Paris Sans Trump
Who needs the Clean Power Plan to meet our Paris climate commitments if we can coordinate emissions cuts across the private sector and at the state and municipal levels…
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Cleantech: Still The Next Big Thing For American Venture Capitalists?
Is so-called cleantech (alternative energy and related sectors) still the next big thing for American venture capitalists?
Cape Wind Dead in the Water?
Dear EarthTalk: What’s the latest on the controversial Cape Wind project off Cape Cod in Massachusetts? — Mitchell Barstow, Bern, NC First proposed in 2001, the Cape Wind Project aims to put 130 wind turbines across 24 square miles of Horseshoe Shoal almost five miles offshore of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod to generate some 1,500 gigawatt hours of electricity per year from clean, renewable wind […]
Wind Power’s Bright Future
Wind power is poised to be the next big thing when it comes to transitioning away from fossil fuels and toward renewables.
New Funds for Renewables
Stanford environmental policy wonk Dan Reicher discusses new modes of financing renewable energy and why now is the time to make the move to solar, wind and other green forms of power.
By the Numbers: Cape Wind Comes Online
130. That’s how many offshore wind turbines will be sited over a 24-square-mile grid on Nantucket Sound’s Horseshoe Shoal about five miles south of Hyannis, Massachusetts. Known as Cape Wind, the offshore wind farm is in its final victory lap after a decade of political, legal and regulatory wrangling, and barges just off the coast […]
Tapping into Tidal Energy
Tidal energy can potentially provide 15% of our nation’s electricity by 2030. That could spell opportunity for coastal communities across the country.
Delivering Wind
Planners of a new offshore wind power transmission platform in the Atlantic say they have overcome previous hurdles to such a project….
Bringing the Wind In
The Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC)—a 350-mile underwater transmission line designed for offshore wind energy—has drawn billions in investment from three sources: Google; Good Energies & Marubeni.
Embracing Small Wind
Small wind systems are catching on, but local government permitting is still a problem across the United States and beyond…