2021
    The market share of power generation from wind turbines and solar panels in Canada’s electricity mix has jumped tenfold in the past decade—from a ...
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    ‘Default Effect’ Drives Massive Growth in Green Power Adoption

    March 14, 2021
     
    March 14, 2021
    When green power is the fallback option for electricity consumers, the large majority of them will accept it rather than going to the trouble ...
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  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar

    Two Subsidy-Free Solar Farms Open in UK

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Danish Developer Plans 300-MW Solar Project in Texas

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Pennsylvania Government to Draw Nearly Half of Electricity from Solar by 2023

    April 13, 2021
     
    April 13, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIRenewable EnergySolar

    Analysts Predict 180 GW of New Solar in 2021

    April 11, 2021
     
    April 11, 2021
  • Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIRenewable EnergySolar

    Analysts Look at Circular Economy for Solar

    April 8, 2021
     
    April 8, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDemographicsElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Solar Brings Training, Equity to North Minneapolis

    April 8, 2021
     
    April 8, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyResearch & DevelopmentSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Sandia Builds New Solar Test Lab in New Mexico

    April 8, 2021
     
    April 8, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind

    Colorado Taps Solar and Wind, Not Diesel, to Revive Dead Power Grid

    April 5, 2021
     
    April 5, 2021
  • Batteries/StorageBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Home Electrification Stumbles Over Lack of Contractors

    April 5, 2021
     
    April 5, 2021
  • AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolar

    Togo Completes 265-MW Solar Project

    April 5, 2021
     
    April 5, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Puerto Ricans Call for 75% Distributed Renewables in 15 Years

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Indiana County Aims for Solar+Storage Income as Coal Plant Shuts Down

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
  • Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Initially Skeptical Ex-Mayor Says Solar ‘Almost Historic’ for Ohio County

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
  • Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Solar Farm on Old Milwaukee Landfill Now Produces 2 GW of Power

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    New Minnesota Solar Farm to Open This Year

    March 31, 2021
     
    March 31, 2021
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