Henry Harrell"s Blog: August 23 Green Energy News

Headline News:

Navigating through the icy waters of the Arctic, a Greenpeace ship is delivering solar panels to the Inuit community of Clyde River, Nunavut. Delivering solar panels and a team to install the systems for the Clyde River community is Greenpeace’s way of offering a better solution to meet increasing demands for energy. [CleanTechnica]

Arctic Sunrise.

A strong national commitment to nuclear energy goes hand in hand with weak performance on climate change targets, researchers at the University of Sussex and the Vienna School of International Studies have found. Pro-nuclear countries have been slow to implement wind, solar, and hydropower technologies. [(e) Science News]
Cumulative utility-scale capacity reached 75 GW by the end of June and there’s a possibility the 100 GW mark could be attained by the end of this year. A report states figures at the end of June indicate 2016 will be the 6th consecutive record year for utility-scale solar, with 10 GW of new solar plants to that point. [Energy Matters]
The Climate Investigations Center, a progressive group that monitors energy and environmental outliers, says the coal lobbying influence is waning. CIC released a survey this month of the lobbying spend and the influence of climate change on it. Banks and utilities are reducing support for the coal industry. [CleanTechnica]
This year, the high power demands that come with hot Texas weather did not produce shortages that lead to soaring prices, partly because of renewable energy sources. Power generators didn’t earn their usual profits from the summer price spikes. Now they want regulators to essentially guarantee them those profits. [Houston Chronicle]

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