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Tesla suppliers halt production as China faces power issues

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The production shutdowns are part of the companies’ efforts to comply with Beijing’s tighter energy consumption policy, which is caused by surging coal and natural gas prices, rising energy demand, and the country’s efforts to cut emissions — to name a few. .

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Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

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Unlike other established markets the solar industry is still a tiny fraction of the overall energy production worldwide. With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh

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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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The global geothermal industry surpassed 12,000 MW of geothermal power operational, with about 600 MW of new geothermal power coming online globally, according to a year-end update by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). Vincent and the Grenadines, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, the United States, and Yemen.

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Berkeley Earth study calculates that air pollution contributes to 1.6M deaths per year in China

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After removing stations with a high percentage of missing values or with other quality control problems, the Berkeley Earth study used 880 national network sites, 640 other sites in China and Taiwan, and 236 sites in other countries within 500 km of China (mostly South Korea). Most of the largest emissions appear in or near urban areas (e.g.

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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About an hour’s ride up the coast, full-scale 3,000-tonne behemoths already float in Aberdeen Bay, capturing enough wind energy to electrify nearly 35,000 Scottish households. Ireland, South Korea, and Taiwan are among the other countries with bold floating wind ambitions. Peter Fairley This rush to deep water is a global phenomenon.

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