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Ergon and Queensland Government agree to supply renewable energy through wind
2016-05-31 01:00:00| Power Technology
Australian electricity distributor Ergon Energy and the Government of Queensland have reached an agreement for supplying wind energy in the state.
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Achieving Universal Access to Energy; Africa Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
2016-05-30 16:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: "It is unacceptable that 138 years after Thomas Edison developed the light bulb, hundreds of millions of people cannot have access to electricity to simply light up the bulb in Africa," says Africa Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, mourning the gloomy statistics showing that over 645 million people in Africa lack access to electricity, while over 700 million are without clean energy for cooking. Adesina attributes Africa's poverty and the perennial migration of youths...
Report cites mixed results for Wisconsin's renewable energy progress
2016-05-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Journal-Sentinel: Mission accomplished, or failing to take the lead? That sums up two views of Wisconsin and its approach to meeting a state target set by the Legislature for how much clean energy Wisconsin should have. Wisconsin met its renewable energy target in 2015 but still lags the nation in generating power from wind, solar and other renewable electricity sources. Wisconsin utilities can brag that 10% of the state's electricity came from renewable power sources last year. But that's still below the 13%...
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Tiny technology: the drive for smaller energy devices
2016-05-30 01:00:00| Power Technology
The drive for smallness is common amongst many advanced technologies, due to the benefits of increased efficiency and usability it can bring, but there are challenges too. There are many pioneering areas of tiny renewable technologies, so what are th
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Energy Secretary Moniz Says Government Can Help Clean Energy Innovation
2016-05-29 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Government officials in charge of energy policy from around the world are scheduled to gather in San Francisco on Wednesday and Thursday for the seventh Clean Energy Ministerial. It's a conference to serve as a follow-up to December's climate change talks in Paris. Organizers describe it as the "world's largest and most forward-leaning countries working together to accelerate the global transition to clean energy." Along with U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, government officials involved...
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