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Trump gives green light to Keystone, Dakota access pipelines
President Trump gave the go-ahead for construction of two controversial oil pipelines, the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access. As he signed the paperwork in an Oval Office photo op, Trump said his administration is “going to renegotiate some of
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Petroleum giant abandons tar sands in favor of wind power
30In a startling move, Norwegian state-owned oil and gas company Statoil recently pulled all its investments out of the Alberta tar sands after winning a contract to develop an offshore wind farm in U.S. waters. CleanTechnica reports the company began
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Donald Trump Inauguration: a day of ceremony, protests and celebration
President Trump’s era on the government web began almost immediately with the wiping out of Obama-era initiatives and a new brand of policy pronouncement. But two sides can play that game. As Mr. Trump dined with dignitaries and members of
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Trump’s White House deletes all reference to climate change
Donald Trump’s new administration deleted swathes of Barack Obama’s pet policies from the White House website upon taking office. Deleted from the website were the phrases ‘LGBT’ rights and ‘climate change.’ A page in the issues section promoted an ‘America
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The $7 a month plan bringing solar energy to rural Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, over 600 million people do not have access to electricity — that’s 68 percent of the population, according to the International Energy Agency. That’s because the power distribution infrastructure — plants and the grid — is severely
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Obama: renewable energy revolution is ‘irreversible’, will outlast Trump
Barack Obama, outgoing president of the U.S., has stepped directly into the climate debate. He believes that the U.S. is on the way to a “clean energy” world and he delivers four reasons why he thinks the shift is now
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How Trump can influence climate change
During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump said he would take the United States out of the Paris agreement and get rid of the Clean Power Plan. A Trump administration may decide to move against efforts undertaken by the Obama
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This startup combines solar, lighting, WiFi, energy storage, and EV charging into a single unit
Would the transition to renewables happen faster if the installations looked better, and were more integrated into the public space, rather than relegated to a roof or back lot? Perhaps we’d see more smart renewable infrastructure installations if some of
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An “intriguing” scenario for solar PV and other renewables in SE Asia – joining forces with coal and gas: guest post by Bart Lucarelli of Roleva Energy
by Bart Lucarelli – bart@rolevaenergy.com The future of renewables isn’t as simple as a zero-sum alternative between solar and coal or gas generation. At least probably not in southeast Asia. That’s the “intriguing” finding of a study by Bangkok-based Roleva Energy,
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America’s first offshore wind farm is now powering 17,000 homes
The United States is dotted with wind farms, generating clean energy to offset fossil fuel dependence, but until now, all of America’s wind energy has been produced on land. On December 12, Rhode Island’s Block Island Windfarm went online, marking
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