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Clean energy highlights of 2011

Top 10 clean energy stories of 2011, Grist,   BY STEPHEN LACEY  29 Dec 11 What an odd year. While businesses around the world were making record-level investments in renewables and efficiency, a growing number of conservative politicians and members of the American media punditry — lead by the outrageously ignorant “reporting” by Fox News — have been foolishly projecting (even cheering on) the demise of the sector.

However, in order to cut through some of the recent political attacks, here are stories on the positive trends in clean energy. These are some of our favorites from the last year (with some of our best clean energy charts of the year):

1. Clean energy stunner: Renewable power tops fossil fuels for the first time.

Even with a severe financial crisis in Europe and the continued malaise in the U.S., renewable energy surpassed fossil fuels for the first time in new power-plant investments in 2011.

2. Solar is ready now: “Ferocious cost reductions” make solar PV competitive.

This great series of charts shows just how cost-competitive solar photovoltaics have become with new coal and nuclear plants in the U.S…..

10. Polling reveals that being anti-clean energy is bad politics.

Anyone watching the presidential primaries has seen an astonishing reversal from candidates on climate science and support of clean energy. It turns out that negative rhetoric can actually havenegative consequences for candidates. http://www.grist.org/renewable-energy/2011-12-28-top-10-clean-energy-stories-of-2011

December 29, 2011 - Posted by | 2 WORLD, renewable

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