Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Also in 2024, for the first time ever, solar and wind combined to generate more than coal , which was the largest source of US generation as recently as 2015. Energy storage Batteries in the power sector are another shining star in the 2024 energy firmament, and have had another year of stunning growth.
A Greener Life
OCTOBER 23, 2024
The revised 2030 energy and climate plan, unveiled by the government, targets the expansion of wind and solar power. The country, still not over its financial woes following its Euro-Zone crisis in 2015, has been hit with severe floods and wildfires this year. The previous plan released in 2019 had set out only a 66% share.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The US solar industry was valued at $33 billion in 2021, employed more than 230,000 people, and continued to grow in power capacity at an average rate of 33 percent per year. Solar panels generated almost 4 percent of electricity in the US in 2021, up from less than 1 percent in 2015.
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 22, 2022
for Ontario to phase out polluting gas-powered electricity and produce all of its power using carbon-free sources. Take Action: Tell Ontario to phase out polluting gas power. Here are the measures that would lead Ontario to a fully clean electricity grid: Increase Wind and Solar Power. This is completely doable.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 7, 2025
The State of Renewable Energy 2025 documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.
Vermont Law
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Solar power seems promising, but access to solar power as an energy source can be. A shift to solar power in the United States would likely require a federal initiative to fund manufacturing and necessary advances in research. implementing solar energy programs. In 2015, Sweden burned nearly.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. But to bring those solutions fully to bear, we also need to force a reckoning with the problem itself.
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