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IPCC report urges for action to limit global warming to 1.5C

Edouard Stenger

If renewables are booming and energy efficiency is gaining some traction, greenhouse gases emissions are still growing and the atmospheric concentration of carbon is still rising. Deforestation and environmental destruction are still a reality in many countries around the world. We need to do a whole lot more. Is it hopeless?

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A Global Biogas Revolution Is Taking Place

Edouard Stenger

While solar PV and wind power are grabbing headlines, another clean energy revolution is silently taking place. Over the last few decades China has installed 30 million small biodigesters to help rural populations deal with energy poverty, deforestation, and healthcare. million cars off the road. A total of 6.5

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Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries

Union of Concerned Scientists

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. A fossil fuel energy grid extracts and expends finite resources.

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

Finally, deserts, due to their location, are important sources of generating renewable energy. Smaller solar panels convert light into energy, but the large arrays in the deserts work differently. Smaller solar panels convert light into energy, but the large arrays in the deserts work differently. Leisure and Tourism.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Hawai‘i Supreme Court Upheld Denial of Request to Re-Open Order Approving Wind Power Purchase Agreement. The Hawai‘i Supreme Court held that the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not abuse its discretion when it declined to re-open a 2014 order that approved a Purchase Power Agreement for wind energy.

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