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Texas is too windy and sunny for old energy companies to make money
As attractive a renewable-energy concept as wind power is, it’s plagued by a fundamental flaw. It blows the most in the dead of night, precisely when there’s the least demand for electricity. That’s true for just about every wind-blown spot
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Wind and solar costs keep falling, squeezing nuke, coal plants
Wind and solar have become the cheapest sources of power, and natural gas-fired plants are the best option to back them up, according to Lazard Ltd. The levelized cost of energy from large solar installations has fallen to as low
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Migrants building £2.6bn windfarm paid fraction of minimum wage
Workers hired to build the flagship £2.6bn Beatrice offshore windfarm in Scotland have included migrants without proper immigration documents paid a fraction of the UK minimum wage, the Guardian can reveal. Offshore windfarming is one of the UK’s biggest growth
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Scottish Power switches to 100% wind power
Scottish Power has become the first integrated energy company in the UK to make the shift from coal and gas generation to wind power. This announcement follows the completion of the sale of its traditional generation business to Drax for
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Can we rely on wind and solar energy?
Is green energy, particularly wind and solar energy, the solution to our climate and energy problems? Or should we be relying on things like natural gas, nuclear energy, and even coal for our energy needs and environmental obligations? Alex Epstein
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World’s largest offshore wind farm opens in Irish Sea
The world’s largest offshore wind farm opened in the Irish Sea, covering an area of 145 square kilometers (55 square miles). The 659-megawatt Walney Extension, located approximately 19 kilometers (12 miles) off the coast of Cumbria, England, consists of 87
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Greek island to be first in Mediterranean to power itself with only wind and solar
The Greek island of Tilos is set to be the first in the Mediterranean to power itself entirely with wind and solar power, The Associated Press reported. The final tests of a new system that will allow the island to
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Sweden to reach its 2030 renewable energy target this year
Sweden is on target to meet one of its renewable energy targets years ahead of schedule, and it’s thanks in part to wind turbines. In 2012, Norway and Sweden reached a joint agreement to increase their production of electricity from
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Can 100% renewable energy power the world?
Every year, the world uses 35 billion barrels of oil. This massive scale of fossil fuel dependence pollutes the earth, and it won’t last forever. On the other hand, we have abundant sun, water and wind, which are all renewable
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Europe is building more wind and solar without any subsidies
The French electric utility Engie announced that it’s going to develop 300 megawatts of wind energy across nine wind farms in Spain, backed by $350 million (€300 million) in investment. Here’s the key: It’s doing all this without government support.
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