Headline News:
- “UK energy mix faces seismic shift” • These last weeks have been a time when an inescapable set of signals emerges, all pointing in the same direction. The idea that renewables are not competitive with fossil fuels and nuclear power has lost all basis in fact. It’s time to wake up to the energy revolution. [Climate Home]
Wind turbine and moon. Pic: Pixabay
- New York state committed to getting 50% of its power from renewable sources by 2030, and conservation groups are creating tools to help. The Nature Conservancy is launching an initiative called “Renewables on the Ground” to facilitate good decision making for siting wind farms and large solar installations. [Public News Service]
- A team of Australian National University scientists brought economically competitive solar thermal energy generation closer to reality. They hit a record in efficiency for the technology with a design that boosts conversion of sunlight to steam to 97%. This could produce a 10% reduction in the cost of solar thermal electricity. [RenewEconomy]
- A business based in South Canterbury, New Zealand has signed an Asian Development Bank contract to supply solar/battery mini-grids in the Cook Islands. The systems have been designed to supply nearly all the electricity requirements of four islands. Currently, the islands’ electricity is supplied by diesel generators. [Timaru Herald]
Tuvaluan workers help install a solar array on the roof of the Tuvalu Government Building. Supplied photo. - A small Central American developing country of nearly five million people, Costa Rica has taken a step towards creating a society without fossil fuels as nearly 100% of its electricity comes from five renewable sources – hydropower, geothermal, wind, solar and biomass. In 2015, they did not use fossil fuels for electricity for 299 days. [The American Bazaar]
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August 22 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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