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Renewable Energy World Editors | May 17, 2018
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved an energy and water funding bill that, as compared to fiscal year 2018, cuts energy efficiency and renewable energy programs by…
Bankable Wind + Storage Plants Coming Soon After DNV GL Verifies Spanish Wind Farm
Jennifer Runyon | May 16, 2018
Last week at the Windpower 2018 conference and expo, ACCIONA Energia received the first independent certification for its hybrid wind power and energy storage plant by DNV GL…
Himachal Pradesh New Approach to Hydro Could Move 5,100 MW of Capacity Forward
Elizabeth Ingram | May 11, 2018
The State Cabinet of Himachal Pradesh, India, approved amendments to the state’s hydropower policy intended to ensure about 737 stalled hydro projects with a capacity of about 5,100 MW…
NRDC Helping to Seed Resilient Energy in Puerto Rico
Luis Martinez | May 15, 2018
Last September, Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico destroying most of the island’s energy infrastructure. Puerto Ricans then had to endure the…
Opinion and Commentary
Illinois Strikes Path To Midwest Solar Leadership
Jesse Grossman | May 15, 2018
Two years ago, Illinois legislators passed the Future Energy Jobs Act in an effort to transition the state from its fossil-fueled industrial past into a future…
Editors’ Take
Wind Power Overtakes Nuclear for First Time in UK Across a Quarter
The Guardian with Comment by Jennifer Runyon | May 16, 2018
Britain’s windfarms provided more electricity than its eight nuclear power stations in the first three months of 2018, marking the first time wind has…
Women Volunteers Install Solar Panels for Family in San Diego
KUSI News, with commentary by Jennifer Delony | May 17, 2018
A group of all-women volunteers showed up at the home of a City Heights (San Diego) family to install solar panels for free. And it couldn’t have come…
Offshore Wind Farms Are Planned for California — But the Navy Says No to Large Sections of the Coast
Rob Nikolewski, with commentary by Jennifer Delony | May 15, 2018
Fans of renewable energy anticipate a bonanza blowing off the coast of California. But a map released by the U.S. Navy puts large swaths of the…