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A major city in America’s biggest oil state has chosen to supply its residents with 100% renewable energy, because it’s cheaper and more reliable. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1Cy4a8l

Costa Rica says it has been powering its grid using 100% renewable energy, mostly from hydro and geothermal, for the first three months of 2015. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1Cy4aoT

But the world’s largest source of carbon emissions is still growing. The post Report: Developers Are Cancelling More Coal Plants Than They Build appeared first on ThinkProgress. via ThinkProgress » Secondary Issues […]

According to China media news reports ahead of official statements expected from China’s National Energy Administration (NEA), the new target for PV installations in 2015 is to be set at 17.8GW, up […]

Crude production at three major U.S. shale oil fields is projected to fall this month for the first time in six years, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday. via Fuel Fix […]

Retail electricity prices rose just over 3 percent in 2014, the largest increase since 2008. The increases were variable across the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The […]

For first time, the rise in global greenhouse gas emissions has stopped, even as global economic growth continues. The IEA credits the impact of solar and wind energy, as well as hydro. […]

Even with an early start, nuclear power is surpassed by wind power in China and India, and will soon be overtaken in Brazil, South Africa. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1Cln6qR

We covered how California utility regulators and grid operators are rewriting the rules for demand response, the practice of reducing energy use in homes and businesses to meet grid needs. Now the […]

New Oxford University report identifies world’s coal-fired power stations most at risk of becoming ‘stranded assets’. The result not good news for Australia. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1EEJGuL