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Ontario’s wind energy plan ignored impact on rural communities study says
The 2009 Green Energy Act gave little thought to the transformation that wind farms bring to rural communities — problems that even revisions to the act “will only partially address,” writes a group headed by Stewart Fast. Fast personally favours…
From Swords to Solar, a German Town Takes Control of its Energy
The German town of Saerbeck is a swords to solar panels story. Above this former German military ammunition camp, perched atop a metal stem like an oversized stalk of wheat, giant blades rotate in the sky, given life by an…
US Solar Energy Industries Association Releases New Land Leasing Guide
The US Solar Energy Industries Association has published a new guide for landowners interested in leasing their land for use by solar developers. The SEIA Guide to Land Leases for Solar is a comprehensive guide that “covers the important aspects…
Renewable Energy in Eastern Ukraine: For the children of the Town of Bryanka, the answer was blowing in the wind
Power outages are common in rural areas of Eastern Ukraine partly due to the worn out power lines infrastructure and also because of harsh weather conditions in the winter and autumn. For a hospital power outages are not just a…
Report Shows that Renewable Energy Smashes Global Records in 2015
An upsurge in new wind, solar and hydro plants and capacity saw renewable energy smash global records last year, according to a report on new supply. Some 147 Gigawatts of renewable electricity came online in 2015 – the largest annual…
Suppliers Installed 42k Energy Efficiency Measures in March in the UK
More than 42,600 energy efficiency measures were installed in March. They were developed under the government’s Energy Company Obligation (ECO) programme, new data from DECC revealed. In total 1.79 million measures have been installed under the scheme which requires larger…
U.S. Hits Millionth Solar Energy Installation
Last Friday GreenTech Media announced that the U.S. solar energy industry passed 1 million installations sometime around the end of February. This news comes as solar continues to represent a major and growing share of the new generation that comes…