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Business Insider Hurricane Harvey is wreaking havoc with energy marketsBusiness InsiderLONDON — US gasoline futures jumped to two-year highs while an already weak dollar hit 16-month lows against a basket of currencies on Monday as Tropical Storm Harvey pummeled the heart of the US energy sector and raised concerns about the … and more »

Seeking Alpha How To Get To 100% Renewable Energy – FastSeeking AlphaSouth Australia : now 50% renewable and new tenders, which close in a month, for ~$A130 million that leverage three areas. These are energy firming/frequency response, bulk storage/demand management, and bioenergy projects. A good example of …

The San Diego Union-Tribune Wind energy in California: The good news and bad newsThe San Diego Union-TribuneEarlier this month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its annual report analyzing technologies and markets for the wind industry that showed California has installed 5,656 megawatts of utility-scale wind, fourth-highest in the nation …

Greentech Media The Solar Industry’s Biggest Fear About Trump May Come True: ‘I Want Tariffs’Greentech MediaIf the president’s recent demands for trade penalties against China are any indication, stiff tariffs or minimum prices on imported solar panels are increasingly likely. It’s a worrying sign for the majority of the U.S. solar industry. On Sunday, Axios…

Business Insider Here’s what it was like spending a whole day photographing the solar eclipseBusiness InsiderWhat started as a relaxing weekend became an opportunity to see the solar eclipse in a more rural setting, away from the light pollution and atmospheric haze of the city. Afterwards, I thought it may be useful to share the…

Navajo Solar Plant Breaks New GroundU.S. News & World ReportA giant array of solar panels near the famed sandstone buttes of Monument Valley has begun producing electricity for the Navajo Nation at a time when the tribe is bracing for losing jobs from the impending closure of a coal mine and coal-fired power plant.Kayenta Solar…

Forbes Grid Reliability: DOE Throws Down Red Flags On Unreliable Wind And SolarForbesLast week the Department of Energy released “Electricity Markets and Reliability,” a 154-page magnum opus on the state of America’s electricity system. It’s the perfect government report: a tutorial chock full of useful data, along with observations … and more »

CNET Google’s solar ‘Eclipse Megamovie’ is ready for viewingCNETBefore the total solar eclipse crossed the US on Aug. 21, Google asked amateur scientists from all over the country to submit photographs they took of the sun and its atmosphere during the eclipse. The tech giant assembled more than 34,000 images … and more »

Vox How global warming likely made Harvey much worse, explained by a climatologistVoxDid global warming make the Houston floods worse? It’s a question that a lot of people are asking after the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. Renowned climatologist Michael E. Mann on Sunday provided some answers. The short version: It’s unclear …Did Climate Change Intensify…

Common Dreams Houston, Bangladesh, and Global WarmingCommon DreamsBangladesh experiences seasonal monsoon rains which invariably lead to flooding, as well as occasional cyclones. The monsoon rains and cyclones are likely to get worse in the years ahead, as one of the effects of global warming. This will mean that the … and more »