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What’s after coal? Accelerating China’s overseas investment in renewables
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Clean energy (solar panels and wind power farm) with mountain backdrop in Golmud, China
China is well positioned to promote green power sources on a large scale.
March 3, 2023 by Ziyi Ma
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It is time to fix injustice in global solar supply chains
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Tens of thousands of protesters in the British capital London condemned the Chinese government’s systematic campaign of human rights violations" against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Victims of oppression in Xinjiang pay the price for cheap, coal-intensive solar modules.
January 26, 2023 by Seaver Wang
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Cities are leading the way toward a sustainable and resilient future
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Boston Harbo
How three cities, Cupertino, Orlando and Boston, are using their communities, new technology and buildings to fight the effects of climate change.
January 24, 2023 by Hannah Greinetz
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Why solar microgrids are the future of sustainable energy
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Solar panel structure above a bus parking lot
Sponsored: Are you maximizing the value of your solar? Learn about the role microgrids play to maximize the value of solar energy and ensure resilient power.
January 11, 2023 by Samantha Childress
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How ocean data innovation is changing how we see the sea
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Empty rowboat afloat on binary ocean
From optimizing whale safety to mapping the sea floor, here's how innovators are uncovering new insights and driving ocean research.
November 23, 2022 by Kate Wing
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The GreenFin Interview: Open source design meets climate finance data
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Portrait of Truman Semans, OS-Climate
OS-Climate, part of the Linux Foundation, is applying the principles of open source software development to the quest for more accessible data about climate finance.
November 2, 2022 by Grant Harrison
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The health, economic and community benefits of zero-carbon buildings
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zero carbon building
And three ways to maximize their impact.
October 12, 2022 by Evana Said
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Is green hydrogen the biggest opportunity for climate tech funding?
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PallCorporation_Featured_Image_09/27/2022_article
Sponsored: Dr. Maria Anez-Lingerfelt, senior scientist at Pall Corporation looks at how finance and tech must align to make further progress for sustainable energy.
September 27, 2022 by Maria Anez-LingerFelt
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Floating solar farms: What are they and can they help us reach net zero?
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Floating solar panels in Amsterdam.
Photovoltaics on the water in China's Solar Valley can be seen from space. Other notable installations are surfacing around the world.
September 23, 2022 by Victoria Masterson
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Solar panels have come a long way. Recycling them has not
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An aerial view taken from a helicopter of a damaged solar farm in Britain.
Making solar panel recycling more commonplace will require a mix of technological advances, economic incentives and smart policies at the state and federal levels.
September 22, 2022 by Mike De Socio
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Dolly told us to sing in the sunshine, and Sunfolding listened
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A Venn diagram. One circle shows a field of solar panels and the other circle shows the geological mapping of the solar panel field
In Part 2 of the WWDPD series, we take a deeper look at how California-based Sunfolding is changing the solar panel game.
September 7, 2022 by Leah Garden
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For Burlington, Vermont, going 100 percent renewable was just the start
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Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Image via Shutterstock/Louisen.
In 2014, Vermont’s largest city became the first in the U.S. to be 100 percent powered by renewable energy. What’s happened since then?
August 31, 2022 by Sasha Weilbaker
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How Africa could become a global hydrogen powerhouse
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ground mounted solar power plants in zimbabwe africa
Africa’s abundant solar and wind energy could make it a global hub for producing low-carbon hydrogen, the IEA says, but its residents still face access challenges.
August 30, 2022 by Victoria Masterson
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Innovative company Solstice works to make community solar accessible
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As a business led by women of color, with a nonprofit arm also headed by a woman, Solstice has made a commitment to reflect the diversity of the communities it serves. (Credit: Solstice Initiative)
The startup is answering the question: What's holding potential customers back?
August 24, 2022 by Jill Cliburn
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More energy on less land: the drive to shrink solar’s footprint
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man driving tractor under Solar photovoltaic area
Building highly efficient utility-scale solar farms on ever-smaller tracts of land is a top priority amid land-use conflicts over renewables.
August 18, 2022 by Cheryl Katz
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Coalition for Community Solar Access collaborates for community solar success
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Rooftop solar in Austin, Texas.
An interview with CCSA chief executive and co-founder Jeff Cramer on accelerating community solar through business models and policies.
August 12, 2022 by Jill Cliburn
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How to scale the climate impact of heat pumps and solar at the federal level
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collage of heat pumps and power lines and solar panels
Biden declared photovoltaic panels and heat pumps essential to national defense — now he needs policies to stimulate demand.
July 7, 2022 by Daniel Cohan
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Europe and Ireland take up large-scale wind power as energy costs soar
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Windmills in the Irish countryside
Russia’s war in Ukraine has supercharged the move to wind and solar energy in Ireland and Europe.
July 6, 2022 by Andy Rowell
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A way forward toward reducing local opposition to renewables
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aerial view of apartment buildings with solar panel installed on roof in autumn
One key to success is early engagement by renewable developers with communities and nearby residents.
July 5, 2022 by Cullen Howe
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Solar panel waste is not the worst thing that’s ever happened
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Solar panels with refinery in background
It is always important to put challenges like this in context.
June 24, 2022 by Jon Smieja
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Renewable energy projects power up in tribal nations
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This solar carport at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, delivers about 23 megawatt hours of clean electricity annually to the local utility grid (Public Service Company of New Mexico), making it the largest commercial photo voltaic (PV) system in New Mexico.
Dozens of tribes are investing in solar, wind and hydro projects, building toward a more sustainable future.
June 9, 2022 by Ted McDermott
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Meet the power plant of the future: Solar and battery hybrids
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solar and battery power plant concept
A staggering 1,400 GW of proposed generation and storage projects could connect to the grid — more than all existing U.S. power plants combined.
June 1, 2022 by Joachim Seel
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Minneapolis jobs program aims to grow and diversify clean energy workforce
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Minneapolis skyline.
The city’s Green Career Exploratory Program, launched in the early days of the pandemic, emphasizes the recruitment of people of color through partnerships with community institutions.
June 1, 2022 by Frank Jossi
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Let’s talk integrated photovoltaics
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Pvilion military tent
Meet Ambient Photonics, which just raised $30 million to produce low-light solar cells that can harvest energy from both natural and artificial sources.
May 26, 2022 by Heather Clancy
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Power outage: Solar is frozen, wind is fitful
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Solar construction
The race to turbocharge the shift to clean energy has been slowed by unforeseen obstacles — in the form of trade policy and business model hiccups.
May 26, 2022 by John Howell