Renewable Energy

World’s First Wave Energy Array Goes Online

World’s First Wave Energy Array Goes Online

Australia’s Carnegie Wave Energy has officially switched on a new onshore power station of its wave energy project—the world’s first commercial-scale, grid-connected wave energy array. Ocean waves, a source of renewable energy. Photo credit: Barbara Walsh / Creative Commons It is also represents the first time that wave-generated energy has been fed into the grid in Australia. […]

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    Sustainable Energy Revolution Grows, Says Bloomberg Report

    Sustainable Energy Revolution Grows, Says Bloomberg Report

    The third annual Sustainable Energy in America Factbook released today documents the continuing dramatic changes in how the U.S. produces, delivers and consumes energy, and makes some projections and predictions about the direction of the energy sector in the future. The report was researched and produced by Bloomberg New Energy Finance and commissioned by The Business Council for Sustainable […]

    Business Renewables Center Makes It Easier to Invest in Clean Energy

    Business Renewables Center Makes It Easier to Invest in Clean Energy

    Nearly two-thirds of Fortune 100 and nearly half of Fortune 500 companies have commitments to shift to renewables. Now these companies are seeking the best way to source renewable energy and have the potential to significantly grow the renewable energy market. Corporations can be a powerful lever for expanding renewable energy in the U.S. and […]

    Robert Redford: Fossil Fuels Need to Stay in the Ground, Renewable Energy Is the Future

    Robert Redford: Fossil Fuels Need to Stay in the Ground, Renewable Energy Is the Future

    Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman sat down today with Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning director, actor and longtime environmentalist, at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. In the interview, Goodman jumps right in by asking Redford, founder of Sundance Film Festival, about last week’s vote where half of the Senate refused to formally acknowledge the existence of man-made climate change. […]

    Parents, Teachers and Students Ask School Districts to Go 100% Renewable Energy

    Parents, Teachers and Students Ask School Districts to Go 100% Renewable Energy

    Now that solar is cheaper than electricity from the grid in 42 of 50 largest U.S. cities, it’s no wonder that a coalition of education, health, labor and environmental organizations launched a campaign to encourage North Carolina’s public school districts to transition to 100 percent renewable energy. Repower Our Schools was launched today calling for the Charlotte and Durham, North Carolina […]

    Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $48M Initiative to Cut Carbon and Spur Investments in Renewables

    Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $48M Initiative to Cut Carbon and Spur Investments in Renewables

    Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Heising-Simons family announced today the launch of a Clean Energy Initiative that will support state-based solutions to establish an American energy systems that is clean, reliable and affordable. The $48 million initiative will provide grant funding to a broad range of stakeholders with the goal of creating a stronger, cleaner energy system that […]

    Solar Is Creating Jobs Nearly 20 Times Faster Than Overall U.S. Economy

    Solar Is Creating Jobs Nearly 20 Times Faster Than Overall U.S. Economy

    All those senators currently debating in Washington D.C., calling the Keystone XL pipeline approval bill an urgent “jobs creation bill,” are looking for jobs in all the wrong places. Solar installation alone added more jobs in 2014 than both the oil and natural gas sectors—jobs that can’t be outsourced. Photo credit: The Solar Project They […]

    Cuban Province Well on Its Way to 100% Renewable Energy

    Cuban Province Well on Its Way to 100% Renewable Energy

    President Obama’s recent announcement that he wants to begin normalizing relations with Cuba generated news around the world. But the Cuban province of Granma may soon be making headlines for another reason: its embrace of renewable energy. Cuba wants to generate 24 percent of its energy from renewables by 2030 with the Granma province as […]