From tropical forests to
investing in wind power, and from solar farms to plant - rich diets, many of the top ranking solutions were hardly a surprise.
Many new technologies could change the whole picture such as massive energy storage, efficient electro - catalytic hydrogen production, ambient temperature superconductors etc. but with the current technology
investing in wind / solar over nuclear will aggravate our GHG emission problems not improve them.
Even the tired old cliche that environmentalists all hail from the political left is a little hard to swallow these days — with Wal Mart's Lee Scott talking about rethinking the way we consume, and T Boone Pickens
investing in wind, Exxon backtracking on man made climate change, and plenty of Republicans talking green, the argument is rarely whether we should care for the environment anymore, just how we should go about doing it.
Secular Animist, Yes, and Warren Buffett is investing in tar sands, while T. Boone Pickens is
investing in wind and buying up as much ground water as possible.
Start
investing in wind energy!
Those who are
investing in the wind farm are building an enterprise from which they hope to make a profit;
investing in wind turbines would be expensive at first but in the long run would be the best way to go.
Most people would do better
investing in a wind farm operation rather than installing their own turbine.
«Banks have taken notice of green energy opportunities, including
investing in wind and solar technologies.
I know that I looked at
investing in wind farms some years back and one of the benefits was that I would get a portion of the ITC that I could use to offset income from other sources.
There's nothing worse than
investing in a wind - down situation (this is not an issue with liquidations) and discovering that your invested Capital will be returned to you as Taxable Income!?! And obviously it can really screw up your expected returns!
In India, Rogers discovered that carbon offset ventures were doing more harm than good because carbon offset money discourages certain countries from
investing in wind or solar power and continues their reliance on fossil fuels.
«That's the scale that's relevant for people that are
investing in wind power,» he said.
Congress renewed tax credits for
investing in wind and solar power, leading experts to predict more rapid growth
Enbridge Inc., which used to control Canadian oil exports to the U.S., has become the largest gas distributor in Ontario and
invested in wind farms.
But NTR's slimmed down radically — now, its entire net worth is essentially
invested in Wind Capital Group, which owns & operates two US wind farms (351 MW of total capacity, with 20 year investment grade PPAs in place).
And if we pass a bill in the Senate, reconcile it with the House, that says we are going to
invest in wind energy and solar energy and we're going to be the guys who are producing wind turbines, and we're going to be the folks who are producing solar panels on rooftops, and we're going to be the country that is retrofitting all its homes and businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy - efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate problem.
Use that same money instead to
invest in wind farms and other clean energy sources, and reduce our down - on - our - knees dependence on:
Because one of the largest expenses
invested in a wind project are the turbines, one of the ways to meet the 5 percent requirement is to purchase wind turbines before the end of the current calendar year.
But then, that is their calling, when one is being paid by the wind industry, and the other beholden to it in order to shore up the union super funds which are irretrievably
invested in the wind industry subsidy rort.
Consequently, the capacity factor and the energy returned for the energy
invested in wind turbines and solar panels decrease.
No doubt it is just coincidence that the main beneficiaries are the wealthy, who have the land and / or the money to
invest in wind and solar and then rake in the profits.
«In 2016 alone, $ 112.5 billion was
invested in wind power...
Public policies and robust market forces are driving businesses to prioritize energy efficiency, consumers to put solar panels on their roofs and utilities to
invest in wind farms.
Local communities, including agricultural and rural economic development interests, want the opportunity to
invest in wind in their backyards.
I would suggest oil companies
invest in wind farms to stay relevant and on the right side of the moral equation.
Amount in $ billion
invested in wind power globally in 2017 (source: BNEF), making it one of the fastest growing industrial segments in the world (source BNEF).
«We have
invested in wind power, but the bill comes later, so it creates a political problem to announce an increase in the price of electricity.»
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: if you have so much as a penny
invested in wind power outfits, grab it and get out NOW!
In 2009, $ 1.3 billion was
invested in wind power and 632 MW of wind turbines were installed in the state.
As wind development continues on its upturn, the focus is moving from «whether» to
invest in wind power to «how» to make sure projects succeed.
jim2, I recently read a Buffet quote (in print, can't put my hand on it) that the only reason
he invested in wind power was the handsome subsidies, drop those and he's out of there.
It will also help many South African communities to
invest in wind farms and generate electricity, new jobs and new income.
In due time we will all no doubt be receiving Spam emails advertising «carbon reduction pills» or «clean energy enhancement» products or opportunities to
invest in wind farms owned by deposed African dictators.
I recently
invested in a wind turbine to boost production of green electricity».
The company had billions in cash flow coming in from fossil fuel plants that could then be turned around and
invested in wind, solar, electric charging stations, and energy storage.
In Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, communities came out on top in a lawsuit that will shut down three of the nation's worst - actor coal plants and
invest in wind and solar.
If in Texas one job was created for every 1.7 million dollars
invested in a wind farm, that just shows wind farms are not labor intensive, which is a good thing.
Not exact matches
He added that the extra revenue would
wind up as a boon to filmmakers, with studios
investing more money
in film budgets and making more movies overall.
It
invested in developing
wind farms, only to pull back from the sector after deciding
wind was a waste because the average
wind farm delivered lower margins than the average deepwater oil well.
Norway's Statoil is
investing in offshore
wind farms, leveraging its expertise building offshore oil rigs, and
investing in research into capturing and storing carbon dioxide.
The Chinese company also
wound up
investing $ 1 billion
in Uber following its acquisition of Uber China, she said.
Beijing, however, has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting its targets under the Paris accord, recently canceling construction of about 100 coal - fired power plants and
investing billions
in massive
wind and solar projects.
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Wind power: As General Electric, Mitsubishi and others considered investing more than $ 630 million in the U.K.'s offshore wind industry, Canada was casting the whole idea into do
Wind power: As General Electric, Mitsubishi and others considered
investing more than $ 630 million
in the U.K.'s offshore
wind industry, Canada was casting the whole idea into do
wind industry, Canada was casting the whole idea into doubt.
Google is
investing potentially tens of millions of dollars into the largest
wind farm
in sub-Saharan Africa.
This is likely the way that Google would
invest in the Kenyan
wind farm.
Hoffman
wound up
investing in Tagged, and later, when Hoffman launched LinkedIn, Tseng helped supercharge membership.
• BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), a New York - based investment manager, raised $ 1.4 billion for its Renewable Income U.K. fund, which
invests mostly
in solar and
wind generation
in the U.K, according to Financial News.
It's time for fossil fuel companies to use their considerable capx budgets to
invest in solar pv or
wind projects and get a better roi (return on investment) for investors.
He's
invested in two airlines, updated the resorts, deployed a solar - and -
wind power grid and
invested in schools and community resources for the residents.