Headline News:
- “The Key To Winning Victories Against Big Oil? Perseverance” • Vermont’s Middlebury College announced that it was divesting its fossil fuel holdings. That might not seem so newsworthy, as Middlebury is just one of many divesting colleges, but it is one of the first to reverse course. Six years ago the college flatly rejected divestment. [The Guardian]
Solar trackers in South Burlington, Vermont (Photo: Toby Talbot | AP)
- “EDF Signs Contract With NYSERDA For Morris Ridge Solar Project” • EDF Renewables North America signed an agreement with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority for its Morris Ridge Solar Project. The 212-MW DC (170-MW AC) project also includes a 20-MW energy storage component. [Power Technology]
- “GE ‘Created The Energy Industry’, Now Its Cementing A Place In Its Future” • GE is rebuilding its clean energy business by combining its renewables, energy storage, and grid infrastructure units. The reorganization that it is pursuing makes so much sense that one of the few questions the announcement raises is why did it take so long? [Forbes]
- “Europe’s Transition From Hard Coal To Renewables Accelerating: Report” • Renewable energy is on the increase in the EU, and the use of coal has fallen 30% from what it was in 2012, according to The European Power Sector in 2018 report. Lignite coal, however, is proving more difficult to phase out than hard coal. [Power Technology]
- “New Mexico’s New Governor Announces Climate Policy Commitments” • Gov Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-NM, has formally ordered New Mexico to join the US Climate Alliance, fully embracing the goals set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. She also ordered the creation of a New Mexico Climate Change Task Force. [North American Windpower]
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January 31 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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