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2019 Subscribe

• December —
• December — Global Warming Tipping Points — UN Secretary General: 'we are losing the race'
• November — Call In The Engineers
• October — The Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work
• September — GENI Meets GEIDCO Chairman Zhenya Liu at Global Grid Forum
• August — Creating Mission Control Rooms for Sustainability
• July — Superpower — The Quest To Transform American Energy To Renewables
• June — High-Voltage Interconnections -- The Essential Link To Renewables
• May — Visualization Simulates Value Of Sharing Electricity — A 150% Return On Investment
• April —
• March — 2018 IEA Report: Our Addiction To Coal And Natural Gas Is Growing
• February — Many Nations Are Leading The Shift To Renewable Energy
• January — Warning: Progress Is Lacking To Achieve the 2020 Climate Turning Point

2018 Subscribe

• December —First Time In History: Less Than One Billion People Lack Access To Electricity
• November — Solar And Wind Are Now Cheapest Source Of Power
• October — Rapid Changes Needed To Stem Catastrophic Climate Change. The Solution: Concentrating Solar Farms Produce Day And Night
• September —
• August — US Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Lab: It's Time to Tie the U.S. Electric Grid Together
• July — U.S. Coastal Cities At Risk Due To Sea Level Rise
• June — Solar & Wind Dominate New Generation Capacity:   Renewables Reap 2x Fossil Fuels & Nuclear
• May —
• April — UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Advocates Long Distance Transmission To Transmit Zero-Carbon Renewable Electricity
• March — Global Risk Report 2018 — Getting Our Priorities Right
• February — Climate Change Is Here Now — What Can You Do?
• January — UN Secretary General Advocates For Global Energy Interconnection

2017 Subscribe

• December — In Our "New Normal" World — Build Sustainable & Resilient Cities
• November — Global Energy System Based On 100% Renewable Energy
• October — Global Grid Stress Testing: It's Easier & Cheaper To Transfer Electrons Than Fuels
• September — What I Learned On My Vacation: What Is And What Could Be
• August — The Clean Energy Revolution Links To The Asian Super Grid
• July — United States Still Driving Renewables Development
• June — GENI Invites You To The Silicon Valley SIMCenter Demo
• May — Make Your Home More Energy Efficient — And An Energy Source
• April — Your Next Car or Fleet Purchase: Electric vs. Gasoline
• March — Phasing Out CO₂ This Century — Ramping Up Renewables & Energy Efficiency
• February — Global Energy Interconnection Gets Support From World's Largest Utility And More: State Grid Corp Of China + Int'l Energy Agency + Int'l Electrotechnical Commission
• January — The World as 100 People -- Global Social Trends are Improving

2016 Subscribe

• December — 48 Developing Nations Commit To 100% Renewable Energy By 2050 -- The Radical Shift That's Required To Meet The 1.5°C Warming Target
• November — Creating a Renewable Energy Roadmap: 4 Key Questions for Each Nation at COP22
• October — Connecting Renewable Energy Supergrids —and— Secretary Clinton Calls For Open Trade, Open Borders For Electric Grid
• September — G20 Leaders Pledge Renewable Integration
• August — GENI office move (SIMcenter Phase IV Completion)
• July — Multi-Terminal HVDC Links Distant Renewables Between Canada And The United States
• June — Cities Taking the Lead in Tackling Climate Change
• May — President Obama Pushing Renewables —and— SIMCenter Moving To Silicon Valley
• April — China Proposes Global Energy Interconnection (GEI)
• March — GENI's TrimTab 2016 Campaign -- We Need You!
• February — A National HVDC Grid: The Best Solution To 80% Renewable Energy By 2050
• January — Renewables Boosts Jobs and Global GDP up to $1.3 Trillion

2015 Subscribe

• December — Make one last gift this year -- that matters
• December — Paris Climate Summit — Good COP or Bad COP?
• November — Building Peace Between Nations, One Link After Another
• October — Open Letter to COP21: Negotiating CO2 Targets -vs- Linking Renewables Between Nations
• September — GENI's TrimTab 2015 Campaign — We Need You!
• August — The Global Power Grid Solution
• July — India Approves Intra-State Transmission Systems For Renewable Energy
• June — Energy Ministers and World Bank to Help Countries Scale Up, Integrate Renewable Energy in Grids
• May — Solar & Wind Capture 100% Of New U.S. Energy In April 2015
• April — GeoDesign: Engineering The Transition To Renewable Energy And Clean Water For All
• March — World Bank: The Renewable Electricity Grid
• February — Underwater High-Voltage Cable Links Nations And Renewable Energies
• January — The Hottest Decade Ever— the beginning of the end for fossil fuels

2014 Subscribe

• December — A Vision Of An Interconnected Energy Grid — An Idea Whose Time Has Come
• November — 100% Renewable Cities — Taking a Stand
• October — Africa — Still The Dark Continent
• September — UN Climate Summit calls for Regional Cooperation on Renewable Energy
• August — Sustainability is Critical but Not Sufficient...   We need to Build Resilient Cities
• July — 12x More Solar —and— US$550 Billion Annual Investment In Renewables Needed To Avoid 'Climate Catastrophe'
• June — Renewables Provide 88% of New U.S. Generation in May 2014 —and— GENI Solar and Wind Maps Tops on Google Maps Gallery
• May — Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities
• April — There Must Be a "Massive Shift" to Renewable Energy
• March — 100% Renewable Energy for all U.S. States and the World
• February — India and Bangladesh Complete First Electric Grid Interconnection
• January — 19 Nations Form Africa Clean Energy Corridor

2013 Subscribe

• December — The Renewable Plan: from 20% to 80% by 2050
• November — Making Renewable Energy Siting Easier ...Because We Have Plenty
• October — GENI Report From The 2013 World Energy Congress, Korea
• September — GENI Is The Only U.S. Exhibitor At World Energy Congress Pushing The Renewable Solution
• August — 2/3^rds Of All Solar PV Installed In Last 2 Years— Policy Support And Competitive Pricing Driving This Growth
• July — 10 Nations Launch “Global Renewables Club” — The Tipping Point for Renewable Energy
• June — Southeast Asia And West Africa Pushing Towards Regional Grid Interconnection
• May — 400 PPM Carbon Dioxide Tipping Point Reached Today
• April — Deutsche Bank And Asian Development Bank Call For Renewable Energy
  —plus— India and Italy Reach Grid Parity For Renewables
• March — "Turn Down the Heat" — World Bank Report 2012 — Turn Up The Heat On Our Leaders!
• February — Renewable Energy Was Nearly Half Of New U.S. Generation Capacity Additions In 2012
• January — Connecting The Americas: Linking The Electric Grids From Alaska To Argentina

2012 Subscribe

• December — Powering Up Asia's Super-Grid: Linking Renewables Is The Answer
• November — GENI Renewable Reports Provide Solutions As The Answer To "It's Global Warming, Stupid"
• October — Plan A for Sustainability: UN launches Sustainable Development Solutions Network
• September — Wind Resources Could Power All The World's Needs
• August — Four New GENI Reports Published —plus— Electrify The Bottom Of The Pyramid
• July — Electrical Interconnections Create International Trade And Peace
• June — Sustainable Development Is Not Possible Without Sustainable Energy
• May — China Leading The High-Voltage Transmission Market
• April — Climate Change — Connecting the Dots
• March — South Asia Plans An Electric Energy Ring
• February — Changing The Way We Look At Climate Change
• January — Iran, Iraq, Pakistan Interconnecting Their Electric Grids

2011 Subscribe

• December — International Energy Agency: “Shift or Suffer Dire Consequences”
• November — Solar Energy Is Becoming The Arab Nations’ Next Export Resource
• October — International Energy Agency Warns Of Ballooning World Fossil Fuel Subsidy
• September — U.N.’s Ban Ki-Moon urges Clean Energy Revolution
• August — Six Central American Nations Getting Connected
• July —India And Nepal Linking Transmission Grids -and- GENI Receives Proclamation For 25^th Anniversary
• June — Scotland And Switzerland Move Towards 100% Renewables as GENI Interns Push This Agenda To All OECD Nations
• May — GENI Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary and Moves Downtown!
• April — Multiple Accidents In The Energy World: Gulf Oil Spill, U.S. And Chinese Coal Mine Collapses, Japan Nuclear Meltdown — It's Time For A New Energy Plan
• March — Green Economy Will Cost $1-2.6 Trillion Per Year: United Nations
• February — European Companies Push European Union Towards A Single Electricity Market -and- World Wildlife Fund Calls For 100% Renewables By 2050
• January — World Bank to Fund DESERTEC Plan — Plus the GENI Summary of 2010

2010 Subscribe

• December — 100% Renewables In 10 Years — Getting To Critical Mass
• November —The Electric Vehicle (EV) Revolution Is Here
• October — Ending Energy Poverty
• September — The Global Shift to Renewable Energy
• August — World Energy Congress, Montreal 2010 -and- the World Resources Simulation Center: Energy/Water Sustainability
• July — The European Commission Seeks To Integrate Large Solar From Africa
• June — The Path Of Pollution Versus The Road To Renewables
• May — U.S. Electrical Grid Expanding To Access Abundant Renewable Energy
• April — Maps And Policies On Renewable Energy Are Available To All
• March — $10 Trillion Needed for Clean Technology -so- Get Your Share of the Green Economy
• February — Why Infrastructure is Critical
• January — China is Charging Ahead in Renewable Development

2009 Subscribe

• December — Are We Just Smarter Lemmings Headed For The Cliff?
• November — Transmission And Renewables Integration Are Top Issues Of North American Electric Reliability 10 Year Outlook
• October — U.S. Department Of Interior Pushing A Collaborative Effort For A National Electric Grid To Tap Abundant Renewable Energy
• September — 350 parts per million (ppm) — and — The International Day of Climate Action
• August — Introducing the World Resources Simulation Center
• July — "20 Global Problems — 20 Years to Solve Them" Challenges the Rotary Peace Fellows Symposium
• June — Clean Energy can Solve the Millennium Development Goals — and — Renewable Energy on Native American Lands
• May — The Super Grid Is Coming To Your Continent
• April — The Rules of the Game
• March — The Electric Grid is the "Missing Link" to Abundant Renewables
• February — State Treasurers And Pension Funds Push For Linking Renewables — and — World Economic Forum Calls For $515 Billion Annual Renewable Energy Investments Through 2025
• January — Renewables Get Us Three For One

2008 Subscribe

• December — The European Supergrid And Renewable Cities Are Leading The Way
• November — The US National Grid Gains Momentum While Six Persian Gulf States Start Trials On International Grid
• October — Green Economy Will Create Millions Of Jobs — and — General Electric And Google Agree
• September — GENI Featured In Economist.com Energy Crisis Debate
• August — Al Gore, T. Boone Pickens, James Hansen, and Robert Kennedy Jr. — All Agree — Linking Remote Renewable Energy Is A Top Priority
• July — Visualizing The Global Energy Issues — Plus Small Island Renewables
• June — How Policy-Makers Can Lead On Climate Change
• May — Climate Change at the Tipping Point
• April — Ending Poverty in the Developing World — Both Macro and Micro Engineering Is Needed
• March — World's Growing Dependence On Coal Leaving A Trail Of Environmental Devastation ...It's Time We Stopped Shooting Ourselves In The Foot
• February — Flip the Old Energy Model Upside Down
• January — Solving Climate Change — Follow the Money -plus- 2007 GENI Highlights

2007 Subscribe

• December — GENI Challenges World Energy Conference and "What unites us is stronger than our differences"
• November — GENI Endorsers Win The Nobel Peace Prize while United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) Reports Global Risk
• October 19 — Should the Middle East and North African nations go Nuclear .... or Solar?
• October — California launches Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative
• September —If We Could Electrify Africa, We Would Eliminate Poverty in a Decade
• August — The UN Foundation Proposes Modernizing The Electric Power Grid And The Economist Features "Wind By Wire"
• July — G8 Project To Integrate Renewable Energy Into Electricity Grids
• June — Interns Change the World
• May — Making Money and Sense: Buy Green Power or Renewable Energy Credits and Put Solar on the Roof
• April — GENI featured in Rotarian Magazine and ACORE calls for Ten-Fold Increase in Renewable R&D
• March — GENI Endorses GROCC Climate Statement -and- What's Needed — A Design Science Revolution?
• February — California Blocking Coal — and Greening the Grid — Will Other States and Nations Follow?
• January — Top Renewable Stories of 2006 - International Grid Projects Accelerate — and It's Not Fast Enough!

2006 Subscribe

• December — Russia Linking Energy Grids to China and the Koreas -and- The Renewable Energy Potential of India
• November — China's Growth — Why Renewable Energy Is Essential -
• October — Is It Hot Enough Yet?
• September — Global Maps of Renewable Energy Potential & Cross-Border Electric Grids Act as Peace Highways
• August — KLD Global Climate 100 Index: Strong First Year - and Now Investable in Japan!
• July — IEA: Renewables Could Quadruple vs. EIA: U.S. Agency Predicts 75% More CO₂
• June — Spontaneous Cooperation is Breaking Out
• May — Mexico, China, Russia, Tajikistan: Building High-Voltage Transmission to Access Renewable Energy -
• April — 2005 United Nations Report on the Benefits, Costs and Issues of International Electric Power Grid Interconnections
• March — The GENI Initiative and Nuclear Energy
• February — China Connects Power Grids — World Economic Forum Identifies Top 5 Global Issues
• January — Utilities Pursuing Renewable Energy Strategies

2005 Subscribe

• December — Economic Development vs. Global Climate Change — Global Dilemma Solved
• November — The renewable energy transition — achieving first–world growth and the Millennium Development Goals
• October — Russia, China, Korea, Lebanon - important grid links receive little attention
• September — NASA's "Earth at Night" highlights our prosperity — but leaves 1.6 billion people in the dark
• August — Electricity Is Essential for Development — and the United Nations Agree
• July — GENI Partners with KLD Research and Analytics
  to Create KLD Global Climate 100^SM Index
• June — Iran, Russia, and ASEAN Pushing Power Grids
  plus Solar Potential in California is Enormous!
• May — Global Mapping of Wind and Solar Sites
• April — Global Ecosystem Report: Resource Use Is Not Sustainable
  and GENI Endorsements from Directors of UNICEF and IUCN
• March — New Zealand and United Arab Emirates Agree:
  the Grid is the Key Link to Renewables
• February — Energy is Key to Africa's Prosperity and Global Warming at Critical Point
• January — Transmission is Key for Wind Energy

2004 Subscribe

• December — Best Renewable Energy Policies on the Planet
• November — Oil at $50 a Barrel — It's Time to Change
• October — World Energy Conference Report
• September — Fortune Magazine supports Renewable Development
• August — World Energy Conference next month in Australia — and — WEC Life Cycle Analysis Favors Renewables
• July — Largest Renewable Energy Event held in Bonn, Germany
• June — The Best Renewable Energy Policies on the Planet
• May — Western U.S. Governors want renewables - yet the World Energy Council and IEA say renewables won't play a major role
• April — GENI announces $60,000 Matching Grant and Major Projects for 2004
• March — Grid Congestion and the Clean Energy Market
• February — The power grid gets attention from utilities and investors
• January — Middle East expanding nation-to-nation links - and - Canadian business and greens agree: renewable energy could meet needs

2003 Subscribe

• December — World Governments Launch REEEP — Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
• November — Russia and the European Union Announce Plans to Link Grids by 2007
• October — Connecting the Iran-Iraq-Syria Grid — What about Incorporating Large Solar Arrays in the Deserts as well?.
• September — It's a Wired world; Blackout 2003 Lessons
• August — Energy Cooperation is the Solution to Energy Security
• July — Try a Hybrid Vehicle — Save Money and the Environment
• June — Global Oil Companies Project Renewable Growth
• May — Renewable Energy to Split Water in Iceland: the Future of Energy is Here
• April — Resource wars: Water, Oil, Fisheries. Finding Solutions that Meet Everyone's Needs
• March — World's Largest Nation Getting Connected
  — plus — CleanEdge.com Offers the Future of Energy
• February — Power Grid Interpendence vs. Independence
• January — The Energy Grid Can Transform Transportation As Well

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