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Germany Reached Nearly 75% Renewable Power Use On Sunday

En route to its 2050 Energiewende goal of 80% of the nation’s power being supplied by renewables, especially spurred on by the phaseout of nuclear reactors, Germany broke another renewable energy record on Sunday, May 11, 2014. Europe’s biggest clean-energy market reached almost 75% renewable power market share noon on that day. As the Disruptive Renewables chart

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By Sandy Dechert | May 15, 2014 | Media, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy |
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The History Of Solar

Originally published on Renewables International. By Craig Morris Did you know that Socrates gave lectures on solar architecture? But no, he’s not the one who invented it – that honor goes back at least to the Chinese, according to the update of John Perlin’s classic from the 1970s entitled “A Golden Thread.” The new version,

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By Guest Contributor | March 31, 2014 | Media, Solar Energy |
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Political & Economic Consequences Of Imported Energy In Europe

Originally published on ABB. By Hannu Vaananen Europe needs to become more intelligent if it is to stop paying more than one billion USD every day for imported energy The share of imported energy in Europe is growing and every day it pays more than one billion USD for its energy dependency, one that also has

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By Guest Contributor | March 31, 2014 | Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy |
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Switzerland Will Allow Personal Solar PV System Consumption Starting April 1st

The Swiss government will — as of April 1st — begin allowing residential PV system owners to consume the electricity that they generate with their solar panels. As it stands currently, PV systems must, by law, feed 100% of the electricity that they generate directly into the Swiss electricity grid. This system will now soon

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By James Ayre | March 21, 2014 | Solar Energy |
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EV Market Share Leaders (Top Countries For EV Market Share)

I recently figured out electric vehicle market share for 17 European countries, the US, and Japan for an ABB Conversations article I wrote (full disclosure: I am compensated by ABB for articles written on that site). The results are very interesting, in my opinion, so I figured I’d drop the charts in here as well. […]

EV Market Share Leaders (Top Countries For EV Market Share) was originally published on EV Obsession.

By Zach | March 16, 2014 | Electric Cars | No Comments |
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