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FILE - Solar panels work near the small town of Milagro, Navarra Province, northern Spain, Feb. 24, 2023. Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources, according to a report published Wednesday, May 8, 2024, by Ember, a think tank based in London. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)
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More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total

2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources, according to a report published Wednesday, May 8

FILE PHOTO: A solar panels array, part of the renewable energy community of Politecnico di Milano is seen in Milan, Italy, April 8, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
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Italy split on possible solar plant curbs that may jeopardise green goals

Italy's coalition is split over a possible ban on installation of solar panels on agricultural land, according to government officials

Miniatures of solar panel and electric pole are seen in front of First Solar logo in this illustration taken January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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First Solar posts higher quarterly profit on strong demand

First Solar profits up after market boosted by tax credits and a limit on Chinese imports under Biden administration.

A Breakthrough Institute report suggests concerns about the impacts of mining for materials needed for clean technologies are overblown. Photo by omid roshan on Unsplash
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Breakthrough Institute report: What is the true mining footprint of clean energy?

Breakthrough Institute: A rational comparison of the metal and mining footprints of clean electricity technologies — contrasted with the material requirements of fossil...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks on invoking her government’s sovereignty act over federal clean energy regulations, along with Rebecca Schulz, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas and Nathan Neudorf, Minister of Affordability and Utilities, in Edmonton on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The Alberta government is helping fund what it says is Canada's first test site for geothermal energy drilling techniques.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
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Alberta to partially fund facility to test geothermal drilling techniques

The Alberta government is helping fund what it says is Canada's first test site for geothermal energy drilling techniques.

Power lines are seen during a heatwave with expected temperatures of 102 F (39 C) in Dallas, Texas, U.S. June 12, 2022. The White House on Tuesday reformed the U.S. environmental review process for major projects which officials said would speed up approval of everything from transmission of power from wind and solar farms to semiconductor manufacturing. REUTERS/Shelby
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US reforms environmental law to speed up clean energy, infrastructure approval

The White House has reformed the US environmental review process, which would speed up infrastructure approval for clean energy projects

Dave Duttlinger stands for a portrait on his farmland, next to land he leased to Dunns Bridge Solar LLC who constructed solar farms on top of it in Wheatfield, Indiana, U.S., April 5, 2024.  REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
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As solar capacity grows, some of America’s most productive farmland is at risk

A renewable energy boom risks damaging some of America's richest soils in key farming states like Indiana, according to a Reuters analysis

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels from SunPower are installed on residential buildings at a model home display in the Eureka Grove neighborhood of Granite Bay, California, U.S., October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino/ File photo
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Solar firm SunPower to reduce workforce, shut business segments

SunPower restructuring will see 1,000 people laid off and direct sales arm shuttered.

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels from SunPower are installed on residential buildings at a model home display in the Eureka Grove neighborhood of Granite Bay, California, U.S., October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino/File Photo
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Solar company Sunpower flags issues with financial reporting

SunPower has identified misstatements in its results for fiscal year 2022, the U.S. solar power storage and energy service provider says in a...

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Oxford Institute for Energy Studies: Volatility in electricity markets

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies has published a paper on the difficulty of hedging against price volatility in electricity markets — and...

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