Tag: Renewables
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IKEA Buys First Wind Farm, Its Largest-Ever Renewable Energy Investment
IKEA has earned a reputation for its solar energy and electric vehicle infrastructure investments, but the same can’t be said for wind power. That all changed Thursday when the Swedish company announced that it was making the first wind energy purchase of its 71-year history. The company is buying Hoopeston Wind Farm in Hoopeston, Ill., about…
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Swiss Firm to Embark on First Around-the-World Trip in a Solar Airplane
How far can an airplane expect to travel without fuel? Around the world, if you’re talking about the Solar Impulse 2. Leaders of Swiss firm Solar Impulse unveiled a new solar plane Wednesday and also discussed an ambition nobody has ever accomplished—to fly around the world in a solar plane in 2015. [blackoutgallery id=”330024″] The Solar Impulse…
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ALEC Attacks Ohio Renewable Energy Standard, Local Newspapers Fail to Show Fossil Fuel Connection
[Editor’s note: I was part of a large group of people, businesses, organizations and policymakers that worked to pass Ohio’s renewable energy standard, SB 221. For years we’ve been working to protect this standard as it’s under attack by ALEC and members of the Ohio General Assembly. Frustration is at an all-time high as Ohio…
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U.S. Wind Power Cut Nearly 100 Million Tons of Carbon Emissions in 2013
Wind energy figures from 2013 keep pouring in and they continue to impress. According to a report preview from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), wind generation reduced carbon dioxide emissions in the power sector by 4.4 percent. That’s good for 96 million metric tons, or the equivalent of taking 16.9 million cars off the road. …
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How an Unprecedented Nuclear Subsidy Deal Could Kill UK Renewables
The United Kingdom’s plans to build heavily subsidized nuclear power stations have come under withering attack from a coalition of members of Parliament, academics, energy industry experts and environmental groups. Evidence has poured into the European Commission, which is investigating whether the deal with the giant French nuclear company EDF breaks EU competition rules. The…