By Michael Mazengarb National Parks Association of NSW argues there are serious flaws in Snowy 2.0 business and environmental case and calls for an independent review of the project. The post “Worst possible project in worst possible location” – NPA slams Snowy 2.0 appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Energy in Depth Global natural gas demand, increased supplies from U.S. producers, and investments in LNG capacity will continue to grow and generate additional environmental benefits, the recently released Shell LNG Outlook 2020 reports.The company’s fourth annual LNG outlook highlights key industry trends from the previous year and lays out LNG expectations spanning the…
By Philipp Schmid Environmental awareness, offshore expansion, and maintenance strategies all featured prominently in 2019 in wind energy. But how did they change the state of play, and what does the future hold? Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here For more great articles: The Energy Collective – The world’s best thinkers on…
By ENN Contributor Wind turbine blades take up space but don’t pose a particular environmental threat when placed in landfills. Still, the industry is trying to move toward greater recyclability. Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NRELWind turbine blades are piled up outside a former Maytag plant in central Iowa where a company hopes to help…
By Joel Stronberg House Minority Leader McCarthy (R-CA) has gone on record warning conservative Republicans that they are in danger of losing the support of voters under the age of 35 over the issue of climate change. To counter the Democrat’s talk of the Green New Deal and the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for…
By [email protected] In a new Greentech Media series, we’re asking people with jobs in cleantech — from installing solar panels, to permitting wind projects, to promoting building energy efficiency software — to tell us what they really do all day. What do strategic innovation professionals at utilities do? As large utilities evolve and modernize, a…
By WPED Staff Einstein Noah Restaurant Group announced a retail renewable energy agreement with ENGIE Resources to purchase energy produced by the Live Oak Wind Project in Schleicher County, Texas. The contract goes through 2023 and includes 100% of the electricity needs, or approximately 4,180 megawatt-hours annually, for all Einstein Bros. Bagels locations in Texas….
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) Tesla’s construction of its factory in Germany has run into some issues with environmentalists. Hyundai teases its Geneva concept. And we get a look at the production Volkswagen electric crossover for the U.S. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hyundai has given us a glimpse of its fully electric…
By Lisa Cox Engineers at the University of Queensland say technology could be used to power small devices, such as a phone, within two yearsA flexible solar “skin” that could be used to generate power on homes, cars and phones is a step closer to development after the technology was used to break a world…
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) Tesla’s construction of its Gigafactory 4, outside Berlin, Germany, will likely result in the creation of many hundreds of thousands of new electric vehicles per year—helping replace internal combustion vehicles and meet ambitious EU carbon dioxide targets. So it’s an odd juxtaposition that Tesla is being ordered to stop cutting… Read…
By National Wind Watch WATERTOWN – Without fanfare or public discourse, “emergency” changes were made to the Article 10 post-certification rules for energy projects when the state Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment met on Thursday. By changing the definitions of a project “revision” and “modification” to no longer include reference to moving…
By National Wind Watch The German Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) has filed an objection against the building permit for the Gennaker offshore wind project. NABU states that installing the project’s 103 turbines some 10km north of Darß will result in massive environmental damage as the units will be located in the middle of…
By Energy in Depth Leaders from across Colorado and the nation spoke in favor of proposed reforms of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) at a White House Council on Environmental Quality hearing in Denver held earlier this week.The law, which governs the environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure development, hasn’t been updated since…
By Energy in Depth U.S. methane emissions continue to decline despite significant increases in oil and natural gas development, according to the latest Environmental Protection Agency data.EPA’s draft 2020 Greenhouse Gas Inventory shows that total U.S. methane emissions fell 1.2 percent from 2017 to 2018, continuing a trend that has seen these emissions reduced by…
By Energy in Depth Pennsylvania’s shale industry is not having a negative impact on streams in the state, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the state Department of Environmental Protection. From the study:“No quantifiable relationships were identified between the intensity of [oil and…