Headline News:
- According to a GlobalData report, China installed 30.5 GW of wind power in 2015 – which accounts for nearly half of all new global wind energy installations. The US installed 8.6 GW, while third place Germany installed 6.1 GW. Brazil and India each installed 2.6 GW. [Inhabitat]
Windpower in China. Image from Wikipedia.
- What state officials say will be Nebraska’s largest solar energy project is expected to begin tracking the sun and delivering some of its power by June 20. The 46-acre Enerparc project will be able to output about 3.6 megawatts, enough to power around 900 Lincoln homes. [Sioux City Journal]
- Solar, wind and hydropower sources were added in 2015 at the fastest rate the world has yet seen, according to the Renewables Global Status Report. Investments in renewables during the year were more than double the amount spent on new coal and gas-fired power plants. [BBC]
- Australia installed almost 1 GW of new solar capacity last year but that was easily eclipsed by rather cloudy nations such as the United Kingdom, which installed about four times as much, according to the REN21 Global Status report on renewable energy. [The Sydney Morning Herald]
- Some Fort McMurray residents are to return home for the first time since a huge wildfire displaced 90,000 people. Alberta’s Premier Rachel Notley said the conditions needed for the return of the residents had been met. Three neighbourhoods, however, are to remain off-limits. [BBC]
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from Green Energy Times http://www.greenenergytimes.net/2016/06/01/june-1-green-energy-news-3/
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