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2024 Year in Review: Clean Energy Progress Steeped in Solar and Storage

Union of Concerned Scientists

The latest data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) suggests that solar large and small may have generated 27% more in 2024 than in 2023, and that solar might have accounted for 7% of US electricitymore than double its contribution in 2020. One of 2024s new crop.

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Greece increases its renewable energy targets

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen Having been at the forefront of dealing with climate impacts in recent years, Greece has shored up its renewable energy targets. Greece, which has recently battled one climate-fuelled wildfire after the other, has ramped up its renewable energy targets.

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PA Ranks 49th In US For Renewable Energy Growth; Delays In Adding Clean Energy To The Grid Will Cost Electric Ratepayers Billions

PA Environment Daily

On May 7, PennEnvironment released a new report saying Pennsylvania ranks 49th in the nation for percentage growth in total solar, wind and geothermal generation over the past decade. billion to power their homes and businessesin one year alone. The Keystone State has vast renewable energy potential.

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Ontario could easily phase out polluting fossil gas – if it wanted to

Enviromental Defense

A report commissioned by the Ontario Power Authority (now the Independent Electricity System Operator) identified 64 potential offshore wind power sites in the Great Lakes that could produce nearly 35,000 MW of electricity which is 50 per cent more than our current energy demand. This is completely doable. As the U.S.

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One Path to Better Affordability is Climate Change Action – Really

Enviromental Defense

Alberta: Speak Up For a SAFE Climate: Take Action Here How Climate Action Makes Life More Affordable Renewable energy, including solar and wind power, is much cheaper and less polluting than burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil and coal. The research was published in Nature in April of this year.

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Analysis: Bolstering Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition

A Greener Life

Launched in December 2021, the USAID Southeast Asia Smart Power Program (SPP) aims to mobilize $2 billion for clean energy projects across the region. In June, SPP issued a $3 million grant to the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) to increase renewable energy in the region’s power systems. million people.

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Advancing Ocean Climate Action at COP27

Ocean Conservancy

Representatives from civil society, non-governmental organizations and the private sector gathered alongside governmental representatives to influence decisions and advance contributions toward the goals of the Paris Agreement of 2015. Offshore Wind. I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action.

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