Distributed generation for utilities is part of the mandate. Photo: Solar Dave via flickr.
Now this is getting somewhere... Climate Progress reports that the Colorado House of Representatives has passed an increase in the state's Read the full story on TreeHugger
In Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, I have presented a plan to dramatically reduce carbon emissions by increasing energy efficiency and replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. In the push to reduce emissions, all eyes are on China, the world's most populous country and now also the world's top carbon emitter. Here are some highlights from the Plan B 4.0 datasets on China's energy economy:
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With the launch of the new UK renewable energy feed-in tariffs, the Government will now be paying every homeowner that installs solar panels and other renewables a guaranteed income in addition to the energy savings they are likely to reap. But some environmentalists are less than happy about it. In fact George Monbiot, who has previously called for a 100% cut in carbon emiss...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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It's already well known that Facebook is caught between a rock and a Greenpeace with its decision to move to a power-hungry coal-fired data center. And even though Facebook could eliminate 75% of its energy use by changing its code, at its present rate of growth it is always lik...Read the full story on TreeHugger
16 gigawatts is a lot of power. The average nuclear power plant in operation today provides less than just one gigawatt of power (I believe the average is around 850 MW). Which is why it's good news that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the stimulus bill, is on track to add 16 GW of renewable energy to the US grid. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
