Tag: Renewable energy
Ukraine has seen success in building clean energy, which is harder for Russia to destroy
BAKU, Azerbaijan -- Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, the largest private energy company in Ukraine, pulls out a piece of paper with bar...
Azerbaijan is the host of the UN's climate conference, shining a spotlight on the petrostate
The spotlight is on Azerbaijan as the small petrostate in the South Caucasus hosts the U.N.’s biggest climate conference. Diplomats from across the...
Washington governor OKs massive new wind farm and urges swift turbine approvals
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has approved a revised plan for a massive proposed wind farm after he rejected a sharply...
Massachusetts ratepayers to pay extra $512M for transmission line for Canadian hydropower
PORTLAND, Maine -- Three Massachusetts utilities and Central Maine Power’s parent company have agreed that Massachusetts ratepayers must shoulder $512 million in additional...
Indonesian forests pay the price for the growing global biomass energy demand
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Enormous swathes of pristine forest are being cut down across Indonesia to supply the rapidly rising international demand for biomass...
One of the largest solar projects in the US opens in Texas, backed by Google
One of the largest solar projects in the U.S. opened in Texas on Friday, backed by what Google said is the largest solar...