April 3, 2013
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Even amid policy uncertainty in major wind power markets, wind developers still managed to set a new record for installations in 2012, with 44,000 megawatts of new wind capacity worldwide. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 19, 2013
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Brightsource and Abengoa are currently working on a 500 megawatts concentrated solar project in California that would be composed of twin 250-megawatt units with what should be the tallest solar towers in the world. Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 18, 2013
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Geothermal power has a promising future, but so far it has lagged behind most of its other renewable energy cousins, especially wind and solar. Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 2, 2013
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We only have data up to November 30th so far, so we can’t be sure what the final 2012 numbers will look like, but for the first 11 months of the year, new installed wind power in the United States adds up to 6,519 megawatts. Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 11, 2012
by Anjali Jaiswal
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Anjali Jaiswal, Senior Attorney, San Francisco
After experiencing the world’s largest blackout this past summer, India is urgently searching for ways to improve the stability of its electric grid. Hundreds of millions of people ne… Continue reading
July 30, 2012
by Amanda Maxwell
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Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC
Chile
While non-conventional renewable energy (NCRE) currently accounts for 3 percent of Chile’s electricity, there is a portfolio of new NCRE initiatives that would generate… Continue reading
April 25, 2012
by Frances Beinecke
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Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City
India has dramatically expanded its reliance on solar power over the past two years. Solar installations have sprouted across the nation and costs for this clean energy have dropped, ac… Continue reading
January 10, 2012
by Amrita Batra
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Amrita Batra, Program Assistant, India Initiative and Food and Agriculture, San Francisco
Climate
India against binding pact on emission cuts: Jayanthi
“India will not accept any binding targets under a new post 2020 climate regi… Continue reading
October 31, 2011
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, Sustainable Energy Advocate, New York
Earlier this month, over 150 solar companies bid for the “second batch” of projects allotted under Phase 1 of India’s National Solar Mission. This sustained a… Continue reading
July 18, 2011
by Amanda Maxwell
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Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Chile
After several years of uncertainty, executives of the two companies proposing large dam complexes on Patagonian rivers, HidroAysén and Xstrata, indicated that this month they will sign… Continue reading
August 17, 2010
by Johanna Wald
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We share exciting news this week as environmental groups, including NRDC, support our first utility scale solar energy project – the Lucerne Valley Solar Project near Victorville in San Bernardino County. This is the first solar power project, an… Continue reading
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