#ICYMI Cleantech News 3/18/16

Welcome again to our series of regular In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) cleantech news blog posts. These blog posts feature some of the most interesting, compelling and/or impactful cleantech news of the week.

This week’s highlights include United Airlines becoming the first U.S.-based airline to power commercial flights on biofuels; scientists at General Electric saying that they have developed a way to store captured carbon dioxide as energy with energy storage technology; and a feature from Quartz on how China has become the world’s global leader in renewable energy spending.

Here are some of the top stories in cleantech this week:

• BIOFUELS: Chelsea Harvey of The Washington Post reported that United Airlines has become the first airline to power commercial flights with biofuels.
• ENERGY STORAGE: Scientists at General Electric said they have developed a way to use energy storage technology to store captured carbon dioxide as energy, reported Utility Dive.
• COAL: CleanTechnica’s Giles Parkinson reported that Germany’s coal generation will be worthless by 2030 if the country adopts the targets embraced at the Paris climate change conference.
• CHINA: Quartz’s Cassie Werber wrote a feature on how China, the world’s biggest polluter, has become the world’s global leader in renewable energy spending.
• SOUTH AMERICA: In a boost to renewable energy, Argentina is approving a new law that will require large consumers to use 25 percent clean energy by 2025, reported Bloomberg’s Pablo Rosendo Gonzalez.

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