Category: fossil fuels

The UK likely got more power from renewables than fossil fuels last quarter

Post author By Randall
Post date October 14, 2019
Categories In analysis, biomass, carbon brief, electricity, fossil fuels, gear, green, grid, Power, renewable energy, renewables, solar, Tech, Uk, wind power

[ad_1] According to the analysis, from July through September, renewables generated 29.5 terawatt hours (TWh) while fossil fuels generated 29.1 TWh. As Gizmodo points out, a 0.4 TWh may sound small but it represents the electricity used by hundreds of thousands of customers. For context, in the third quarter of 2009, the UK generated twice […]

EU lending bank aims to cut funding for fossil fuel projects by 2020

Post author By Randall
Post date July 28, 2019
Categories In Climate Change, emissions, environment, eu, european investment bank, european union, fossil fuels, gear, green, paris agreement, Politics, Tech

[ad_1] The European Union has some very long-term environmental goals, but it might not wait around to make some crucial changes. The Guardian has seen proposals from the EU's lender, the European Investment Bank, that would bar funding for any energy infr… [ad_2] Source link

America’s renewable energy capacity overtakes coal for the first time

Post author By Randall
Post date June 13, 2019
Categories In capacity, coal, environment, fossil fuels, green, hydro, renewable energy, solar, Tech, tomorrow, wind

[ad_1] While these figures represent a very marginal difference, additional findings from FERC suggest that the gap is likely to widen in the coming months. The report notes that the US has been adding, on average, one percentage point to its renewable energy capacity every year, and predicts that by 2022 the technology will account […]