Tag: Renewables
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Huge Solar Farms On California’s Public Lands Could Power 170,000 Homes
By Emily Atkin [caption id="attachment_322746" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo credit: First Solar[/caption] The Obama administration on Wednesday announced that it has given final approval to two sizable solar projects on public lands near the Nevada-California border, which when operational are expected to provide a combined 550 megawatts of renewable energy, or enough to power about 170,000 homes and…
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Fossil Fuel Advocates Continue Attacking Ohio’s Renewable Energy Future
By Sam Gomberg The latest good news about clean energy in Ohio is that the state ranks No. 8 in the nation for solar jobs. But despite this, 2014 has not ushered in a new era of civility or honest debate about the merits of Ohio’s clean energy standards that require a percentage of Ohio’s electricity…
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Study Shows How Wind Turbines Can Provide Energy For At Least a Quarter-Century
A London college has evidence to dispel notions that wind turbines only have decade-long lives. According to new research from Imperial College, most turbines can last up to a quarter of a century. In fact, the United Kingdom’s oldest turbines, built in the early ’90s, are still going strong, producing three-quarters of their original output after…
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Local Government Shocks UK Couple By Requesting Removal of ‘Harmful’ Solar Panels
The Skinners were encouraged by their local council to install solar panels on the roof and side of their United Kingdom home, only to later be told by the same officials that their $33,300 energy system presented a threat to the community. According to Business Green, James and Joy Skinner, both 81, were left feeling…
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Key Turbine Deals Could Make Rhode Island Offshore Wind Farm the Nation’s First
There’s clearly a lot of honor in being named the first offshore wind farm in the U.S., and developers keep that in mind with each deal they strike and announcement they make. In the past two weeks, Deepwater Wind announced deals that it believes keeps its Block Island Wind Farm “on target to become the nation’s first…