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Block Island turns to offshore wind to curtail soaring diesel costs
Located just 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, Block Island (pop. ~1,000) will soon be home to the first offshore wind farm in the United States.
Laurie Guevara-Stone

Jun 22, 2015

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Record year for renewables in 2014 driven by supportive policy: report
Renewables Global Status report says 2014 a record breaking year, where growing number of national and state renewable energy support policies drove the addition of around 135GW of new capacity. No thanks to Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 18, 2015

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Tesla lands 500MWh storage contract, renewable boom in Brazil, S. Africa
Gamesa, Spain’s biggest wind-turbine manufacturer plans to invest more than $25.7m to expand production capacity in Brazil.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Jun 10, 2015

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Coal companies told to get used to wind and solar
Coal and renewable energy executives at climate conference in Paris clash over future energy mix as value of storage brought to the fore.
Ian Clover

May 24, 2015

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World’s oldest operating wind turbine turning 40
On May 30, the world’s oldest operating wind turbine will turn 40 years old.
Jake Richardson

May 22, 2015

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Australia sets new wind energy record, breaks 3GW for first time
Australia set a new record for wind energy output on Tuesday morning, breaking above 3GW for the first time.
Giles Parkinson

May 5, 2015

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How an outback town proposes to switch off fossil fuels
The outback town Coober Pedy in remote South Australia will be able to turn off its fossil fuel generators for at least half of the year.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 26, 2015

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Solar, wind power aid unprecedented halt in global emissions
For first time, the rise in global greenhouse gas emissions has stopped, even as economic growth continues. The IEA credits the impact of solar and wind energy, and hydro. Others say it increases chances of a climate deal in Paris, as people understand a solution is at hand.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 16, 2015

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Wind power surges past nuclear in China, India, Brazil and South Africa
Even with an early start, nuclear power is surpassed by wind power in China and India, and will soon be overtaken in Brazil, South Africa.
Bernard Chabot

Mar 16, 2015

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US solar generation doubled in 2014, renewable output grew 11%
And that’s not counting rooftop solar or distributed renewables.
Jeff St John

Mar 10, 2015

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Infigen calls bluff on utility threats to ‘boycott’ wind, solar
Infigen calls bluff on utility threats to “boycott” renewable energy, but suggests corporate Australia may fill the gap if retailers don’t contract new wind and solar farms. Meanwhile, the market turns positive on renewables, even if the government is still stalling on the RET, while Infigen turns focus to the US solar market.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 25, 2015

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World’s biggest offshore wind farm gets the thumbs up in UK
Up to 400 wind turbines have been approved for construction near UK’s Dogger Bank, which would make it the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
Sam Parkinson

Feb 18, 2015

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