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- Agroforestry, an agricultural system that combines trees with crops and livestock on the same plot of land, could play an important role in mitigating climate change because it sequesters more atmospheric carbon in plant parts and soil than farming with conventional methods, according to researchers at Penn State. [Science Daily]
Alley cropping walnut and soybeans in Missouri (USDA photo)
- New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee voted 7-0 to reject an application for the Northern Pass project, which would have provided clean energy to Massachusetts but was seen as an eyesore by critics who feared it would tarnish scenic views and damage New Hampshire’s tourism industry. The rejection was not expected. [Yahoo News Canada]
- With 2,200 stores, Home Depot is one of the largest retailers in America. By July of this year, 800 of those stores will have high-profile displays advertising Tesla products in them. Staffed by Tesla employees, the products they are to feature include Tesla’s solar panels, rooftop solar systems, and the Powerwall storage batteries. [CleanTechnica]
- Chile will phase out coal power generation, president Michelle Bachelet declared. A working group will develop a plan to replace existing coal capacity. The fuel generated 35% of the South American country’s electricity in 2015. As of December 2017, the UK and Canada had signed up 24 other countries to end use of coal. [The Wire]
- Renewables are on a pretty hot run in Australia. Over 800 MW of utility-scale renewables have been confirmed in the past six weeks. That includes wind farms of 135-MW in New South Wales, a 225-MW in Victoria, and solar farms of 200-MW in Victoria and 250-MW in New South Wales. And these are just the larger installations. [RenewEconomy]
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February 2 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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