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The politics of (bad) policy design: French solar panels and Northern Irish boilers

Environmental Europe

From the abrupt halt to support to photovoltaics in Spain in 2009 to issues with the territorial planning of incentivised wind power in France and Germany (or near Donald Trump’s golf course …) renewable energy policy can prove hard to manage, even (or especially?) when it relies on apparently simple market-based instruments.

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Four cheap solutions to climate change

Edouard Stenger

I have been advocating this since the writing of my Master’s thesis at Audencia all the way back to 2006. Meanwhile, Lazard, a leading financial advisory and asset management firm, reports that wind power costs were down 66 percent from 2009 to 2016. Wind power costs could drop another 50%. — .

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

And, indeed, while wind turbines north of Texas functioned more or less as intended, during the cold snap, they produced very little power for their grids. [11] 11] Part of the reason for inadequate in-state electricity supply in California last August was that state regulators had closed in-state baseload power plants.

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

ESA

Feds protect a bumblebee unseen since 2006 – E&E News. BOEM – Commerical Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore Morro Bay, California, East and West Extensions-Call for Information and Nominations. Interior keeps slashing royalty rates for coal companies – E&E News. 13, 2021.

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Policy News: July 12, 2021

ESA

NOAA NMFS – Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Amendment 13 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan; Bluefin Tuna Management Webinars (July 14). Bureau of Ocean Energy Management – Request for Interest in Commercial Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

ESA

NOAA NMFS – Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Amendment 13 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan; Bluefin Tuna Management Webinars (July 8 & 14). NOAA – Ocean Exploration Advisory Board Meeting (June 30). All comments must be received by July 6, 2021.

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