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Earth Day Ignites a Generation for an Increase in Renewable Energy
Thursday, April 22 marks the celebration of Earth Day across the globe. Individuals around the world take time out of their day to conserve and restore the environment for future generations. The act of planting trees on Earth Day is a great way to connect with nature, as well as helping create a cleaner environment. NBA Cares is currently hosting a way to support the environment by being a digital native. Retweet the following post to help connect with their cause online. https://twitter.com/nbacares/status/1385247017320927233 Amazon and other tech companies are working to reduce their carbon footprint. Scope out some updates they
Frankfurt School-UNEP Centre Reports on Renewable Energy Data from 2016
The continuous energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is a complex and long-term paradigm shift. Recently, the UN Environment’s Economy Division in cooperation with Frankfurt SchoolUNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance and produced in collaboration with Bloomberg New Energy Finance, produced a report outlining some of the economic trends in renewable energy. Link to PDF of the report. They noted the positive and negative trends taking place in different sectors of energy production. The report notes: One of the up-and-coming innovations in renewable power is the siting of two different technologies in the same location,
Amazon Adds their Fifth Renewable Energy Project in Ohio
Amazon Web Services recently announced that Wind Farm US Central 2 will be constructed in Hardin County, Ohio. This marks the fifth renewable energy project by Amazon. The company plans to produce 530,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of wind energy annually starting in December 2017. As one of the largest companies in the United States, Amazon is stepping up to properly provide energy to their services. The company and Business Wire has stated: 'In November 2014, AWS shared its long-term commitment to achieve 100 percent renewable energy usage for the global AWS infrastructure footprint. Ambitious sustainability initiatives over the last 18-24 months
Renewable Energy & Bioengineering Leads the Clean Energy Revolution
The U.S. Department of Energy continues to keep the public informed on the latest forms of technology. They published recently that close to a half of a million electric vehicles are now on the road. That connects to a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 58%. When they report that costs for solar panels cost for solar panels have dropped 54% since 2008, I was able to find out more on those numbers with a recent report by the U.S. Department of Energy. They also recently noted: Land-based wind accounted for 41 percent of all new capacity
Amazon Launches Their Largest Wind Farm in West Texas
Amazon has announced plans to open their largest wind farm in Scurry County, Texas. This progressive step forward mirrors the companies ability to adapt, and react to the demands of an evolving world. Amazon plans the Texas Wind Farm will generate 1,000,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of wind energy annually. That clean energy would help power 90,000 homes. "We're excited to work with the community in Scurry County and Lincoln Clean Energy to generate 1,000,000 MWh of renewable energy each year from West Texas," said Kara Hurst, director of sustainability, Amazon. Amazon currently has wind and solar projects in Indiana, North Carolina,
Amazon Wind Farm US East, powered by Iberdrola Renewables
[av_heading heading='Renewable Energy Picks Up in 2015' tag='h3' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] Amazon Web Services announced recently that it has contracted with Iberdrola Renewables, LLC to manage and build a 208 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Perquimans and Pasquotank counties, within North Carolina, called the Amazon Wind Farm US East. This helps put the company at approximately 25% of the power consumed by their global infrastructure comes from renewable energy sources. AWS has a goal of increasing this to at least 40% by the end of 2016. The new wind farm is expected to start generating approximately 670,000
Thursday, April 22 marks the celebration of Earth Day across the globe.
The continuous energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is
Amazon Web Services recently announced that Wind Farm US Central 2
The U.S. Department of Energy continues to keep the public informed
Amazon has announced plans to open their largest wind farm in Scurry
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