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Opponents of renewable energy standards argue that the standards will inevitably increase the cost of electricity, thereby hurting our economy and lowering our standard of living.?? There is merit to this thesis in the near-term, given that most of what the various standards define as renewable energy sources cost more to produce electricity ??than the fossil fuel alternatives.?? In addition, most renewable sources are intermittent and may not be available during peak load times, thereby requiring investment in energy storage, increased demand load management capabilities or dispatchable generation to effectively manage high percentages of renewable energy on the grid ??? all of which cost additional money.??

Source:Following 24 hours of uncertainty, Europol has confirmed that the renowned Russian cyber-criminal known as Paunch has been arrested.

The non-residential PV project pipeline in China grew to 16 gigawatts (GW) at the end of October, according to the Solarbuzz . About 1100 such projects have either been installed or are under development across 29 provinces.

But you would have been right, I point out. "I would have been right, yes, but I wouldnt have had sufficient grounds for saying it. I mean, the Americans did not have a good basis for saying what they did, but if I had said its my conviction now that there is nothing, well theyd say have you looked here, have you looked there, how can you say this?"