Recent regulatory actions by FWS show that the Biden administration seeks both to ensure avian conservation and to accelerate the already rapid development and deployment of renewables and transmission infrastructure. (Courtesy: Unsplash) Follow @EngelsAngle A unit of NextEra Energy has been fined and placed on probation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection…Continue Reading
FirstLight Power’s 2.2 MW Scotland Dam Generating Station on the Shetucket River in Windham, CT. FirstLight Power plans to add distributed solar and storage systems to existing hydropower facilities in Massachusetts and Connecticut. (Courtesy: FirstLight Power) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the U.S. released its five-year strategic plan (for Fiscal Year 2022 through…Continue Reading
Hydrogen Follow @EngelsAngle The global low-carbon hydrogen market will require $600 billion in investment, along with policy support, to meet expected exponential demand by 2050, according to new analysis. In addition, the cost of electrolyzers that are used to produce green hydrogen is expected to fall by 35-65% in the next decade, according to a…Continue Reading
The Raleigh house, before and after solar panels were installed, that has spurred a North Carolina Supreme Court case. Credit: Blue Raven Solar / Courtesy By Elizabeth Ouzts, Energy News Network A coming decision could impact how thousands of developments regulate rooftop panels that are visible from the street. At issue is the meaning of…Continue Reading
Germany has come up with new measures that could lead to a cumulative installed PV capacity of 215GW by 2030. Higher feed-in tariffs for rooftop PV will likely be announced soon. April 6, 2022 Sandra EnkhardtFrom pv magazine GermanyThe German government has introduced its so-called EEG Easter package to facilitate faster expansion of photovoltaics and…Continue Reading
Stanford University scientists have developed a solar cell with 24 hours of power generation via an embedded thermoelectric generator, which extracts power from the radiative cooler at night. Extra daytime power from excess heating comes from the cell itself. April 6, 2022 Emiliano BelliniThe solar cell generates electricity at night from the temperature difference between…Continue Reading
As the world woke up to the news of war in Ukraine, the German Bundestag called a special session at which the finance minister, Christian Lindner, announced a package of measures in response to the crisis. A key plank, he said, would be a new focus on renewables. April 6, 2022 James Cockayne, Professor of…Continue Reading
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new sanctions on Russia, including on dictator Vladimir Putin’s adult daughters, following new evidence of war crimes by Russian soldiers in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.“The sickening brutality in Bucha has made tragically clear the despicable nature of the Putin regime,” a senior administration official said Wednesday morning on condition…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — As gruesome videos and photos of bodies emerge from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, Kremlin-backed media are denouncing them as an elaborate hoax — a narrative that journalists in Ukraine have shown to be false.Denouncing news as fake or spreading false reports to sow confusion and undermine its adversaries are tactics that…Continue Reading
The massacre uncovered at Bucha, a Ukrainian town, appears to have taken the war to a new low – but could the universal horror galvanise the West into further action?Here’s a breakdown explaining how the disturbing discovery could shift the entire conflict in a new direction.Street with destroyed Russian military machinery in the recaptured by…Continue Reading
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