Tag: wind power
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Elon Musk says he’s ‘pro-nuclear’ power and is ‘surprised by some of the public sentiment’ against it
Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Germany. Michele Tantussi/Reuters Elon Musk said he's a proponent of nuclear power and is "surprised" by public backlash against it. Musk opposes building new nuclear power plants, but said safe ones should keep operating. Musk cited Germany's denuclearization effort, which caused a rise in dirtier coal plants. See more stories…
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The second wave of renewables is here. What did we learn with the first?
Billions of dollars of investment flowing into renewable energy. A President pushing for solutions to combat climate change. Innovative technologies challenging the status quo. This is all very current, but it’s also exactly what happened in the first wave of renewables during the Obama administrations. For companies seeking success today in what’s shaping up to…
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Meet 100% clean energy expert and Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson
Mark Z. Jacobson is not only a clean, renewable energy expert, but he’s an athlete, an author, a globally recognized speaker and a legendary & beloved atmospheric science professor and climate leader at Stanford University. He’s also the author of a complete guide to renewable energy: “100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything,” which I…
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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything
Happy Earth Day 2021! When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.…
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Customers are driving the push towards renewables and digitalization
Renewable energy is moving into a new stage in its evolution. Renewables account for more than two thirds of new generating capacity additions in the U.S. This means that renewable energy is claiming an increasing share of the national generation mix. EIA estimates that wind power accounted for 9% of U.S. electricity generation in 2020.,…
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Serbia’s largest wind farm is now operational
Week in Mramorak, Serbia, the country’s largest wind Farm — a plant — came online. Structure on Čibuk 1 was completed last April and the wind farm is now completely operational. The EUR 300 million wind farm utilizes 57 GE wind turbines and Was supported by the Green for Growth Fund (GGF) and Motion GmbH. …