International Banks Continue to Coal Projects, Contrary to Policy Commitments
Financial Times: Between January 2014 and September 2017 international banks channeled $630bn to the top 120 companies planning to build new coal plants around the world. The researchers highlighted...
View ArticleMidwestern Company Plans Underground Wind-Power Transmission Corridor to...
Energy Mix: A company in the Midwestern United States is planning a new underground transmission line along existing railroad tracks to carry wind-generated electricity from Iowa, the Dakotas, and...
View ArticleIEEFA Update: New Philippine Coal Tax Will Drive Development of Cleaner,...
A 400 percent coal tax increase agreed to by legislators in the Philippines today stands to catalyze the development of cleaner and cheaper energy. Though it requires presidential approval, the shift...
View ArticleUnderperforming U.S. Utility CEO Devoted to Coal and Nuclear Remains Buoyant
Bloomberg News: Tom Fanning is the only energy executive in America willing to bet billions on nuclear power. The chief executive officer of utility giant Southern Co. is renowned for his boundless...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Electricity-Generation Transition in Canada
Globe and Mail: While momentum is clearly building to end pollution from burning coal, a change of that magnitude takes time. As environmental organizations reported this week, some Canadian companies...
View ArticleEighth Consecutive Quarter of More Than 1 Gigawatt of U.S. Solar Additions
Solar Energy Industries Association: In Q3 2017, the U.S. solar market installed 2,031 megawatts direct current (MW). Of that total, 51% came from the utility PV segment, which added more than 1 GW for...
View ArticleDecarbonization of U.S. Utility Sector Gains Steam
S&P Global Market Intelligence: As the Trump administration pursues policies to benefit the fossil fuel industry, the trend toward decarbonization among electric utilities in the United States is...
View ArticleRepublicans Who Favor Renewables Save Wind and Solar From U.S. Tax Rewrite...
New York Times: The final text of the Republican tax bill made public Friday largely preserves key tax credits for wind and solar power and electric vehicles, reversing language in earlier versions...
View ArticleOn the Blogs: Trump’s Fake News on Coal
Wamsted on Energy: John Adams, our second president, generally gets credit for this wonderful aphorism, but regardless of who was the first to say it, the observation itself is what matters: You simply...
View ArticleIEA: ‘Coal’s Decade of Stagnation’
International Energy Agency: Global coal demand dropped for a second year in a row in 2016, approaching the previous record for two-year declines set in the early 1990s. Global demand for coal fell by...
View ArticleRush of Offshore Wind-Development in Massachusetts
Associated Press: Offshore wind farm developers are submitting proposals for large-scale operations off Massachusetts. Deepwater Wind CEO Jeff Grybowski says his company will submit two proposals by...
View Article6 Major Plant Closures in 2017 Emblematic of U.S. Coal Industry’s Troubles
Forbes: We Energies is Wisconsin’s largest utility, with more than 2.2 million customers, and coal supplied 50.6% of its total generation capacity in 2015. This November, the utility decided to close...
View ArticleFirst Phase of New Mexico Coal Plant Shutdown Is Complete
Associated Press: The first of two units to be shut down at a coal-fired power plant that has been serving customers throughout the American Southwest for decades is no longer in operation, officials...
View Article100 More Wind Turbines for Northern Illinois
The Pantagraph (Bloomington): Invenergy plans to construct about 100 turbines and related infrastructure across more than 100 parcels in Chenoa, Gridley, Lawndale, Lexington and Money Creek townships,...
View ArticleCanada’s Electricity-Generation From Fossil Fuels Drops to 20 Percent
CBC News: NEB chief economist Shelley Milutinovic said the trend in Canada is that renewable energy sources like wind and solar are replacing coal as Canada moves to eliminate that as a source of...
View ArticleThe Emerging Internet of Electricity
Reuters: Energy startups have been using blockchain to power electricity sharing in microgrid trials from Texas to Tasmania for a year or so. An Electrify SG engineer shows a PowerPod that will be...
View ArticleWSJ: ‘The Climate for Coal Just Got Even Chillier’
Wall Street Journal: It’s been a pretty good 18 months for the coal industry following the disastrous price crash of 2015, but on Tuesday miners got a big lump in their stockings. BHP, the world’s...
View Article‘Energy Execs Sound More Like Wild-Eyed Hippies Every Day’
Vox: Oldsters like me remember when the idea that (unsubsidized) renewable energy would be able to compete directly with fossil fuels was downright utopian. As late as the early 2000s, people were...
View ArticleArizona Regulator Seeks to Quadruple State’s Renewable Energy Market by 2050
KJZZ (Phoenix): A state regulator wants the majority of Arizona’s electricity to come from clean energy sources by 2050. On Tuesday, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin released a plan that...
View ArticleTexas Continues to Lead in U.S. Wind-Energy Expansion
Houston Chronicle: Texas led the nation for greatest additions to the state’s wind power capacity in the fourth quarter, and the state still leads the nation for installed wind power capacity with...
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