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New Commission to Tackle Energy Transformation Geopolitics
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) this week launched the Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation,...
New Cryptocurrency Exchanges Proliferate in South Korea Despite Regulation
New cryptocurrency exchanges are rushing to launch in South Korea despite regulatory uncertainty due to high demand and lucrative business...
France Appoints a Cryptocurrency ‘Mission Leader’
Week after week regulators and governments have been announcing plans to regulate digital currencies like bitcoin. This week in France on...
Companies Deny Having Bitcoin or Blockchain Services Amid China’s Clampdown
After Xunlei was questioned about Initial Miner Offerings (IMO), multiple public companies clarified that they did not and will not...
Some UK Mortgage Lenders Refuse to Serve Bitcoin Investors
British bitcoin investors trying to use their earnings to buy real estate are facing difficulties in securing loans from mortgage lenders....
The Futility of Government Bans – Bitcoin Always Finds a Way
Cryptocurrencies have been threatened at one point or another by nearly every country on the planet. Rarely does a government venture...
6 Charts that Will Make You Optimistic About Clean Energy
By Daniel Wood Cartographic Specialist, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy Over the last few years, we’ve been in the...
The Temple of Turbine: Building Haliades for the Block Island Wind Farm
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Solar in the Caribbean — An Installation in Saint Lucia
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Meet the Recipients of the U.S. Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Awards
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Take a Visual Tour of Vermont’s Kingdom Community Wind Project
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Power Generation Week 2015 Featured Speakers
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Top states for renewable energy
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The Energy Storage Industry Charges Into San Diego, California
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FPL’s Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center
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Solar Power International 2015 Greatest Hits
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Solar Powered Houses of This Year’s DOE Solar Decathlon
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8 Notable Moments from the GRC 39th Annual Meeting and GEA Geothermal Energy Expo in Nevada
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Manzana Wind Power Project Creates Renewable Energy and Local Jobs
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The 100-MW Gainesville Renewable Energy Center
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The PV Salvador Solar Project
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Biomass Electricity at Thunder Bay Generating Station
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POET’s Project Liberty
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Wanapam Dam Spillway Response
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Making the Blade Photoessay: How and Where Wind Turbines Get Their Swoosh
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Photoessay: A Day in the Life of a Wind Farm Operator
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The Best Power Projects of 2015
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Net Metering in Review: 10 State Policy Updates from 2015
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Google Search Volume for Bitcoin Keywords Increased by as Much as 1000% During 2017
Following bitcoin’s incredible performance and increased media coverage during 2017, there is no doubt that bitcoin has witnessed...
Coingeek Funds Terabyte Block Initiative for Bitcoin Cash With 3.6M Euro
On January 15 the cryptocurrency media outlet and blockchain company Coingeek owned and operated by the financial tycoon Calvin Ayre...
Discuss Crypto While Promoting Peace – Have Lunch in Paradise with Roger Ver
CEO of Bitcoin.com Roger Ver, popularly referred to as Bitcoin Jesus for his dogged advocacy of censorship resistant currency, is an...
Luno Exchange Bank Account Frozen by Malaysian Tax Officials
Over the past few weeks, regulators and financial institutions have been reacting to the worldwide popularity of bitcoin and other...
EV Batteries Recycled for Grid Use Get Boost with $4.1M Investment
A U.K. company that turns used electric vehicle battery packs into stationary energy storage has secured a £3 million (US$4.1 million)...
GDAX Will Open the Bitcoin Cash/BTC Order Book on Wednesday
Are you looking to trade in your old bitcoin with its high fees and slow transactions for a brand new bitcoin cash? Or, you just want to...
Surging Power Bills Spark Rush for Household Solar in Australia
Australia, one of the world’s biggest users of rooftop solar panels, likely added the most new capacity on record last year as electricity...
Moscow Exchange Ready for “Fast and Easy” Crypto Trading
With authorities in Moscow still trying to find their bearings on Bitcoin, the largest Russian exchange has announced its readiness to...
Metropolitan Bank Ceases Cryptocurrency-Related International Wires
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp (NYSE: MCB), one of the fastest growing banks in the United States, is used by a number of major...
Renewables in Middle East to Triple, but Gas Will Still Dominate, Says Siemens
The share of renewables in the Middle East energy mix is forecast to triple over the next 17 years — but natural gas will remain the...
Subscription Energy Fit for the 21st Century
Today, subscriptions are available to just about anything: TV streaming services, at-home meal kits, clothing and more. Now we’re...
Kraken Exchange Returns After Longest Downtime Since 2013
Earlier this week the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken scheduled some downtime to upgrade the trading platform’s system....
Telegram Followers – The New Metric for Cryptocurrency Success
Cryptocurrencies are gauged by the size of their market cap. It’s a crude reckoner, but it’s good enough for most purposes. But what about...
If Your Crypto Doesn’t Have a Mobile Wallet It’s Not Really a Currency
Anyone can create a cryptocurrency. It’s a surprisingly simple process, especially if you copy the codebase of an existing coin and give...
80 Percent of the Total Bitcoin Supply Have Now Been Mined
This weekend marks a milestone for bitcoin as 80 percent of the currency has now been mined into circulation, this means there’s only 20...
This Week in Bitcoin: Kraken, Korea and a Whole Lotta Crazy
This week in bitcoin was all about Korea, although every week in bitcoin is all about Korea. Markets dropping? Blame Korea. Markets...
Pineapple Will Match up to $4M in Bitcoin to Test Curing PTSD With Psychedelic Drug
The bitcoin charity Pineapple Fund has already donated $1 million to aid in the testing of MDMA as a treatment for PTSD. It is now...
Venezuela Urges 10 Other Countries to Adopt Its Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency
Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro has called for 10 other countries to adopt his planned oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro. This...
Bitcoin Cash Miners Process Big Blocks Past 24h – Volume Approaches Litecoin
About 24-hours ago bitcoin cash (BCH) miners were processing a ton of large blocks between 2-8MB in size. Fees have remained considerably...
Trading Tip `The Wall´ – Trade Like You’re John McAfee
The cryptocurrency markets have turned into a casino and everyone is a winner, including perhaps the charismatic John McAfee. Following...
Whistleblower Details Big Bank’s Plans to Prohibit Employees Owning Bitcoin
This week News.Bitcoin.com carried the breaking story alleging employees of giant Northern European bank Nordea were being forbidden by...
South Korea Announces Crypto Traders Could Face Fines Under New System
The South Korean government has announced that cryptocurrency traders will be fined if they do not convert from existing virtual accounts,...
Small Washington Town is Becoming a Bitcoin Mining Epicenter
Wenatchee, a small town in Washington, is emerging as a new home for bitcoin miners. The town is about three hours aways from Seattle....
Six Months Later Bitcoin Cash Support Continues to Grow
Over the past few weeks, there’s a lot going on within the bitcoin cash (BCH) ecosystem. Just recently businesses and service providers...
Another Stagnant Company Reaps the ‘Blockchain Benefits’
This week another company reaped the benefits of adding ‘blockchain technology’ to the firm’s business model. The publicly listed company,...
Calls for “Legal Bitcoin” in Ukraine, as Natsbank Mulls E-Fiat
Ukraine, now serious about crypto regulation, is setting up a special working group to oversee the completion of the necessary framework....
Bank Indonesia: Do Not Sell, Buy, Trade Cryptocurrency
Bank Indonesia, Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia’s central bank, has issued perhaps its bluntest statement yet on curbing the...
Kucoin Issues a Warning After Bitcoin Diamond Soars 40x and Then Crashes
Ever since the arrival of bitcoin cash, forked coins have been en vogue. While BCH has succeeded in gaining traction, not only on...
Brazil Regulator Prohibits Funds from Investing in Cryptocurrencies
Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Friday that local investment funds are prohibited from investing in...
China’s Regulatory Authority Warns About Risks of Initial Miner Offerings
National Internet Finance Association of China (NIFA) this Friday announced that IMOs (Initial Miner Offerings), represented by the token...
The Satoshi Revolution – Chapter 4: Crypto. A New Paradigm of Privacy and ID (Part 2)
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations. Section 2 : The Moral Imperative of Privacy Chapter 4: When Privacy is...
How to Dollar-Cost Average Buy and Hodl Cryptocurrency Like A Boss
If you’ve been into cryptocurrencies long enough, you’d know that the price of bitcoin changes very often. There are plenty of bitcoiners...
Japan’s ‘Virtual Currency Girls’ Idol Group Performs First Crypto Educational Concert
Japan’s new female idol group “Virtual Currency Girls” performed their first live concert on Friday in Tokyo. Their songs incorporate...
The Bitcoin.com Podcast Network Presents: This Week In Bitcoin
This week the cryptocurrency portal Bitcoin.com launched a new podcast called “This Week In Bitcoin” with host Matt Aaron, who discusses...
Canadian Entrepreneur Seeks to Recycle Heat Generated by Cryptocurrency Mining
A Canadian entrepreneur has sought to recycle the heat generated through bitcoin mining by growing plants and fish suited to the...
Crypto Derivative Platform Counterparty Is Coming to the Bitcoin Cash Network
This week a new forked counterparty protocol has been announced that will be solely dedicated to the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. The team...
Ditch University and High Transaction Fees – Praxis Accepts Bitcoin Cash
Praxis is an intern, apprentice-like placement company, acting as a practical, resumé building experience for those who believe university...
A Visual Comparison Between Bitcoin and Other Markets
The market cap of cryptocurrencies, the world’s fastest growing asset class, has surpassed $677 billion. And bitcoin itself has surged...
Kentucky Fried Chicken Canada Launches “Bitcoin Bucket”
Bitcoiners in the past few days have witnessed mainstream media spreading rumors about South Korea’s ban on cryptocurrency. This, as...
Bitcoin Enthusiast Finds Undiscovered Cave and Names It Satoshi
Few people will ever encounter an undiscovered natural wonder, and then have the pleasure of naming it. That’s what happened to Guido...
New Year, New Forks: World Bitcoin and Bitcoin Candy Expected Soon
The fork of Bitcoin Cash sparked a wave of airdrops and bitcoin-related fork projects in 2017. A new project, World Bitcoin (WBTC), is to...
Mining Operations Offered to India After Mixed Signals from Beijing
Members of the Indian crypto community have received offers to set up mining facilities after reports of potentially negative developments...
Swedish Bank Allegedly Forbids Employees from Owning Cryptocurrency
A giant Northern European bank, Nordea, has allegedly enacted a company policy which forbids its employees from owning or trading in...
Exchange Problems Mount at Kraken and Coinbase but Bitfinex Reopens Registrations for 10k+ Deposits
Exchanges are regarded by many in the cryptocurrency world as a necessary evil. They provide liquidity and an on-ramp from fiat currency,...
Big Chinese Bitcoin Miners Are Turning to Canada
The bitcoin mining industry in China appears to be expanding to favorable locations around the world right now. Quebec is one such...
Paul Krugman Is Excited to See Bitcoin Have Issues
Yesterday on January 11 the American economist and professor of economics, Paul Krugman, seemed pretty excited about The North American...
Strict Regulations Force South Korean Banks to Stop Servicing Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Following the inspections of six major banks this week, South Korean regulators have uncovered some inadequate internal controls for...
Wind Developer Helps Cybersecurity Firm Raise $15 Million
Invenergy Future Fund, an investment fund linked to the largest closely held U.S. wind developer Invenergy LLC, provided funding for a...
California Regulators Direct PG&E to Prioritize Storage for Peak Demand
The California Public Utilities Commission approved an order Thursday that will require PG&E Corp., the state’s biggest utility, to change...
Fluence Moves to Support ‘Significant Capital’ Needs of Energy Storage
Fluence Energy, the energy storage joint venture launched last year by Siemens and AES, said it will begin offering leasing and project...
Taking on Storage Part Two: Risks and How to Mitigate Them
Part one of this article identified changes in the energy storage market that are driving deployment and improving the economics of...
CT Green Bank Expands Authorized Solar Software Provider List
Palo Alto-based software provider Aurora Solar said this week that Connecticut Green Bank authorized Aurora's remote shading simulation...
Singapore to Extend Regulatory Mandate Regarding Cryptocurrencies
The Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore has sought to clarify the nation’s stance on cryptocurrencies with regards to its money laundering...
Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for Business With 7 Cryptocurrencies
Japanese e-commerce and entertainment giant DMM Group has launched its crypto exchange, supporting 7 cryptocurrencies and 14 trading...
Russia Drafts Bill to Legalize Cryptocurrency Trading on Approved Exchanges
The Russian Ministry of Finance is drafting a bill to legalize cryptocurrency trading at approved exchanges. The ministry is already...
Chinese Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain Establishes Branch in Zug, Switzerland
For centuries Switzerland was known around the world for its tradition of banking secrecy, but now a new financial industry is taking root...
Notorious Domain XBT.com Goes up for Sale at 200 BTC
XBT.com, one of the web’s most desirable domain names, is up for sale. Its current owners, XBT Holding SA, are seeking 200 BTC – or about...
Bitstamp Is Asking Users Who Want to Withdraw a Lot of Questions
Customers of Slovenia’s Bitstamp exchange are being forced to jump through hoops to meet an unprecedented level of compliance. A widely...
Overstock Glitch Gave Customers ‘Discounts’ With Bitcoin Cash
This week security experts found a website glitch on the e-commerce marketplace Overstock that let customers purchase items for a fraction...
Japan’s Most Popular Chat App In Talks to Integrate Cryptocurrencies
Japan’s most popular chat app, with 168 million active monthly users, Line, could soon integrate cryptocurrencies. The company is...
US Marshals Plan to Auction $52M Worth of Seized Bitcoins
The U.S. Marshals announced on January 11 that the agency has plans to have another online bitcoin auction on January 22. The six-hour...
North Carolina Hopes to Lure ‘EV Tourists’ with Rural Charging Stations
West Jefferson is among the first communities to benefit from an effort by North Carolina’s 26 electric cooperatives to lure...