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The 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11) is scheduled for November 30th and will run through December 11th of 2015. The Convention, also known as the UNFCCC was created in 1994 and was ratified by 196 states, according to the official event web page. The Conference’s decision makers, or Conference of Parties, meet every year to create and establish goals in order to combat climate change that they agree to ack …

A new study, released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, charts the growth of solar energy over the coming decades and the results show a massive expansion in renewable power. The study expects $3.7 trillion in new solar investment between now and 2040; effectively, a third of all new power will come from solar energy over the course of the next 25 years. Theses solar gains will have an outsized effect on the energy market as countries, especially developed ones, continue to make large effici …

On July 7, 2015 the Obama Administration launched a bold plan to increase solar energy usage within the United States as part of a nationwide initiative to address climate change while promoting clean energy initiatives. According to NPR, the plan primarily focuses on increasing access and exposure to solar energy in low- to moderate-income communities across the country while creating jobs in the solar energy sector. Focusing on rounding out the solar energy industry to increase the acces …

Most residential roof space is not optimal for solar panels. Only 22-27% of residential buildings in the U.S. are viable for solar panel installation, according to a study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. This has inhibited the access of many communities to renewable energy sources that they demand. Community solar projects give those American homeowners or renters an opportunity to volunteer to invest in solar energy generation, whether it be for clean power or a financial ben …

Looking to the future as demand for energy increases and oil reserves decrease, Saudi Arabia has made huge strides towards solar energy. Prince Turki bin Saud Bin Mohammad Al Saud is pushing solar from within state-run entities and companies to achieve a greater level of energy security for the country. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, while Saudi Arabia currently has a capacity of less than 50 megawatts of solar power-only 0.1 percent of German solar energy capacity-this new p …