White House Awards $28 Million for Coal Communities
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International
Renewables Overtake Coal in Installed Power Capacity: IEA
Renewables surpassed coal in 2015 to become the world’s No. 1 source of installed power capacity, according to the International Energy Agency’s Medium-Term Renewable Market Report 2016. “In 2015, annual renewable electricity capacity growth reached an all-time record at 153 gigawatts (GW), thanks to record additions in both onshore wind (63 GW) and solar photovoltaics […]
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International
Fossil Fuel Use in Canada to Climb, but Slowly, Energy Board Predicts
The consumption of energy derived from fossil fuels will increase in Canada through 2040, though at a slower pace than projected just 10 months ago, according to updated energy supply and demand projections released Wednesday by the National Energy Board. The board’s original forecast, titled Canada’s Energy Future 2016 (EF 2016), was released in January. […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Bellona: CCU and CCS are not the Same Thing
There is a drastic difference between permanently storing captured carbon dioxide underground and using it in the production of things such as synthetic methane and chemical, which “merely delays the CO2 from being emitted,” the European environmental organization Bellona said Wednesday in a policy brief. “While there are methods of permanently storing CO2 by using […]