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Renewable Energy News

Digital Journal
The Russian government issued tenders on Monday for contracts to build 1.9 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity using foreign investment to create thousands of jobs in an effort to kickstart a lagging economy due to a multiyear recession, reports Oil

Energy Matters
A new report from the Clean Energy Council has found that in 2016, 17.3 percent of Australia's electricity came from renewable energy, the highest rate recorded this century. The record share means Australia is now “well on track” to meet the

CleanTechnica
European consumer goods company Unilever has announced that its UK manufacturing sites are now powered 100% by renewable energy, thanks to several Power Purchase Agreements it has signed over the past six months. Unilever UK announced ...

Capital Public Radio News
Democratic Senate leader Kevin de León's measure would double the state's renewable energy target that lawmakers set less than two years ago. There's debate among scientists, environmental groups and industry about whether it's possible for utilities

FOX40
It's called a solar suitcase -- an ingenious package created by the Berkeley-based We Share Solar, a company devoted to bringing cheap energy to third-world countries. "Provides about four hours of light at night and be recharged off of solar power

CleanTechnica
A new report by Australia's Clean Energy Council has revealed that renewable energy provided a record share of electricity in 2016 thanks in large part to record rainfalls in key hydro catchment areas and the completion of new wind and solar projects.

STLtoday.com
Missouri's former public counsel, whose job was to represent consumers on issues of utility regulation, will remain involved with energy politics after taking the helm at one of the state's leading renewable energy advocacy groups. James Owen, who was ...

The Ecologist
Key renewable energy and energy efficiency targets proposed by the European Commission should be reduced, made non-binding, or even scrapped altogether, the UK said, despite the fact that they would not take effect until after the UK had left the EU.
Gamesa catches Peruvian rays
Gamesa Electric has been selected to provide solar power stations to Engie's 40MW Intipampa PV project in Peru. The Spanish outfit said it was chosen, in part, due to its technical capabilities in high altitudes: Intipampa sits 2100m above sea level.

Techly
The world's largest solar farm, located in China, has been connected to the grid and is now producing renewable energy. In a press release, Chinese company Sungrow announced that the vast array of floating photovoltaic (PV) panels has been successfully ...
Xcel says company-wide carbon emissions down drastically since 2005
Xcel figures that by 2021 — a year after the 2020 deadline — the company's Colorado power supply will be 34 percent wind (rising to 41 percent for when solar and hydro are factored into the renewable energy category), 18 percent natural gas, and 41 ...
Renewable energy plan too restrictive, says solar panel seller
The total maximum of 100 kilowatts is way too low for the number of people who want to install renewable energy systems, Skinner said. "It's gonna be over before it begins when it comes to how many people can take advantage — probably in the first day

CoinDesk
The EWF has already devised a number of applications in the energy sector that could benefit from the integration of blockchain technology, including customer billing, renewable energy certificates and peer-to-peer (P2P) energy sharing networks.