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German politicians and energy experts praise coal exit deal, say real work starts now

Feb 04, 2019 09:12 AM

CLEAN ENERGY WIRE-- The coal exit commission’s agreement is “a good compromise for climate protection”, because it laid out a phase-out path, showed economic perspectives for mining regions and says how Germany could guarantee supply security, environment minister Svenja Schulze told Deutschlandfunk. “The commission has done a very, very good job.”

Will Colombia’s renewable energy auction set a new bar for the market?

Feb 03, 2019 09:00 AM

PV MAGAZINE-- Colombia may not see prices lower than Mexico and bidders may not swarm to the auction, but as long as the deals offered compete with the current sources of energy and acceptable bids total 1 GW, success will be achieved. The Celsia Solar Yumbo PV project is currently Colombia's largest operational solar facility.

Massive Wisconsin solar proposal splits farmers and clean energy fans

Feb 02, 2019 09:08 AM

CHANNEL 3000-- Bob Bishop is a 61-year-old farmer living in dairy country in southwestern Wisconsin. Today he is helping his two sons pull a downed tree off of a fence line, stepping through piles of cow manure and corn stalks as he drags the branches into the big claw of a skid loader.

Bill seeks changes to state renewable energy standard

Feb 01, 2019 09:04 AM

SANTE FE NEW MEXICAN-- Ask representatives from New Mexico’s three public utility companies if they’re poised to comply with a state mandate to sell 20 percent renewable energy by 2020, and the answer is likely to be a resounding yes.

President Signs Pro-Nuclear Legislation

Jan 31, 2019 09:03 AM

FORBES-- Two bipartisan pieces of legislation modernizing America’s nuclear future have recently become law.

FERC claims 'concurrent jurisdiction' in PG&E-NextEra bankruptcy dispute

Jan 30, 2019 03:01 PM

UTILITY DIVE-- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Friday said it has "concurrent jurisdiction" with bankruptcy courts over power purchase agreements (PPA) that Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) may seek to cancel as part of its bankruptcy proceedings.

FERC opens 3 pipeline rate probes as Chatterjee tables PJM political spending complaint

Jan 27, 2019 09:35 AM

UTILITY DIVE-- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission opened investigations into the rates charged by three interstate natural gas pipelines on Wednesday to determine if they are "substantially over-recovering their costs of service."

Olga Bielkova: From rule-making to action-taking on Ukraine’s energy front

Jan 26, 2019 09:33 AM

KYIV POST-- Energy is what keeps the economic engine of every industrialized nation running. And it is a small wonder that most governments, which have navigated through supply interruptions or price shocks, have proclaimed energy independence as a strategic priority, of course, where the natural resource endowments allowed for it.

Mayor Signs Landmark Clean Energy Law for D.C.

Jan 25, 2019 09:32 AM

EOS-- The new law, which gained widespread support, including in the environmental and business communities, requires that all electricity sold in the city come from renewable energy sources by 2032.

A New World: The Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation

Jan 24, 2019 09:30 AM

IRENA-- Aware that the growing deployment of renewables has set in motion a global energy transformation with significant implications for geopolitics, Adnan Z. Amin, the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), with the support of the Governments of Germany, Norway and the United Arab Emirates, convened the Global Commission in January 2018.

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