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11 States Produced Twice As Much Power From Nonhydro Renewables Than US Average

By U.S. Energy Information Administration

Originally published on EIA.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly

About 6.2% of total U.S. electricity supplies in 2013 were generated from nonhydro renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal, up from 5.4% in 2012. But 11 states produced electricity at more than twice the…

The Opportunity To Overturn 3 Costly Values In Our Energy System

By John Farrell

Earlier this year I worked as an election judge for the city of Minneapolis. It was the city’s second experience with ranked choice voting, a system where instead of voting for a single candidate, you get to pick your top three choices. If your first choice candidate is mathematically eliminated from winning, your vote is reallocated to your second (or even…

Global 2013 PV Module Production Hits 39.8GW; Yingli Leads in Production and Shipments

By Shyam Mehta

Note: All data and graphs in this article are excerpted from PV Pulse, GTM Research’s monthly global PV data service. For more on the Pulse, contact Justin Freedman at [email protected] or go to http://www.greentechmedia.com/research/report/pv-pulse.

After a two-year overcapacity phase that left a trail of crashing prices, financial losses, market exits and severely…

Kenya GDP Could Grow $45 Billion With Switch To Green Economy

By James Ayre

Kenya’s economy could be boosted by as much as $45 billion by the year 2030 with a switch to a ‘green’ economy, according to a new joint study from the UN Environment Programme and the Government of Kenya.

The switch would also (of course) help to reduce pollution, improve air quality, improve energy/food security, and reduce waste, within the populous African…