Headline News:
- “US Renewable Energy Additions Completely Overwhelm Those By Natural Gas In First Months Of 2020” • A SUN DAY Campaign review of FERC data has found that solar, wind and hydropower provided 85.7% of new US electrical generating capacity during the first two months of 2020, overwhelming additions of natural gas. [Solar Power World]
Desert wind turbines (Dennis Schroeder | NREL)
- “Himalayas Visible For The First Time In 30 Years In India” • The view from Pathankot, India, usually doesn’t include the Himalayas due to the high pollution levels there, but with the coronavirus lockdown, that has changed. Many residents in northern India can see the majestic Himalayas for the first time in 30 years. [CleanTechnica]
- “Ørsted, Dominion Primed For Coastal Virginia Build” • Dominion Energy and Ørsted are to begin construction shortly at the two-turbine Coastal Virginia offshore wind demo project, as key components are now on their journey from Europe. Two EEW-fabricated monopile foundations will be the first ever installed in US waters. [reNEWS]
- “A Decade After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, We’re Going In The Wrong Direction” • The Deepwater Horizon disaster was October 20, 2010. It killed 11 people and injured 17. It went uncapped for 87 days, coating more than 1.300 miles of beaches and wetlands with oil, walloping the coastal economy. We could hope it might have changed things. It didn’t. [CleanTechnica]
- “Electricity Demand In 2020 To Decline By Most Since Great Recession” • Investors take note: The US Energy Information Administration issued its first projection of domestic energy market performance since the coronavirus pandemic started. It says 2020 will see the worst year-over-year decline in electricity demand since the Great Recession. [Motley Fool]
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April 22 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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