Headline News:
- “How The US Government Is Underestimating The Global Growth Of Renewable Energy” • Dan Cohan, a professor at Rice University who uses numbers provided by the US DOE’s Energy Information Administration, came to question some of them. On examination, he found the numbers on renewable energy were often wildly inaccurate. [Houston Public Media]
Wind power (Photo: Gabriel C Pérez | KUT)
- Budweiser said it has switched all its US brewing to renewable electricity and is adding a clean energy logo to its labels as part of a global shift to green power by its parent Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s biggest brewer. A “100 percent renewable electricity” symbol will be added to US bottles and cans, Budweiser said, [Reuters]
- Renewables are becoming the energy source of choice for corporate electricity users, with electricity generation owned by companies increasing more than twelvefold in Europe in 2016, a report says. The report tracks progress made by companies committed to 100% renewable power as part of the RE100 initiative. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
- Since 2014, Engie has operated a strategic shift by reducing future exploration in fossil fuels and investing massively in green energies and energy efficiency services. Under the guidance of the present chief executive, Isabelle Kocher, this has accelerated. Low-carbon activities now represent more than 90% of earnings. [Power Engineering International]
- According to analysis of corporate clean energy procurement by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, corporations around the world signed a record volume of Power Purchase Agreements in 2017, amounting to 5.4 GW of clean energy by 43 companies across 10 different countries, which is an impressive 25% increase over 2016. [CleanTechnica]
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January 24 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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