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2013 EIA Stats Show Oil Price Stability Based On News, Not Supply
Let’s start this analysis with the 2013 figures for the United States (right). In general, the oil export/import status looks better for the US than it has in a long time. Although the US is a major...
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Dubai Shatters Solar Price Records Worldwide — Lowest Ever!
What a year this has turned out to be. To be honest, everyone expected solar to grow at a “good” pace. But the sector has outdone most expectations — taking the fight to the fossil camp at every...
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EU Calls For Legally Binding Emissions Cuts At Lima COP20
For a quick summary of the progress of world negotiations on climate change so far, the Climate Group has produced a simple but expressive infographic (below is part of it, click to enlarge). At...
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COP20’s Climate Urgency Underscored By Antarctic Ice Results
Climate news in general captured press attention on Friday and Saturday alongside the goings-on at the Lima COP20 meeting. Here’s a roundup, including several research reports, carbon capture and...
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Falling Oil Prices Will Not Bother Solar
About two weeks back, the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) oil producers’ cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna. Since then, oil prices have plummeted to a...
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GE Wins Contract For 600 MW Integrated Solar Combined-Cycle Project In Saudi...
General Electric (GE) has won a contract to supply a 600 MW integrated solar combined-cycle power plant for the Green Duba project in Saudi Arabia, according to recent reports. As the name of the...
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SolarReserve + ACWA Power Given Go-Ahead To Build 100 MW South African Solar...
The California-based renewable energy company SolarReserve, along with Saudi Arabian ACWA Power, have been given the go-ahead by the South African Department of Energy to build a 100 MW solar power +...
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Obama And Modi Talk Climate Change This Weekend
The big news we’re hearing about Barack Obama this weekend has nothing to do with climate change: it’s that he’s cutting short his trip to India to pay final respects from the United States to Saudi...
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Germany Offers Saudi Investors 15% Return On Solar Power Investments
Germany seems to be looking for new financial sources to push its solar power market to the next level. Germany has approached investors in Saudi Arabia for investment in the farmer’s solar power...
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Abengoa And EIG To Invest $2.5 Billion In Joint Clean Energy Venture
Spanish multinational Abengoa has announced that, in conjunction with EIG Global Energy Partners, it is close to finalizing the investment of $2.5 billion to create a joint venture intended to acquire...
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Saudi Arabia Sees End Of Oil Age On The Horizon
Originally published on EnergyPost. By Elias Hinckley Most analysts believe Saudi Arabia refuses to cut production because it wants to shake out its higher-cost competitors or because it wants to...
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Green Climate Fund Can Be Spent To Subsidise Dirty Coal
If at this moment you were to ask me, What’s in a name? I would say, everything. At its recent board meeting in South Korea, the “Green Climate Fund” (GCF) refused an explicit ban on fossil fuel...
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INDC Heroes & Villains: Part 4
So who’s left on the villains list — the roster of top national polluters in the developed world who have not yet made their contributions? For various reasons, Japan, Canada, Australia, South Korea,...
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Work Set To Begin On Saudi Arabia’s First Solar PV Module Manufacturing Facility
Saudi Arabia has taken the first steps towards establishing a strong foundation for the growth of solar PV power infrastructure. International planning, architecture, and interior design firm, ci...
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UN Countries Question Australia Over Climate And Energy Policy
Australia’s clean energy and climate policy (or lack thereof) has been brought back back into international focus again these last few weeks, as the country’s politicians continue to bicker over the...
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Business & Climate Leaders Urge Climate Change Policies
Over 2,000 global business leaders, political leaders, and senior climate negotiators at the Business & Climate Summit pledged this week to lead a global transition to a low-carbon,...
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Saudi Arabia May Become The Saudi Arabia Of Solar
Originally published on the Lenz Blog I recall that adviser of the Mongolian President Tsagaan called for Mongolia to become “the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy” a couple of years ago. I also...
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$5.3 Trillion A Year In Fossil Fuel Subsidies Is Idiotic
Originally published on Gas2. Ah, society — takes us decades to turn a simple, life-saving corner. Subsidizing fossil fuels in the 21st century has got to be one of the dumbest things society has ever...
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Another Low-Solar-Price Record: Saudi Electric Company Lands Solar PPA Under...
Solar energy prices are continuing to fall rather rapidly around the world, but especially in the Middle East, as evidenced by a new deal that will see the Saudi Electric Company develop a 50 megawatt...
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NREL + China, Duck Season In Australia… (Clean Electricity & Energy...
More solar, wind, and other green/electricity news for your reading pleasure: The Beginners Guide To Lower Heating Bills: For Tenants, Owners and Homelovers In an ideal world our homes would be so well...
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