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  • CarbonTracker declares renewable power as today’s cheapest option
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    CarbonTracker declares renewable power as today’s cheapest option

    New analysis makes bold claim that renewable power generation costs are already lower on average worldwide than generation costs of fossil fuels.
    Joshua S Hill
    Sep 15, 2016
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  • Germany may reach its 2020 target for renewable power this year
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    Germany may reach its 2020 target for renewable power this year

    Preliminary data from Fraunhofer’s Energy Charts project indicates that Germany will probably surpass its 2020 target for renewable electricity this year.
    Craig Morris
    Jul 18, 2016
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  • The anti-wind and anti-solar garbage fit to print in Murdoch media
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    The anti-wind and anti-solar garbage fit to print in Murdoch media

    The Murdoch media is at it again, peddling stories that claim that wind and solar do not work, but which are riddled with outright errors and myth-making. What we will hear next? That the world is flat, that gravity is just a state of mind?
    Giles Parkinson
    Jun 23, 2016
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  • Germany nearly reached 100% renewable, time to retire base-load

    Germany nearly reached 100% renewable, time to retire base-load

    In Germany, the early retirement of baseload power plants precedes the need for power storage.
    Craig Morris
    May 13, 2016
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  • German retail power rate stable as share of renewables increases

    German retail power rate stable as share of renewables increases

    Over the past four years, the share of renewable power grew by nearly a third, so why did retail rates remain stable from 2013-2016?
    Craig Morris
    Mar 10, 2016
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  • German report outlines vision for 100% renewable power

    German report outlines vision for 100% renewable power

    The visualisation of a three-year project into what a purely renewable power supply in Germany would look like is truly astonishing.
    Craig Morris
    Aug 26, 2014
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  • Running on clean energy: “Question of social and political will”

    Running on clean energy: “Question of social and political will”

    US has technology and logistical ability to convert to all-renewable energy sources by 2050—if it can manage to exercise necessary social and political will.
    Sandy Dechert
    Feb 26, 2014
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