Here’s a great article with an extremely meaningful graphic, analyzing each of our sources of energy in terms of where and how it’s used and how much of it is wasted along the way. Fossil fuels, of course, are inherently …
Tag: coal-fired power plants
South Korea To Close up to 28 of its 60 Coal-fired Power Plants This Month
From this article: South Korea will idle up to 28 of its coal-fired power plants in March, scaling up the country’s ongoing efforts to curb air pollution, the Energy Ministry said on Sunday.
Coal Comes Back To China
A sharp surge in demand in electricity in Shandong, Henan, Hunan, Hubei and Zhejiang provinces of China has led to a re-appearance of coal-fired power plants, according to this report, and confirmed by satellite photography. Regulators are quietly giving coal …
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Decentralized Renewable Energy Revolution
Bringing electricity to the 600 million in Africa who currently live without it is arguably the single most important humanitarian task before us. That’s because electrical power means better education, which in turn brings productivity and, most important, family planning. …
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Was Obama Terrified of Coal?
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: How much difference a mere nine months can make! One of President Obama’s few real accomplishments was his irrational hatred of the US coal industry. In a mere eight years, President Obama contributed to massive job …
Government Regulation Is the Driver in a Great Deal of Cleantech Development
The common wisdom among those following the migration to electric transportation is that large commercial vehicles will be the very last to make that transition. Here to challenge that notion is my colleague Jon LeSage, whose current edition of Green …
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Solving Our Environment Problems Comes at a Cost: Brotherhood
I hope you’ll check out the video link here, showing how truly awe-inspiring certain aspects of the Chinese people and its culture are. As another example, China is the world’s leader in investments in renewable energy. Unfortunately, it’s also the …
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Huge Order for EVs Generates Excitement on the Adoption Curve for Electric Transportation
2GreenEnergy supporter Gary Tulie writes from Buckinghamshire, England as follows: Hi Craig, Panda New Energy has just placed what has to be the biggest order yet for electric cars – They have ordered 250,000 cars for $12 billion from Nevs, a …
From Guest Blogger Cameron Atwood: West Virginia Poisoners Off Scott Free?
West Virginia’s secretary of Health and Human Resources, Karen Bowling, said, “It’s hard to instill confidence when there’s little known about the chemical, but at the same time we have to trust in the science of what’s happening.” …in other words, we …
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Canada Has No Problem With Renewable Energy
According to a presentation i just watched here at the CleanTechLA conference, there are 65,000 government employees in Canada working on air pollution control. I’m not sure what to make of this. Largely due to their incredible hydro resources, their …
