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Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.
Amazon Wind Farm Texas is the company's biggest yet. To celebrate, CEO Jeff Bezos videoed himself christening it from on high.
Climate News & Commentary Renewables Solar
Want energy storage? Here are 22,000 sites for pumped hydro across Australia
The race is on for storage solutions that can help provide secure, reliable electricity supply as more renewables enter Australia’s electricity grid.
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Australian wind delivers more record low prices, as private sector piles in
AGL Energy secures PPA of below $60/MWh for 453MW Coopers Gap Wind Farm, to be built in Queensland by 2019 after reaching financial close Thursday. AGL chief says deal...
Governments Other Good Stuff Renewables South Australian Government
Graph of the Day: South Australia’s wholesale price changes in 2017
SA chart paints a picture of how power prices were higher when gas dominated the fuel mix in the state.
Climate Other Good Stuff Renewables
Wind Power = 124% of Scotland’s home electricity needs January–June 2017
Record wind energy generation in Scotland in June helped lift total generation to the equivalent electrical needs of 124% of Scottish households.
Climate News & Commentary Renewables Solar
Conservative billionaire building biggest wind farm in heart of coal country
A conservative billionaire is building the country’s largest wind farm. Republican lawmakers want to raise the tax on wind.
Climate Other Good Stuff Renewables Solar
Game changer: Cheap renewables are causing rethink on markets
Fossil fuels once had little to fear from renewable energy, but that’s no longer the case.
Climate Markets News & Commentary Renewables Solar
Investing trillions in electricity’s sunny future
NNEF has just published its fourth annual New Energy Outlook with electricity’s future looking sunny — and windy, too — to the tune of trillions of dollars of new...
Coal Governments Other Good Stuff Renewables Solar United Kingdom
Wind, solar, energy efficiency replaces coal generation in UK
Since the start of the coalition government in 2010, coal’s role in the generation mix has fallen to historic lows.
Two recent EU renewable energy auctions in Germany and Spain have yielded not only significant interest in onshore wind power, but record low prices.
