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Solar and wind power have surged wildly in the US over the last decade

Canary Media

When you live far from the sprawling fields befitting utility-scale solar and wind farms, it’s easy to feel like clean energy isn’t coming online fast enough. But renewables have grown at a staggering rate since 2014 and now account for 22 percent of the nation’s…

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The Tories will leave one great green legacy that few noticed – Labour must build upon it | Rebecca Willis

The Guardian: Energy

This government had many climate failures, but its 2014 boost to green energy made the UK an offshore wind superpower As day-trippers to the British seaside enjoy fish and chips and a bracing paddle, they may notice, as they gaze out to sea, one of the great hidden legacies of this Conservative government: offshore wind power.

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US Voluntary Clean Power Sales Keep Surging, With More Than a Little Help From Utilities

GreenTechMedia

These clean power sales have surged in the past decade: According to data collected and published annually by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, they doubled from 2010 to 2014 and doubled again from 2014 to 2019. Offerings could become more common, and more diverse, as grids get cleaner.

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MidAmerican plans to add 2 GW of wind energy resources in Iowa

Renewable Energy World

In a filing with state utility regulators, the company asked that the cost cap for Wind PRIME be set at $1.89 million per megawatt (including Allowance for Funds Used During Construction–AFUDC) for wind-powered facilities and $1.854 million per MW (including AFUDC) for solar-powered generation.

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Europe’s Energy Storage Market Is Fading, Right When It’s Needed Most

GreenTechMedia

Europe is still plotting the course towards being net-zero by 2050, but no matter the shape it takes, it will surely involve hundreds of gigawatts of new renewable power capacity. In 2014, EMEA, dominated by Europe, represented 44 percent of global energy storage deployment. By the end of 2019, the total tally (plus the U.K.)

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The Corona Virus Reduces China's Emissions by 25 Percent

Green Market Oracle

China burns about half the coal used globally while at the same time it is the leading market for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. This duality is evident in Shanxi, which is both China's coal mining region and the location of some of the country's largest solar and wind power projects.

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Solarcentury Gets Boost from UK Government for 500MW Overseas Pipeline

GreenTechMedia

cable company win offshore wind contracts in Europe in 2012 and 2014. A report by the wind and marine energy trade group RenewableUK found the sector was exporting to 37 countries, while the official stats put the value of exports of wind power products and services at more than £525 million ($684 million) a year.