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High Fossil Fuel Use Highlights U.S. Power Transition Challenge

(Reuters) – Fossil fuels continue to rule the roost in the United States’ power sector, despite clean energy sources being rolled out at the fastest pace in history. For the past decade, U.S. power generators have prioritized clean power sources over fossil fuels, and since 2014 they have lifted clean electricity generation capacity by over …

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U.S. to Spend $7.3 Billion on Rural Clean Energy Projects

(Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday said the U.S. will spend $7.3 billion from 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act to fund clean energy projects helmed by rural electric cooperatives. The 16 funded projects will reduce energy costs and increase reliability for rural Americans, who tend to pay more for energy, the White House said. …

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BP Stock Falls Behind Shell as Investors Shy Away From Green Energy

BP shares have slumped 12% since the end of March, while Shell has risen 3.4% Bloomberg News London’s old-school oil stocks are no longer moving in tandem, as BP Plc underperforms Shell Plc due to concerns over the former’s green-energy transition and the outlook for earnings and shareholder payouts. August is set to mark the fifth-straight month that BP …

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Trump Would Axe Biden Clean Power Rules, Speed Power Plant Approvals, Campaign Says

Donald Trump would rescind many of President Joe Biden’s clean energy rules while also speeding approvals of power plants to meet the nation’s rising electricity demands, the Republican’s presidential campaign said on Thursday. Should he win the Nov. 5 election, Trump would axe clean energy regulations of Biden and his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, …

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Global Solar Generation Overtakes Wind for Longest Ever Stretch

By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Global electricity generation from solar farms has exceeded generation from wind farms since May, marking the longest ever stretch when solar power has been the top source of utility-scale renewable electricity worldwide. Solar electricity generation exceeded wind generation in May by 1.65 terawatt hours (TWh), and …

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U.S. Clean Energy Jobs Growth Rate Double That of Overall Jobs, Report Says

(Reuters) – Jobs in the U.S. clean energy industry in 2023 grew at more than double the rate of the country’s overall jobs, and unionization in clean energy surpassed for the first time the rate in the wider energy industry, the Energy Department said on Wednesday. Employment in clean energy businesses – including wind, solar, …

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The Wind Power Industry Isn’t Over Its Gloom Loop Yet

Today, reporter Will Mathis examines the ongoing troubles facing the wind power industry.  Just when things were starting to look up for wind power, new troubles are pulling it back down. In recent years, soaring inflation, supply-chain chaos and rapidly rising interest rates shocked turbine manufacturers and their customers, upending a business model that depended on cheap …

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Denmark’s North Sea Energy Island Delayed Again by High Costs

By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Denmark will delay by at least three more years construction of a planned North Sea energy island to supply renewable power to three million European households, a government minister said on Wednesday, citing rising costs and high interest rates. The projected investment exceeds 200 billion Danish crowns …

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U.S. Issues Floating Wind Research Lease to State of Maine

(Reuters) – The Biden administration on Monday issued an offshore wind lease to the state of Maine for a small project that will demonstrate floating turbine technology off the U.S. East Coast. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT U.S. President Joe Biden has championed offshore wind as a key pillar of his climate change agenda. His Interior Department …

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Orsted Books New Impairment Losses, Flags Delay at U.S. Offshore Wind Project

Summary Q2 EBITDA up 59%, beats expectations Books impairments of U.S. project delay Keeps full-year profit forecast, says will lower investments Shares down nearly 8% COPENHAGEN, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Renewable energy group Orsted  booked 3.9 billion Danish crowns ($575 million) in impairment losses in the second quarter, due partly to a delay in construction …

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