By Kathie Zipp Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the release of the state’s comprehensive Energy Storage Roadmap to guide New York toward its energy storage target. With this Roadmap, New York is jumpstarting the development of this clean energy technology, while supporting the Governor’s energy storage target of 1,500 MW by 2025—the equivalent electricity demand…
By Giles Parkinson You’d think they’d be grateful: Malcolm Turnbull and Josh Frydenberg went to the effort of designing a climate and energy policy that does nothing, and Tony Abbott and friends are still complaining that it does too much. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Richard A. Kessler in Fort Worth Governor Andrew Cuomo sees aggressive adoption of energy storage as one way the state can effectively combat threats posed by climate change Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
Wallace Cosgrow, Seychelles’ Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, has launched a tender for the right to develop, finance, own and operate a 4MW floating PV project in le Rocher Lagoon, Mahé. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By Kelsey Misbrener The Million Solar Strong coalition, a movement of leading industry, environmental, clean energy and community organizations, has launched a grassroots campaign to urge Governor Cuomo to stand up to the Trump Administration by setting a bold new goal of powering one million New York households with solar. The coalition, announced earlier this…
By Mark Diesendorf Science tells us that, to avoid devastating climate change, we must rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero. How fast is possible? Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Jocelyn Timperley An extra $460bn per year needs to be invested on the low-carbon economy globally over the next 12 years to limit global warming to 1.5C, a new paper says. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By [email protected] (Eric C. Evarts) Falling prices for lithium-ion batteries will enable half the world’s electricity to come from renewable solar and wind by 2050. That still won’t be enough to meet global climate targets, however. Those are the conclusions of a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), released today. Building on BNEF’s…
By [email protected] European Union officials drew mixed responses from special-interest groups this week after agreeing to a binding renewable energy target of 32 percent by 2030. The target represents a step back for the European Parliament, which had originally proposed 35 percent. But it is still a big improvement over the European Council’s counteroffer of…
By Steve Hanley Oil Change International is asking the G20 countries to reject plans to invest up to $1.6 trillion in new natural gas development, claiming that doing so will make it impossible to meet the goals agreed to in the Paris climate accords. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By Kathie Zipp Two major multi-national companies have joined the RE100 group, and are committing to a full clean-energy transition. Led by The Climate Group, in partnership with CDP, RE100 brings together major companies around the world committed to 100% renewable electricity. U.K.-based Vodafone Group PLC, one of the world’s largest telecommunication companies, has committed…
By Joshua S Hill Scotland’s Climate Change Secretary announced this week that the country met its statutory annual greenhouse gas emissions target for the third year in a row in 2016, which resulted in emissions being down 49% on a 1990 baseline. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By Bernd Radowitz in Berlin Europe’s biggest economy is likely to cut greenhouse gas emissions by only 32% by 2020 instead of 40% Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
By Steve Hanley Voices have been raised in the past few days about the urgent need to address fossil fuel use and climate change by Bill McKibben, the Poor People’s Campaign, and Pope Francis. Their message is clear and strong. But is anyone listening? Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By [email protected] Climate change was on the list of top issues to address at the Group of Seven summit last weekend, but it was not a priority for U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump skipped the G7’s discussion on global warming and refused to support joint statements from the six other participating nations reaffirming their commitment…