Tag: Renewables
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Norway Investments in Renewable Energy ‘Could Change the World’
Brandon Baker With more than $750 billion of holdings in its sovereign wealth fund, Norway is on the brink of potentially making renewable energy investments around the world. Erna Solberg, who will be named Norway’s second female prime minister, has already heard proposals from her government to use sovereign wealth fund money to invest in…
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Fact Checking ALEC’s Attacks on Ohio’s Renewable Energy Standards
Members of the Ohio Senate Public Utilities Committee heard testimony this week on two bills that would roll back Ohio’s renewable energy and energy efficiency standards. Backed by fossil-fuel funded …
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Arizona Solar Farm Ready to Power 70,000 Homes
Brandon Baker A $2 billion solar farm in southern Arizona is ready to power nearly 70,000 households. Spanish company Abengoa announced this week that its massive Solana solar farm passed a series of commercial operation tests and is ready to go live. Solana is located in Gila Bend, which is about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix.…
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Google Invests $103 Million in Southern California Solar Project
Google made its 13th renewable energy investment since 2010 this week, helping to fund a 265.7-megawattsolar project in California …
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Find the Closest EV Charging Station to Your Home
Plug-in electric vehicle users in the U.S. have 6,601 public stations where they can charge their cars …