PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

Air Quality Permits - Comments -- Montour LLC - Natural Gas-fired Montour Power Plant: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a Title V Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Derry Twp., Montour County. ( PA Bulletin, page.1965 Washington County. Received Feb. 6, Issued Feb. PA Bulletin, page.2007 Clinton County. Received Feb.

2006

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2025

Mackintosh has closely followed the case which was first filed in 2018 by Vanuatu, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. California Six in ten Californians favor the state’s goals to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions and 100% renewable energy by 2045. Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, lead counsel for Vanuatu.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2025

Thomas Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) , a member of the Committee, noted in 2018 a baseload power plant was shut down in his district [Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant]-- Dont make the same mistake. I sounded this alarm in 2018. A real energy policy. Here is a summary of comments by some of the witnesses before the Committee.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

Offshore wind provides abundant, zero-carbon electricity I think most folks understand that wind turbines generate electricity by harnessing the power of the wind (for a handy primer on the mechanics, see here.) While the benefits of the technology are clear to many, its worth considering the fuller range from time to time.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Million Planted Since 2018 [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: Life Depends On Protecting The Natural World, Federal Rollbacks Are Threatening Our Future - By Michael Kensinger, Juniata Valley Audubon Society [PaEN] -- TribLive: Flight 93 Memorial Supporters In Somerset County Step Up Fundraising As Potential Job Cuts Loom -- Gov.

Conservation

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Rejecting False Solutions: The Inflation Reduction Act and the Fight for a Just Energy Transition By Savannah Collins and Mia Montoya Hammersley In 2024, scientists confirmed that, for the first time, the world had crossed the threshold of 1.5 economy away from being reliant on fossil fuels and into renewable energy.

Carbon Dioxide

Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It has been the central backbone of Germany`s energy turnaround, the Renewable Energy Act (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz). Now the german government decided to, once again, amend the EEG to accelerate the faltering energy turnaround. OGEL , 2018 (2).) What happens to the pioneer systems that can still run?

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Without power grid modeling tools, the transition to clean electricity would be an absolute mess. Just imagine if grid planners had to guess how many renewables are required to reduce emissions or how much capacity is needed to ensure grid reliability. Surely that would not end well.

Electricity

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

But Nebraska has a unique approach to supplying electricity that provided a different pathway to climate action. Unlike any other state, Nebraska decided not to have private electric utilities. In 2018, as I described in a previous post , Utah funded a University of Utah project to devise a climate plan for the state.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

As electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to increase, questions about how these cars and their batteries will be disposed of have been top of mind for current owners, future buyers, policymakers, and many experts in the automotive industry. Assembly Bill 2832 passed in 2018 creating the California Battery Recycling Advisory Group.

Recycling

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

Back in 2018, California legislators were considering a bill that would have created an independent governance structure for California’s grid operator , the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). The 2018 bill did not pass, but the idea never faded. The list goes on, but you get the point.

2018

Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

Scotland set a 2020 goal of 100% renewable energy electricity generation. renewable energy generation (62% coming from onshore wind) A climate plan adopted in 2018 sets a binding target of net-zero emissions by 2045. This covers electricity, heating, transportation, etc., Northern Ireland.

2030

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

More transportation options = less buildout of the electric grid UCS’s project examined several ways that the US can lower global warming emissions consistent with limiting overall warming to 1.5 But it requires ambitious policies, including nearly tripling renewable energy’s share of US electricity generation by 2030 (see graph below).

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

At the global level, however, Germany has its own claim to a leadership role, particularly in its early support for renewable energy. Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. Renewables are 6% of power.

Nuclear Power

Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The amendments are intended to accelerate progress towards decarbonization of the electricity sector and further ensure the state meets its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. The CES, first enacted in 2017, requires retail sellers of electricity in Massachusetts to provide increasing quantities of clean electricity over time.

Clean Energy

Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

It’s the same water-use target that Cape Town established during its Day Zero water crisis in 2018. In the United States, a battle over renewable energy in New England has taken another turn. That amounts to 13 gallons daily for drinking, bathing, cooking, and doing laundry.

2021

A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

The country will also target 5,000 kilometres of new transmission lines, an 8% reduction in overall energy demand, and one gigawatt (GW) of distributed generation, with the government putting the plan’s estimated costs at US$86.6 These targets represent a potentially significant shift in Argentina ’s energy mix.

Renewable Energy

Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Chris Johnston is co-author of The Arrival of the Electric Car – An Overview of the EV Revolution Happening Now. The fastest way to shift the transportation sector to environmental sustainability is to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). Electric energy generation by renewable sources has doubled since 2008.

Electricity

Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

The EIA reports that: “Fossil fuel sources accounted for about 69% of South Korea’s electricity generation in 2019, and the share of nuclear power accounted for 25%. Coal-fired power, which is a baseload source, is the dominant fossil fuel used to generate electricity (40%), and natural gas-fired capacity is the second-largest source (26%).”.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Battery storage is essential to integrating more renewable energy into the grid. It provides energy resiliency in the case of natural disasters. But large-scale battery storage has actually gotten much safer in recent years, with the failure rate dropping 97% between 2018 and 2023. First responders have been injured.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2023

Going back in the compliance history of Nancy 13, a DEP inspection report dated December 20, 2018 noted the well was leaking brine, gas was venting from the well casing and the value used for fracking the well was still on the wellhead, but no violations were listed. [ Photos: top- Nancy 13 circa 2018, Nancy 13 2023; bottom- James R.

2018

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity. Bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity are the largest and fastest growing sources of LCFS credits in recent years.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

In March, start-up BasiGo became the first company to launch an electric passenger bus in Kenya. We selected BYD because they are the largest manufacturer of electric buses globally and they are known for battery technology that is state-of-the-art,” BasiGo co-founder and CEO Jit Bhattacharya told China Dialogue.

Electricity

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. A s we transition our homes and vehicles to electric power, it’s imperative that the electricity sector be clean. One company has developed a system for storing energy using compressed air.

Solar Power

Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

Yet Mainers are questioning whether to accept a new 145-mile electric transmission line that will bring hydropower from Quebec into the New England power grid, removing 3.0 Million tons of regional CO2 per year, and providing energy cost savings to Mainers ($40 million per year in savings) and others in New England. Stay tuned.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The BOS, or balance of system, is the equipment other than the module and the inverter, the piece that converts the DC power from the modules to AC for the home and the electricity grid. These soft costs include all the other things that go into making a system happen, such as permitting and installation. PV systems are getting larger.

2021

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

Without changes to its queue processing pace, PJM will likely force states to fall short of state renewable targets, even after the reforms it approved last year.” As of September 2022, there were over 202 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy resources waiting in the PJM queue, over 95% of the total queue. Read more here.]

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Spring is a glorious time for renewable energy. Whatever the weather in March and beyond—in-like-a-lion blustery or out-like-a-lamb sunny—spring tends to be a season of strong electricity production from solar and wind in particular. Wind and solar have been major sources of new electric generation capacity in recent years.

Electricity

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The Lower Sesan 2 Dam, which came online in 2018, is Cambodia’s largest hydroelectric dam. However, since it came online in late 2018, the dam has underperformed economically, in large part because of a drought that has gripped the region during consecutive years and stymied water flow. © Wonders of the Mekong. © Wonders of the Mekong.

2012

Enviromental Defense

MAY 5, 2022

After having phased out coal and successfully decreased pollution between 2005 and 2017, emissions started to rise again in 2018 – when the current government came into power. The Goreway Power Station in Brampton uses polluting fossil gas to generate electricity. Investing in renewable energy projects .

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The wind is in our sails on the voyage towards a clean energy future. Wind energy is currently the largest renewable energy source in the US, and the industry is growing fast. The World Bank predicts that the demand for neodymium for energy technologies in 2050 will be 37% of total 2018 neodymium production.

Recycling

Physics World

MARCH 15, 2022

That is the conclusion of researchers who have modelled the effects of particulate pollution on solar irradiance in 2001–2018. Solar energy is playing a crucial role in India’s transition to renewable energy. Solar energy is playing a crucial role in India’s transition to renewable energy.

Air Pollution

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.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Field and Israel were energized by the swift progress in Maine since 2018, noting, “it is possible to work towards climate resilience quickly and effectively.” The best way policy makers can do so is to seize these climate and clean energy opportunities.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. The company sells electric motorbikes in Danang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and is exploring the reuse of electric batteries and how to power its factory with green energy.

Clean Energy

Enviromental Defense

MAY 29, 2024

The Portlands gas plant was built in 2008 and was designed as a peaker gas plant, meaning that it would only operate a few hours per month when electricity demand was high. The IESO should switch to renewable sources of electricity and plan to phase out the Portlands gas plant as soon as possible.

Nitrogen Oxides

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

.” The partnership between the family-owned Bluenergy and Udinese is not new as the utility has been a partner of the Serie A outfit since 2018, supplying the club with energy exclusively from renewable sources for the last few years, and recently they acquired naming rights to the stadium.

Renewable Energy