By National Wind Watch The Preservation Society of Newport County has received numerous media inquiries since it announced on November 22, 2023, that it was appealing federal agency approval of two wind farms off the Rhode Island coast in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The appeals detail the failure of the…
By [Energy Central] Mary Scott Nabers by Mary Scott Nabers Two years after the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also called the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), an estimated $492 billion remains in federal funding for American infrastructure projects. However, it is crucial to note that there’s a ticking clock because the…
By Sophie Vorrath In a triumph of multi-partisanship, NSW Parliament has passed legislation to cut the state’s emissions by 70% by 2035, and reach net zero by 2050. The post NSW passes climate bill to write 70 pct by 2035 emissions reduction target into law appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more…
By National Wind Watch Poland’s incoming government submitted a draft law to freeze energy prices in the first half of 2024 and liberalize rules to build wind farms. The draft law would reduce a minimum distance between a turbine and a residential area to about 300 metres from the current 1,500 metres depending on the…
By National Wind Watch Two Rhode Island preservation groups have filed lawsuits against the federal government claiming it conducted “sham regulatory reviews” when granting the permits of two offshore wind farm projects they say would block the ocean views of the historic Newport mansions. Key Facts The Preservation Society of Newport County and the Southeast…
By Sophie Vorrath Victoria government walks back changes to property tax laws that threatened to hobble renewables growth in the state by adding big fire levies to wind, solar and storage projects. The post “Great result” for wind and solar as huge fire levy threat to renewables is doused appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full…
Darko Davidovic is one of the key players in the ongoing union strike against Tesla in Sweden. Davidovic serves as the IF Metall union’s federal lawyer, and he has overtly criticized the electric vehicle maker for its lack of collective agreement. But as per recent reports, Davidovic’s family owns a Tesla Model Y today, and…
By Rob Law The Australian government has mastered the contradictory dance of committing to net zero while also approving new coal, oil and gas projects. It has to stop. The post Why we need a fossil fuel non proliferation treaty appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
The story of a union effort in Sweden against Tesla has been evolving quickly, with one Swedish court announcing a ruling shortly after the automaker sued two country agencies for withholding license plates from its Gigafactory in Germany. Tesla Sweden sued both the country’s Transport Agency and mail provider PostNord over the weekend, after the…
By National Wind Watch A month ago, after Cape May County, New Jersey, filed a federal lawsuit to stop two immense Ørsted wind farms, the company responded by announcing they were canceling their plans, leaving unfinished construction, citing their inability to predict financial pressures on the project, not widespread community opposition. Two senior staff have…
By [Energy Central] Rose Morrison As the need for batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage skyrockets, gigafactories are ramping up production. Multiple factors are driving the sudden demand for batteries — emissions laws, government incentives to use renewable energy, subsidies for automakers and an increasingly eco-conscious public. What will this mean for sustainability? Shifting…
By National Wind Watch Decrying what it calls the fast-tracking of hundreds of skyscraper-high structures that would dwarf the Statue of Liberty, the Preservation Society of Newport County filed two appeals in federal court on Nov. 22 to vacate the permits issued and halt the development of two offshore wind farms planned off the Rhode…
By National Wind Watch Hungary has reached an agreement with the European Commission to overhaul the regulation of wind farms, which has effectively made it impossible for developers to set up wind turbines anywhere in the country, Energy Minister Csaba Lantos told news radio Inforadio on November 22. In 2016, the Hungarian parliament passed a…
By National Wind Watch The Carroll County Quorum Court is expected to consider a proposed ordinance at its regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 21, that would establish a temporary moratorium on the construction of industrial wind or solar energy facilities in the county. The proposed ordinance, sponsored by District 2 Justice of the Peace Bruce Wright…
Tesla has won a court order against an owner in China who tormented the company with protests at stores and events over an alleged “brake failure” that was proven nonexistent. more… The post Tesla wins public apology from owner who tormented the company appeared first on Electrek.Brought to you by: EV Driven Read Full Article…