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UK renewables cuts 'risk slowing shift to clean energy'
2016-05-24 12:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK government risks slowing the shift to clean energy sources by cutting support for renewable energy and strongly backing gas as a transitional fuel, according to the UNs environment chief. Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), told the Guardian that he thought the UKs push for nuclear and gas over renewables could be more costly in the long term. His warning came as North Yorkshire council gave the go ahead for the first fracking tests in the UK for...
Oil majors tread cautiously towards renewables
2016-05-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The Niger Delta of Nigeria has suffered severe damage from gas flaring and oil spills. Faced by falling oil prices and plunging profits, big oil companies are investing in renewables and clean energy, but still focussing on fossil fuels. LONDON, 22 May, 2016 The big oil companies on-off affair with renewable energies seems to be back on track. Recent reports say Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil conglomerate, is to invest $1.7 billion in forming a new company division aimed specifically at developing...
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Making Bangladesh Ready for Renewables
2016-05-17 18:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: All his life, farmer Nasiruddin saw his poverty ridden village in complete darkness after dusk, with electricity being a distant dream. That changed last year when he installed a solar lantern system. "Life used to stop here after sundown," he says, "Kerosene lamps were expensive. My children studied in candle light with a lot of difficulty, and we couldn`t do any work properly at night. But now solar power has changed all that." Nasiruddin`s case is emblematic of that of millions of Bangladeshis...
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Solar Impulse Plane Shows Feasibility of 100% Renewables for Certain Apps
2016-05-12 20:09:00| Transmission & Distribution World
By flying halfway around the world on solar power alone, Solar Impulse has already proven that it is possible to produce a stable, 24/7 electricity supply read more
Utilities Catch Renewables Fever
2016-05-11 17:52:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Three Energy Companies Commit $12 Billion Electric companies go all out on renewables investing read more
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