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‘We’re hardly producing any power’: Can Europe’s solar boom survive a cloudy winter?

A prolonged period of cloudy and windless weather can throttle Europe's solar and wind generations, often causing the grid to rely on polluting back-up sources.
www.euronews.com
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Solar above, fish below: Double-decker farm's vast energy potential

Floating solar panels over the world’s fish and shrimp ponds could generate 4,100 terawatt-hours of electricity, avoiding up to 2.5 billion tons of emissions.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
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Democrats plan to push clean energy in Congress as Trump backs fossil fuels

Some Democrats are promising to push for more clean energy to help tackle rising energy costs when they take control of Congress in January.
apnews.com
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COP31 host Türkiye is home to one of Europe's largest solar farms. Why can’t it kick coal?

As Türkiye prepares to host the UN climate summit, one critic describes the country's climate targets and policies as “critically insufficient”.
www.euronews.com
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Why the blue wave brings new hope for clean energy

While affordability and inflation were top of mind for voters, midterm results will also affect climate policy at virtually every level of government.

atmos.earth
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What experts think the Democratic blue wave will mean for climate action

With a new majority in the House and Senate, here's what climate experts think Democrats will prioritize.
time.com
View of Tetiaroa from the lagoon on a cruise ship French Polynesia

How Marlon Brando’s private island inspired a plan to suck carbon pollution from the air

A pristine atoll in the Pacific Ocean is the birthplace of a technology that could help solve a problem created far beyond its sandy shores.

www.cnn.com
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Australia designates seabed site to store carbon pollution

The Australian government has designated a seabed storage site off its northern coast where a Japanese company plans to store hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide using a technology that has divided climate scientists.
apnews.com
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Election shakeup threatens bipartisan deal to speed energy projects

Mounting opposition and a changed political landscape could derail the legislation.
insideclimatenews.org
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Turkey highlights its push toward solar power as host of COP31

The country is expanding solar and wind power, but critics point out its continued reliance on coal.

apnews.com
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China is leading the clean energy industry. Will it redraw the lines of global power?

China secured 23 of the world’s 36 major clean industrial projects financed last year, as emerging economies advanced past both Europe and the US.
www.euronews.com
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The deceptions that crippled a renewable energy industry

Alberta, Canada, invokes ‘agriculture first’ to block wind and solar while putting gas plants on prime land.

thetyee.ca
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‘I never understood wind’: Midterms spark hope for renewables after Trump’s hostility

Future brightens for U.S. developers in particular after election when voters rejected Trump’s war on clean energy.

www.theguardian.com
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Democrats’ victory in Texas raises potential for environmental reform

The blue wave in the heart of the oil and gas industry came, in part, from public outrage over the state’s buildout of data centers.

insideclimatenews.org
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Democrats seize Congress, Statehouses in referendum on the economy

Voters sought action on energy costs, corruption, and data centers in an election environmentalists believe sets the stage for renewed climate policy.

insideclimatenews.org
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Brazil wraps up COP30 with fossil fuel, forest roadmaps, urging shift from talks to action

Brazil is ending its year-long presidency of ​the UN climate process with roadmaps aimed at curbing deforestation and accelerating a shift away from fossil fuels to help governments deliver on past ‌climate agreements.
www.reuters.com
3D illustration of Brazil renewable energy concept with solar panels and windmills

Brazil publishes first global ‘roadmap’ for phasing out fossil fuels

Cop30 host sets out steps to break link with coal, oil, and gas as it aims to move focus from negotiating to implementing.

www.theguardian.com
Drone aerial view of new Microsoft data centers

Why batteries, not gas plants, should be data centers’ first choice

A new report looks at the advantages of using batteries to meet data center demand — and offers some advice for states.

www.canarymedia.com
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