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Archives: wind energy
![100% Green Energy is Possible & a Chinese Province Just Proved It](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/100-green-energy-is-possible-a-c-187x137.jpg)
![Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/green-france-macron-bans-frackin-187x137.jpg)
Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The French government wants to steal increasingly unemployed US green energy scientists, who are being systematically defunded by the Trump administration. After Trump…![In March for 1st Time, 10% of US Electricity came from Wind and Solar](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/in-march-for-1st-time-10-of-us-e-187x137.jpg)
In March for 1st Time, 10% of US Electricity came from Wind and Solar
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I've been a booster of renewable energy for years and years. I can remember when readers would taunt me that only one percent…![Who needs Trump: State Policies driving huuje advances in Wind Power](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/who-needs-trump-state-policies-d-187x137.jpg)
Who needs Trump: State Policies driving huuje advances in Wind Power
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Anyone who is depressed about Trump's sabotage of action to halt climate change should take heart from a remarkable development in Kansas.. Governor…![Retraining Workers for Climate Action: How the Light Gets In](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/retraining-workers-for-climate-a-187x137.jpg)
Retraining Workers for Climate Action: How the Light Gets In
H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - Every now and then I re-visit these lines of the Canadian poet and songwriter, Leonard Cohen: Ring the bells that cannot ring Forget…![Wind Power and the quest for 100% Renewables in age of Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/wind-power-and-the-quest-for-100-187x137.jpg)
Wind Power and the quest for 100% Renewables in age of Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Are some major industrial countries only a decade or two from getting all their electricity from non-fossil fuel sources? Since it is the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/image-20170329-8593-13p35fo-187x137.jpg)
1 in 50 new Jobs in US is in Solar Energy, despite Trump
Bill Ritter, Jr. | (The Conversation) | On Tuesday, March 28, President Trump traveled to the Environmental Protection Agency to sign an executive order rolling back a number of climate-related regulations that…![“No new Coal Plants!” – European Energy Companies](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/no-new-coal-plants-european-ener-187x137.jpg)
“No new Coal Plants!” – European Energy Companies
Newsy |. (Video News Clip) | / The Tree | - - "Energy companies representing almost the entire European Union have promised not to build new coal power plants after 2020." Newsy:…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/Mines-2-big-750x422-1-187x137.jpg)
Can the Global Mining Industry go Green?
By Joseph Kirschke | (Next Billion) | - - In recent months, events across three continents showed how clean energy use by the mining industry, which consumes 11 percent of global energy,…![Climate Change: 5 Lessons the US Can Learn from Latin America](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/climate-change-5-lessons-the-us-187x137.jpg)
Climate Change: 5 Lessons the US Can Learn from Latin America
By Geovanny Vicente Romero | (TeleSur) | - - Taking a look at Latin America can provide some low-budget guidance on making a difference with less. During the week of March 12,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/wind-1-187x137.png)
Wind Power Juggernaut Really doing for 100K Workers what Trump only Promised
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Big news on the wind power front. First, it has emerged in the US as the number one renewable energy source, generating more…![All Dutch Electric Trains are Wind-Powered & other Advances Trump’s US will Miss out On](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/all-dutch-electric-trains-are-wi-187x137.jpg)
All Dutch Electric Trains are Wind-Powered & other Advances Trump’s US will Miss out On
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Although Donald Trump has complained about America's failing airports, bridges and roads and expressed admiration for those of Dubai, his opposition to green…![How a Green Energy Revolution in Small-Town America will make Trump Irrelevant](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/how-a-green-energy-revolution-in-187x137.jpg)
How a Green Energy Revolution in Small-Town America will make Trump Irrelevant
By James and Deborah Fallows | (The Atlantic video Report) | - - "A move towards sustainable energy is often talked about as an issue for big government, especially during the 2016…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/image-20161205-8003-yhjquw-187x137.png)
How China will run rings around Trump on Green Energy, and Win Big
By Matthew Kahn | (The Conversation) | - - In mid-November, while Americans were preoccupied with election returns, China sent some of its clearest signals yet that it will continue to pursue…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/IMG_3562-1-187x137.jpg)
China’s Wind Co. Profits, share price soar by 60%: 2 Turbines an Hour being Installed
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The South China Post reports some incredible figures about the profitability China's wind energy companies. A new study by the Bank of China…![The Future is Here: Massive floating Wind Turbines off Scotland by 2017](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/the-future-is-here-massive-float-187x137.jpg)
The Future is Here: Massive floating Wind Turbines off Scotland by 2017
The Economist | (Video Report) "It is not just utility companies racing to respond to the rise of renewable energy. Oil and gas giant Statoil is building on four decades of offshore…![5 Signs that Wind Power in the US is suddenly going Massive](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/5-signs-that-wind-power-in-the-u-187x137.jpg)
5 Signs that Wind Power in the US is suddenly going Massive
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iowa Utility Board has approved a $3 bn. MidAmerica wind farm project which will be the country's largest, due to come on…![Top 5 Ways Green Energy is already Helping American Workers](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/top-5-ways-green-energy-is-alrea-187x137.jpg)
Top 5 Ways Green Energy is already Helping American Workers
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - As we celebrate American workers (I prefer to honor workers today rather than the abstract "labor"), let's remember where their future lies. And…![Iowa could go 100% Green with Wind in only 14 years, w/ Few Birds Killed, Mr. Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/iowa-could-go-100-green-with-win-187x137.jpg)
Iowa could go 100% Green with Wind in only 14 years, w/ Few Birds Killed, Mr. Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iowa gets 31% of its electricity from wind turbines, the highest percentage in the nation (though Texas generates more than twice as many…![Top 5 Green Energy Good News Stories Today](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014518im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/top-5-green-energy-good-news-sto-187x137.jpg)