Headline News:
- Residents of the Alaskan island of Unalaska know the island’s wind is strong. It can blow over 100 miles per hour. In 2005, a study funded by the city council to look at the potential of windpower found that there was no technology strong enough to withstand Unalaska’s wind. Now, the technology has changed, and they are looking again. [KUCB]
Unalaska (Credit: Berett Wilber | KUCB)
- A study by the Environmental Defense Fund finds that methane escaping from fracking operations in Pennsylvania “causes the same near term climate pollution as 11 coal-fired power plants” and is “five times higher than what oil and gas companies report” to the state. An earlier assessment found similar results for New Mexico. [CleanTechnica]
- Germany’s Federal Network Agency announced the winners from its first onshore wind and solar auctions for 2018, awarding more than 900 MW to over 100 separate projects. The successful wind energy bids were up slightly from those of a similar auction in November, but solar power prices have fallen below those of windpower. [CleanTechnica]
- The Irish Government has announced plans to spend €22 billion over the next four years to aid the country’s journey to a low-carbon and climate resilient economy. Energy efficiency, renewables, agriculture, transport, and climate adaptation are all covered under the scheme, which has an initial target date of 2021. [Climate Action Programme]
- A paradigm shift from depleting conventional to sustainable resources for electricity generation will drive the global solar PV module market size, MarketStudyReport.com said in its research report, Solar PV Module Market. The report projects that the solar PV module market size will exceed $30 billion worldwide by 2024. [The Financial]
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February 24 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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