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SoftBank and Foxconn help Modi reach his ambitious clean-energy goals, bring cheap solar power to India Companies led by SoftBank Group Corp. of Japan and Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. are bringing India some of the cheapest solar power in the world, helping Prime Minister Narendra Modi reach his ambitious clean-energy goals. In two auctions this week for renewable-energy power-purchase ... Read More »

Almost everything you know about clean energy is outdated “This is a different world from three years ago” — renewables are no longer “alternative energy.” Bloomberg New Energy Finance chair Michael Liebreich giving his keynote talk at the April BNEF Summit in New York City. Credit: J. Romm Renewables and efficiency have already won the battle for the future of ... Read More »

Low-income families join solar revolution with help of California NGO If you were to make a list of the poorest areas in Los Angeles, somewhere on that list would be Bertha Dortch’s neighbourhood in Inglewood. The 68-year-old is on a fixed income, but she’s chosen to take in her great-granddaughter and two foster children. On hot days, she faces difficult choices ... Read More »

The Biggest Clean Energy Advances in 2016 lean energy made critical strides in 2016. The Paris Climate accords went into effect, the price of solar installations continued to drop, investments in renewable energy soared, offshore wind finally got under way in the United States, and scientists made a series of technical advances that promise to make sustainable energy increasingly efficient and ... Read More »

Why clean energy is the next big business opportunity American politics shifted drastically on November 8, but the scientific facts of climate change remain the same. This year will break all global temperature records by the biggest margins ever. We’re on a real hot streak — and not a good one. Worse yet, global sea-ice recently hit record lows, as ... Read More »