Energy Gang Renewables Beat Fossils on Europe's Grid
In the first half of 2020, renewables beat out fossil fuels on the grid in Europe for the first time. They didn’t only beat out coal -- they beat out all fossil fuels put together. We’ll look at what the milestone means.
Then, 30 major companies have come together in a new joint lobbying organization to flex united power for clean energy. Will it make renewables a bigger political force? And what will they be fighting for?
Then, your view of Texas is probably out-of-date. We look at the dawn of Big Solar in Texas and peek at the ERCOT interconnection queue -- it’s almost all green.
Recommended reading:
- Danish Startup ‘Tomorrow’: Global Real Time Carbon Intensity Map of Electricity
- Climate Home News: Renewables overtake fossil fuels in EU electricity generation
- Forbes: European Renewables Just Crushed Fossil Fuels. Here’s How It Happened
- Johannes vd Bosch: Twitter thread about Renewables in Germany
- E&ENews: AWEA, Clean Energy Companies Join Forces for Lobbying
- Greentech Media: AWEA Introduces New Trade Group
- Recharge: AWEA and power giants plan new body 'to make renewables dominant'
- Texas Observer: Texas Solar Hits a Turning Point
- Jigar Shah LinkedIn post
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