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- Europe Set to Race Past US in Battery Manufacturing https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/europe-set-to-race-past-us-in-battery-manufacturing 2 comments
- World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Project Unveiled in Saudi Arabia https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/us-firm-unveils-worlds-largest-green-hydrogen-project 3 comments energy
- The Strange Hype Around Nikola Motor. As the markets closed on Wednesday, the company’s market cap was at $23 billion. But with a nontraditional IPO, an enigmatic CEO and zero revenue or vehicles, it’s become one of the more befuddling stories in cleantech in recent memory. https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/making-sense-of-the-strange-hype-around-nikola-motor 15 comments energy
- Siemens Gamesa Launches 14MW Offshore Wind Turbine, World’s Largest. The new machine can be dialed up to 15 megawatts, and an even larger version is in the works. The launch puts Siemens Gamesa back in first place in the rankings for the largest offshore turbines on the market. https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/siemens-gamesa-takes-worlds-largest-turbine-title 22 comments energy
- Germany’s Maxed-Out Power Grid Is Causing Trouble Across Europe https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/germanys-stressed-grid-is-causing-trouble-across-europe 3 comments europe
- Navy Signals Willingness to Accept Wind Farms Off California’s Central Coast https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/navy-signals-willingness-to-accept-floating-wind-farms-off-californias-central-coast 5 comments worldnews
- Transmission Emerging as Major Stumbling Block for State Renewable Targets - The U.S. is struggling to move renewable power from where it’s cheapest to where it’s wanted, with no obvious solution in sight. https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/transmission-emerging-as-major-stumbling-block-for-state-renewable-targets 6 comments technology
- Budweiser Brewer Signs Europe's 'Largest Corporate Solar PPA' https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/bud-brewer-signs-europes-largest-corporate-solar-ppa 3 comments europe
- WoodMac: Renewables to Supply 53% of Europe's Power by 2030 | Greentech Media https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/woodmac-renewables-to-supply-53-of-europes-power-by-2030 4 comments europe
- The Biggest Batteries Coming Soon to a Grid Near You. The 100-megawatt club is about to get a lot busier. Here are the world’s eight largest battery storage projects. https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/the-biggest-batteries-coming-soon-to-a-grid-near-you#gs.2b8r35 4 comments energy
- Kissing the Sky: The Pros and Cons of Ultra-Tall Wind Turbine Towers https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/the-pros-and-cons-of-ultra-tall-wind-turbine-towers#gs.15by7i 4 comments energy
- 6 Charts Showing the Renewables Threat to Natural Gas | Why build gas peakers when solar or wind plus energy storage is cheaper? https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/6-charts-showing-the-renewables-threat-to-gas?utm_medium=email&utm_source=daily&utm_campaign=gtmdaily#gs.gmoonzi 14 comments technology
- If Solar and Wind Hit 50% of Generation, US Wholesale Energy Prices Could Fall 25% or More https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/energy-prices-if-wind-and-solar-hit-50-percent-of-generation#gs.drqd11g 4 comments technology
- More ‘Subsidy-Free’ Offshore Wind Emerges in Europe https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/what-it-takes-to-get-subsidy-free-offshore-wind#gs.mx=eb5m 3 comments europe
- Trump Can’t Save Coal: More Capacity Closed Already in 2018 Than in Obama’s Entire First Term - “Beautiful, clean coal” is not seeing a resurgence, despite what the president claims. https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/trump-cant-save-coal 173 comments technology
- Developing Countries Installed Enough Solar in 2016 to Power All the Homes in Peru | Developing countries added 34 gigawatts of solar capacity over the last year, an increase of 54 percent https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/developing-countries-grow-solar-capacity-by-54-percent-in-2016#gs.shg0kjs 4 comments worldnews
- 10 Battery Gigafactories Are Now in the Works, and Elon Musk May Add 4 More https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/10-battery-gigafactories-are-now-in-progress-and-musk-may-add-4-more 12 comments worldnews
- Solar Costs Are Hitting Jaw-Dropping Lows in Every Region of the World https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/solar-costs-are-hitting-jaw-dropping-lows-in-every-region-of-the-world 16 comments technology
- Study Shows Why Trump’s Plan to Bring Back Coal Jobs Won’t Work https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/study-shows-why-trumps-mining-jobs-plan-wont-work 11 comments politics
- Danish Dong pullout continues siting oil and gas drilling issues https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/dong-energy-divests-upstream-oil-and-gas-business-to-focus-on-renewables 12 comments worldnews
- The ‘New Normal’ in America: Renewables Boom, Emissions Plunge and Consumers Save More Than Ever https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/us-consumers-are-spending-less-on-energy-as-clean-energy-booms-and-the-ec 6 comments technology
- Renewables Are Outpacing Coal in India https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/renewables-are-outpacing-coal-in-india 363 comments worldnews
- Have We Already Won the Renewables Revolution? | Yes. For the most part, the game is indeed won. We are on the path to renewable energy ubiquity -- and it’s unlikely to be derailed even if policy support falters for these technologies. https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/have-we-already-won-the-renewables-revolution 3 comments technology
- California Republicans Are 5 Times More Likely to Own Solar Than Democrats http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/california-republicans-are-5-times-more-likely-to-buy-solar-than-democrats 21 comments politics
- Stem CTO: Lithium-Ion Battery Prices Fell 70% in the Last 18 Months “There are new markets opening up because of what we’ve see in battery pricing.” http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/stem-cto-weve-seen-battery-prices-fall-70-in-the-last-18-months 4 comments technology
- 72% of Corporations Are Actively Procuring Clean Energy | Corporations are far more interested in buying their own renewables than they were even one year ago. http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/72-of-large-companies-are-actively-procuring-clean-energy 5 comments technology
- SunEdison Investigates Self, Finds No Evidence of Fraud http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/sunedison-investigates-self-and-finds-no-evidence-of-fraud 3 comments nottheonion
- Republican Millionaire Launches Super PAC to Support Pro-Clean Energy GOP Candidates http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/republican-millionaire-launches-fund-to-support-pro-clean-energy-gop-candid 9 comments politics
- California Passes a Bill Targeting 50% Renewables by 2030 http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/california-bill-50-percent-renewables 5 comments politics
- Michigan Tea Party Lawmaker: ‘We Should Be Incentivizing Solar as Much as Possible’ http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/michigan-tea-party-lawmaker-we-should-be-incentivizing-solar 10 comments politics
- Around the World, Nuclear Can’t Compete With Growing Renewables https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/renewables-outpace-nuclear-in-major-economies 6 comments technology
- SunEdison to Buy 1,000 of Imergy’s Flow Batteries for Rural Electrification. These batteries have an unlimited cycle life; they can be recharded indefinitely http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/sunedison-to-buy-1000-of-imergys-flow-batteries-for-rural-electrification 4 comments technology
- SolarCity’s CTO Peter Rive on Solar Power Plus Energy Storage: “I think it makes most sense for the battery to be operated by the utility and to be an asset of the utility.” http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/solarcitys-cto-peter-rive-on-solar-power-plus-energy-storage 3 comments technology
- Consumer Reports does not recommend Nest smoke detectors, part of Google's $3.2B acquisition http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/consumer-reports-found-some-gaps-in-googles-nest-smoke-detector-performa 4 comments technology
- Germany Hits 59% Renewable Peak (X-post /r/energy) http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Germany-Hits-59-Renewable-Peak-Grid-Does-Not-Explode 18 comments germany
- Report: Efficiency Is a More Important Economic Driver Than Energy Supply http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/report-u.s.-energy-efficiency-is-a-bigger-industry-than-energy-supply 7 comments politics
- Top venture capitalist firms now investing in "fake meat" companies and technology, saying they're a "must-have" in vc portfolios [xpost from r/vegan] http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/beyond-meat-tastes-like-chicken 4 comments technology
- U.S. Army Creates Renewables Office: Billions to Be Spent. It has a target of getting 25 percent of its power from renewables by 2025; $7.1 billion to be invested over the next 10 years. http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/u.s.-army-creates-renewable-office-billions-to-be-spent/ 21 comments technology
- Schwarzenegger gave a speech today in which he destroys the oil industry and Koch Insudtries "Does anyone think in their black oil company hearts that they want to create jobs?" He then tells the story of how oil companies conspired to buy the light rail system in America and destroy them for profit http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/arnold-lashes-out-at-valero-prop-23-opponents/ 269 comments politics
- When stuff like this happened a full year ago, why is energy still an issue? http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/first-solar-reaches-grid-parity-milestone-says-report-5389/ 28 comments science