PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

On August 23, the PJM Interconnection Critical Issue Fast Path Resource Adequacy stakeholder group heard testimony and suggestions on the issue of making electricity market changes to address nonperformance of natural gas and other generators during emergencies and events like Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2023

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will hold its second hearing May 1 on electric grid reliability and the failure of natural gas and other generation to provide power when called on by PJM during Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT): Unlike PJM and MISO, ERCOT—which is the grid operator for most of the Lone Star State—hasn’t yet published any preliminary reports on Winter Storm Elliott. See my colleague Julie McNamara’s blog for caveats about hydrogen.)

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2023

On June 13, Public Utility Commission Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille told the House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee Winter Storm Elliot has again demonstrated extreme weather can have a significant impact on electric grid operations in terms of reliability and resilience.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

In 2002, Scientific American named Dr. Mann one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology, and in 2012, he received the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geophysical Union. He has publicly called for investments in clean energy, green technologies, and environmental research. from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

CCS is a multi-billion dollar boondoggle that doesn’t come close to the hype, has significant safety risks, and is a substantial distraction from real climate solutions, such as building more renewable energy, increasing electricity transmission infrastructure, and developing and using storage technology. Want proof?

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Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2024

Chris Hunkeler, Wikimedia Commons In the West, the benefits of electricity market regionalization appear more attractive than ever. Regionalization” refers to efforts to expand coordination between Western states to buy and sell wholesale electricity through centralized federal power markets.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Rethinking the role of innovative pilots is an exciting development, because most utilities have not yet fully supported, let alone adopted, the technologies needed to reduce emissions. Pilot projects also can help spur widespread implementation of community solar, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and smart meters and thermostats.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2023

announced it has begun work to connect a pair of solar energy projects in Fulton and Franklin counties to the electric grid. The two facilities will provide the University with about 75% of the electricity needed for the University campus and health system. On July 19, West Penn Power , a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

While these data have been available since 2014 from the Climate Accountability Institute, the most recent update of this dataset is now easily accessible and explorable on a new platform hosted by InfluenceMap.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Data on the major carbon producers’ emissions have been published since 2014. Earlier this year, UCS experts worked with community groups to produce a report, On the Road to 100 Percent Renewables , which shows that two dozen states can reliably meet 100 percent of their electricity needs with renewable energy.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. As the mainstay of its energy supply – thermal power plants (coal, oil and gas) supply 56% (239 GW) of the country’s total installed electricity – coal remains crucial for Indian energy security.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 27, 2023

Pourbaix, Dilling and the Pathways Alliance are trying to sell us a false story that oil and gas production can continue, and even grow, as long as the emissions from production are “captured” by unproven technologies like CCUS. Myth: The oil and gas industry has ready-to-deploy technology to get us to net-zero.

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A Greener Life

MAY 28, 2023

Many such projects allow users to generate their own electricity and sell the surplus back to the grid. This self-generation, which typically makes use of renewable sources, is aimed at supporting local or even household consumption but also may see surpluses fed onto wider grids, allowing traditional electricity buyers to become producers.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Professor Jennifer Rupp is the Thomas Lord Associate Professor of Electrochemical Materials in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Covered Entities : The Program regulates manufacturers, electricity importers, suppliers of natural gas, gasoline and other fuels, and CO2 suppliers that emit more than 25,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) annually. The Program has been linked with the Cap-and-Trade System of Québec since 2014.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The solar array, completed last December, is located on the roof of a former elementary school, owned by Wayne County, that hosts the county’s technology business incubator and public co-working space. The solar project was led by the Clean Energy Co-op and nominated by SEEDS for the award. The Clean Energy Co-op Inc.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I fight,” answered Magwood, who at the time directed the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology at the US Department of Energy (DOE). “I He considered aerospace as a possible career, then computer technology. Magwood then became director of the office, making him the senior nuclear technology official in the US government.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2022

CNX has developed proprietary technology to cost-effectively convert on-site dry natural gas into liquified natural gas (LNG), compressed natural gas (CNG), and electricity for various uses including as a hydrogen feedstock. These technologies will reduce local emissions and further reduce operating costs at the airport.

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Water Research & Technology

JUNE 2, 2023

in Environmental Engineering at Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST, South Korea) in 2014. Kim is now serving as an early career advisory board member for the Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters , and he was recognized as an Outstanding Reviewer in 2018 for Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 18, 2023

A more efficient food source The review highlights the current technologies for commercially developing and growing microalgae, as well as the scientific and economic challenges to scaling production.

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Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

These days if you read renewable energy news, everything is shining for solar photovoltaic: it is fast becoming the cheapest energy source, technology is getting better every year and it is wildly successful from the US to Asia, from Europe to Africa. South-facing panels maximise electricity production, hence are more profitable).

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

“Currently, both plants are operating satisfactorily, contributing a great deal of renewable energy, ” said Rodrigo Corrales, general manager of ENDE Guaracachi, the state-owned electricity company that operates the complex. According to his projections, by 2040, the electric power production capacity should grow to 18,000 MW.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Lower Sesan 2 is not living up to its promise of dropping the price of electricity and providing for power to Cambodia’s power sector, because of a lack of water availability,” says Brian Eyler, who is the Southeast Asia director with the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. Construction began in 2014.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We knew when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 that Europe’s reliance on Russian gas was a serious problem, but next to no changes have been made since. Another key technology that has been forgotten about is energy efficiency. Perhaps turning down Nordstream 2 shows some change in that thinking.

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Physics World

MARCH 8, 2022

She was the first woman to be appointed Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (the highest title that is awarded there), the first woman to win a National Medal of Science (awarded by the US president) and the first individual winner of the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Renewable energy sources and electric vehicles are progressing so fast around the world that according to a new study coal and oil use could peak worldwide in as little as three years. To put these figures in context, the recent 2014-15 oil price collapse was the result of a two mbd (2%) shift in the supply-demand balance.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

But solar’s growth, especially in large arrays, has made it much more visible in communities and landscapes across the country, sparking a lot of conversations about land use, technology options, community engagement, and how best to site the many more megawatts of solar we need. Single projects can be hundreds of megawatts.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Manure Expo combines 1) Educational Sessions, 2) Technology Demonstrations, and 3) an Industry Trade Show. Commercial operators work on many farms, meaning that adoption of technology and increased knowledge impact large amounts of acreage. NAME provided a vast two-day educational platform geared toward efficient nutrient utilization.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 4, 2024

A new North American Electricity Reliability Corporation (NERC) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) review of power outages and gas industry failures reveals the potential for prolonged and deadly power outages. But their simple, yet potentially life-saving recommendations are voluntary, and the responsible parties go unnamed.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2022

Most of the work relates to greening the city’s buildings — electric heat pump installations, weatherizations and solar panel and battery installations. However, trainees also have the opportunity to learn other in-demand skills, such as electric vehicle charger maintenance and Wi-Fi installation. “This is my purpose in life.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

When it comes to the transition to clean energy, 2023 was quite a year for progress: record-breaking amounts of solar installed in the United States, a solid drop in carbon emissions from the US power sector, more than one million electric vehicles sold in the country for the first time, “breakneck” growth in renewable energy globally, and more.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Worse than that, it might end up misdirecting the world’s clean energy efforts into dirtier than appreciated energy technologies because of the country’s ongoing dependence on coal-fired energy. We all used Chinese electricity mixes for c-Si PV. But what she told Mariutti was not reassuring.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

billion) over the three years 2014–16. Wind and solar power can provide green electricity for those facilities, while the low local temperatures can help with cooling requirements. It should also link technology upgrades with capital allocation, creating new business models and opportunities. billion yuan (US$1.7

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Physics World

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Optimize the placement of electric charging stations in relation to traffic and you may have an energy-efficient fleet. Hard problem As the number of electric vehicles grows globally, a key issue will be finding ways to charge cars quickly, efficiently and in a way that does not overload a grid at busy times. Reading the fine print.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Additionally, agriculture contributes 9 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions excluding the transportation, electricity, and industrial emissions associated with agriculture. An unfortunate result of the lapse in Farm Bill authority upon expiration of the 2014 bill was that 39. The recently passed 2018. smaller programs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

After the EPA proposed the Clean Power Plan in 2014, for example, fossil fuel interests and their backers tried to argue that the proposal’s 2030 emission-reduction targets were completely unrealistic, and that the country would see astronomically high costs and blackouts due to the rule.

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