Tag: Renewables
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Groups Debunk Myths About Wind Power’s Impact on Wildlife
By John Anderson Wind energy has the lowest environmental impacts of any source of electricity generation, with modern wind power plants collectively being far less harmful to birds than radio towers, tall buildings, and numerous other human-made objects. That fact aside, there’s no doubt about it: as a renewable energy leader, wind power is held…
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Six Developing Countries Get $41 Million in Loans to Deploy Renewable Energy
Six renewable energy projects in developing countries will soon become realities, thanks to $41 million in financing. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) used suggestions from an advisory panel to hand out the loans to complete projects that will deploy wind, solar, hydro and biomass technologies, according to…
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India Surpasses 2013 Solar Energy Goal, Adds 1 Gigawatt to Grid
By this time last year, India was less than 30 percent to its goal of installing 800 megawatts (MW) of solar energy. As 2013 continued, the country made impressive progress, pushing the amount past 1 gigawatt (GW) for the year, according to India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The country’s total amount of solar…
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How Close is the World to $1 Trillion in Renewable Energy Investments?
Some bankers across the world are aiming high when it comes to investments in renewable energy. Billionaire investors and climate-focused policy advocates like hedge-fund founder billionaire Tom Steyer and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin gathered at the United Nations this week to call for more investments in renewables and changes to financial markets that…
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Wind Energy Blows Away Records Throughout Europe
By Michael Goggin The data is in, and 2013 went out with a bang as wind energy output soared to new records across Europe. Electricity prices and air pollution dropped as wind energy drastically reduced fossil fuel use during high winter energy demand. Ireland, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and the UK all saw noteworthy wind…