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Tag: Solar Energy

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Predictions Favored Solar Over Wind Power. What Happened?

January 20, 2022Lois ParshleyComments Off on Predictions Favored Solar Over Wind Power. What Happened?

One lesson: Renewable technology benefits from early, consistent government support.

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U.S. Effort to Combat Forced Labor Targets Corporate China Ties

December 23, 2021December 23, 2021Ana Swanson, Catie Edmondson and Edward WongComments Off on U.S. Effort to Combat Forced Labor Targets Corporate China Ties

The Biden administration is expected to face scrutiny as it decides how to enforce a new ban on products made with forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China.

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Will Germany’s ‘Debt Brake’ Stop Its Green Ambitions?

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021KATRIN BENNHOLD and MELISSA EDDYComments Off on Will Germany’s ‘Debt Brake’ Stop Its Green Ambitions?

The new government has big plans to modernize the economy and switch to renewable energy. But the question remains how it will pay for it.

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Africa’s Leaders Say Rich Countries Need to Quit Oil and Gas First

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021Shola LawalComments Off on Africa’s Leaders Say Rich Countries Need to Quit Oil and Gas First

As negotiators at the Glasgow climate talks try to agree on greenhouse gas cuts, African leaders say poorer countries can’t be expected to remake their systems as quickly as wealthy ones.

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China’s Power Problems Expose a Strategic Weakness

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021KEITH BRADSHERComments Off on China’s Power Problems Expose a Strategic Weakness

China announced on Wednesday a national rush to mine and burn more coal, as the country’s electricity shortage threatens to damage its image as a reliable manufacturing base.

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China’s Power Crunch Exposes Tensions Ahead of Key U.N. Climate Summit

October 7, 2021Keith Bradsher and Lisa FriedmanComments Off on China’s Power Crunch Exposes Tensions Ahead of Key U.N. Climate Summit

Keeping global temperatures from dangerous levels means China must pivot away from coal immediately. Its soaring energy demand and rolling blackouts mean it probably won’t.

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German Election: Who Is the Green Party’s Annalena Baerbock?

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021KATRIN BENNHOLDComments Off on German Election: Who Is the Green Party’s Annalena Baerbock?

Annalena Baerbock, the 40-year-old candidate for the Green Party, is likely to have a say in Germany’s next government, no matter who wins this month’s election.

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U.S.-China Phase 1 Trade Deal Could Set Rules for Commerce

May 27, 2021KEITH BRADSHERComments Off on U.S.-China Phase 1 Trade Deal Could Set Rules for Commerce

Last year’s deal could set the rules for global commerce for years to come, leaving the door open to lavish Chinese subsidies and unilateral American tariffs.

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Syria’s Surprising Solar Boom: Sunlight Powers the Night in Rebel Idlib

May 15, 2021BEN HUBBARD and IVOR PRICKETTComments Off on Syria’s Surprising Solar Boom: Sunlight Powers the Night in Rebel Idlib

Cut off from the power grid and with fuel costs soaring, Syrians in a poor, embattled enclave have turned en masse to solar panels to charge their phones and light their homes and tents.

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The Climate Desk Looks Ahead to 2021

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020Mark ShimabukuroComments Off on The Climate Desk Looks Ahead to 2021

After a year when climate-related disasters seemed to become the norm, the team will be monitoring a 2021 that is pivotal for the world.

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