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- Opinion: “What World Climate Can Expect From US Presidential Choices” • “This year, every vote is a vote for or against climate change,” says Nick Stockton on Wired.com. Citizens of the United States have to make a real choice about climate this year. Our votes may determine how the country addresses the world climate for decades. [CleanTechnica]
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- The Clean Energy Standard, part of an initiative to double the New York’s renewable energy providers and cut carbon emissions 40% by 2030, was approved unanimously at a meeting in Albany Monday. The four nuclear power plants were added to the CES because they produce a third of the state’s carbon dioxide-free energy. [WSKG News]
- Vermont gubernatorial candidate Matt Dunne’s renewable energy position proposing to leave wind and solar siting questions up to the local community lost him a powerful endorsement. Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org is no longer endorsing him, and has given his endorsement to Sue Minter instead. [WCAX]
- Energy research and consulting firm GTM Research has predicted that the German energy storage market will attain an annual value of US $1 billion by 2021. The firm forecast an elevenfold increase in megawatts of storage between 2015 and 2021. At the end of last year, Germany had 67 MW of energy storage installed.
[Energy Digital] - Renewable energy sources produced 48.6% of Spain’s power in January-July 2016, according to provisional data as of July 29. Nuclear power plants were the number-one source of electricity with a 22.8% share, closely followed by wind parks with 22.5% and hydro power at 19%. Solar power provided 5.4%. [SeeNews Renewables]
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from Green Energy Times http://www.greenenergytimes.net/2016/08/02/august-2-green-energy-news-4/
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