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Pittsburgh Business Leaders Deliver Letter Urging PA's US Senators To Preserve Federal Energy Tax Credits And 100,000 Jobs In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

Business leaders who spoke included Joe Morinville , President of EIS Solar ; Jon Bunyaratapan , Manager of Solar Business Development, Envinity ; Kade Amster , Business Development at Greentech Renewables - Pittsburgh ; and Joshua Thomas , an energy efficiency contractor and Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) Implementer.

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Climate Policy and the Audacity of Hope

Legal Planet

Climate policy has been boosted by dramatic changes in the economics of clean energy. Perhaps the most important development of the past decade has been the dramatic decline in the cost of renewables. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. Utility-scale solar was an even more dramatic story.

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Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority To Buy More Wind Energy From Western PA Energy Consortium

PA Environment Daily

On August 9, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority announced it would be committing to the purchase of wind power and the use of clean energy to support the production and operations of water services. PWSA holds the largest share at 30% of the total, underlining our strong commitment to sustainable energy practices. “It

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France is late on its energy transition

Edouard Stenger

First thing first, I am very disappointed that the Socialists running the country did so little on renewable energy sources during their mandate. After all, they are allied to the Greens, who should be adamant on renewables and energy efficiency. GW of wind capacity in September 2016, which produced 21 TWh in 2015.

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Four cheap solutions to climate change

Edouard Stenger

The average American uses 10 percent less energy than in 2007, and the nation’s energy consumption per unit of GDP has fallen by 14 percent. — Ditching coal and natural gas for solar and wind. Renewable energy sources have been booming in the US (+262 % and over 4,600% from 2008 to 2016 for wind and solar, respectively.

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Another RGGI Raid? New York State Senate Proposes Pulling $138 million from the RGGI Fund

Law Columbia

As detailed in the RGGI investment plan , these funds are typically used to support energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in New York State. million in auction proceeds that have been collected since the program was launched in 2008. More information about the program is available here.

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Realizing Maine’s Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential

Union of Concerned Scientists

While floating offshore wind is more challenging to develop than fixed-bottom projects, the Gulf of Maine has the highest, most consistent wind speeds on the East Coast. NREL and DNV expect floating offshore wind costs to dip to $60 to $80/MWh by 2030 and $45 to $50/MWh by 2035.