US Installed Microgrid Capacity To Reach 4.3 GW In Next Five Years, Up 115%

A new report from GTM Research has concluded that the US installed capacity of microgrids is expected to grow 115% over the next five years, reaching 4.3 GW. According to the U.S. Microgrids 2016: Market Drivers, Analysis and Forecast report published by GTM Research this week, a trend which is seeing a “shift away from single-entity owned [&hellip

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Majors Insurers With $1.2 Trillion In Assets Urge G20 Leaders To Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Three major insurers with more than $1.2 trillion in assets under management have urged G20 governments to commit to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies. In a joint statement published by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), major insurance companies Aviva, Aegon NV, and MS Amlin have urged governments to commit to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies by [&hellip

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Australian Clean Energy Council Argues For Protecting Renewable Energy Funding

Australia’s Clean Energy Council has argued convincingly against legislation intended to cut future renewable energy grant funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. “Legislation to be introduced to Parliament this week includes a $1 billion cut to ARENA’s grants funding, and puts everything that it has achieved at risk,” said Clean Energy Council Chief Executive Kane [&hellip

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Carving Up SunEdison’s Global Renewable Energy Assets

Ever since once-global renewable energy behemoth filed for bankruptcy in April, its assets around the world have been hot properties for other developers and utilities. It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that we heralded SunEdison as the renewable energy company to beat, and to emulate, but the company’s fortunes fell fast, leading to [&hellip

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Amtrak Provides Details On New Acela Express Service & Fleet Slated For 2021

While the US’s rail network — high-speed or otherwise — has been in something of a stagnant period as of late, there is some forward movement occurring. In particular, Amtrak recently provided details on the upgraded Acela Express service that’s expected to begin service in 2021. The upgraded service will feature a brand new fleet of Alstom-built trainsets that’s [&hellip

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GM’s Chevy Bolt EV Plant (Orion Assembly) Uses A Ton Of Renewable Energy, Saves $1 Million A Year

GM’s Orion Assembly manufacturing plant, where the Chevy Bolt is being put together, now ranks as the 8th largest user of “green power” generated onsite in the US — out of the Environmental Protection Agency’s network of “Green Power Partnership Partners.” The Orion Assembly plant is currently home to a 350 kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic (PV) [&hellip

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All-Time Driving Mileage Record In US Broken During 1st Half Of 2016, Traffic Fatalities Up 9% From 2015

One of the potential benefits of self-driving car technology, and certainly one of the benefits of mass transit options such as rail travel, is that auto collisions and fatalities can be reduced. How much they can be reduced is something of an open question, but considering how distracted, inebriated, and generally terrible many human drivers [&hellip

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