Legal Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

During the 2010s, wind power went from 1% of generation to 20%. This bill allows Utah municipalities that are serviced by Rocky Mountain Power to achieve a net-100% renewable energy portfolio by 2030. By 2020, over 24 communities had signed onto the Community Renewable Energy Act plan, including Ogden, Orem, and Salt Lake City.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 8, 2021

The protein supplier has announced it will reduce GHG emissions across its entire domestic supply chain 30 percent by 2030 as well as obtain 50 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, such as solar and wind power, over the same time period. Read more →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

Wind capacity steadily increases, mostly due to policy (the federal tax credit, which expires in 2024, and state RPS policies). But solar is the big winner here, with it’s share of total US capacity increasing from 7% in 2020 to 29% in 2050. EIA also recently reported that US coal exports increased 23% between 2020 and 2021.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A series of wind power projects in Romania is set to increase the country’s wind power capacity significantly. The three confirmed projects will increase Romania’s wind power capacity by 609 megawatts (MW). Several other wind power projects are in the planning stage, but none have yet been confirmed.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Retiring the Monroe coal plant: DTE’s coal plant in Monroe, Michigan, is one of the largest in the Midwest and the third-highest emitter of power sector carbon pollution in the entire country. In its previous energy plan , which the MPSC approved in 2020, DTE planned to operate Monroe until 2040.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 3, 2022

gigawatts (GW) in 2020 and was estimated to reach 4.3 during the decade 2020-2030. Wind power will become the largest renewable energy source in the country overtaking hydro. . For wind power alone the installed capacity will increase from 1.4 GW in 2020 to 4.3 GW in 2020 to 4.3 GW in 2030.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

To understand the scale of the wind farm, it covers an area of 132 km2 2 and about 170 kilometres of underwater cables have been laid. A significant increase in wind power capacity. In May 2020 the first foundation was put in place, and at the beginning of this year, the first of the 72 wind turbines were installed.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Energy from the sun and wind never runs out and is used again and again. Rechargeable large-scale batteries can be charged with solar or wind power and cycled thousands of times in their lifetime. Annual nickel demand for renewable energy applications is predicted to grow from 8% of total nickel usage in 2020 to 61% in 2040.

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A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

An offshore wind farm in Europe. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has great potential for offshore wind power projects but is also home to protected areas of ecological importance. In 2021 alone, the global installed capacity of offshore wind plants tripled, reaching record figures, as 21.1 GW of additions in 2020.

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A Greener Life

JULY 26, 2021

Ravindra Puranik, Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, said: “Global power demand is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.5% from 2020 to 2030. A significant portion of this will be fulfilled by renewable power generation. BP and Total are also leading the way in terms of upcoming solar power capacity.”.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

2020 Earth Day went digital due to Covid-19, reaching over 100 million online viewers. 2025 The theme “Our Power, Our Planet” calls for tripling renewable energy by 2030. 1990 Earth Day expanded globally to 141 countries. 2016 The Paris Climate Agreement was signed on Earth Day.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 6, 2021

For many years Moorburg was the site of a gas-fired power plant operated by Hamburgische Electricitäts-Werke, and Vattenfall had been operating a coal -fired power plant here since 2015. The operations were terminated after the power plant won a bid in the auction for the nationwide coal phase-out in December 2020.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Then came a crescendo: Solar and wind generated more than 5 percent of monthly electricity for the first time in 2013, passed the 10 percent point in 2017, and soared past 15 percent in 2021. Solar and wind hit their current peak on the graph in April 2023, at more than 21 percent.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2022

Wheeler: More Than 800 Solar Energy Projects In Chesapeake Bay States Stuck Waiting For Review [PA Has 443 Solar Projects Waiting] -- Post-Gazette: Lamb, Kenyatta Split On Fracking, Electability At Democratic U.S. What’s Your Community Doing?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Rare earth elements help the gears of the wind energy industry turn. However, mining rare earth elements in large quantities is challenging, and the world needs more to satisfy growing demand.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2025

Over the last five years, several states, including New York (2020), California (2022), Illinois (2023), and Michigan (2023) have adopted comprehensive permitting reforms that curtail the power of local governments to block development of large-scale renewable energy projects.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

18 Planet Philadelphia Radio Program Provides Updates On Wind Power, Local Green Energy Efforts -- Observer-Reporter: Fayette County Zoning Board Nixes Request For Georges Township Solar Energy Facility -- Citizens Voice: Fairview Twp. 10 And Learn About The Watershed Landscape You Live In!

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

During the four days of emergency operations during the cold snap, from early February 15th to midnight February 18th, output levels of nuclear, natural gas, coal, and wind to the grid were 79.3 ERCOT also expected, during peak demand events in winter, to have power from wind represent about 27% of installed wind capacity.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2022

electricity generation over the past 10 years has been the rapid expansion of renewable energy resources, especially solar and wind. The amount of solar power generating capacity operated by the U.S. electric power sector at the end of 2021 is 20 times more than it was at the end of 2011, and U.S. Read more here.]

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

It also missed energy consumption and intensity targets in the 13th Five Year Plan (2015-2020). There were no improvements in 2020. Inner Mongolia generated more wind energy than any other province in 2019. During the 13th FYP period (2015-2020), its total coal mining capacity reached 1.34 Photo credit: Jiang Yifan.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

Japan, a long-time supporter of nuclear power, now has serious hydrogen ambitions. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be powered by hydrogen. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. “A photo credit: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Alamy. By Fred Pearce.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

To be sure, oil price benchmarks are up significantly compared to their all-time lows during the pandemic when prices actually went negative in April 2020. In fact, it is abundantly clear that this is a fossil fuel energy crisis and, primarily, a natural gas crisis that is mainly affecting Europe.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) visits a hybrid power plant where “green” hydrogen is made using wind power and fed into the gas grid. In 2020, around 70% of its energy consumption was covered by imports of fossil fuels , including uranium. A wind farm owned by General Electric around 50km south of Berlin, Germany.

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Cresforum

MARCH 10, 2022

In 2021, solar and wind power were built at a record pace due to surging demand by companies, households and sound economics. While the cost of building solar, wind and natural gas was higher in 2021 than 2020 — due to rising material, freight and fuel prices — new projects skyrocketed. gigawatts in 2020.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

The NDC also states: “From 2020, new coal power plants are subject to a moratorium.” No new Chinese-backed coal power overseas? In 2021, China’s president Xi Jinping announced that China would not build any new coal-fired power projects abroad.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

9 ), which provides for the overhaul of the state’s climate laws, the establishment of net-zero greenhouse gas emission goals, increase of requirements for purchasing offshore wind energy, the creation of renewable energy jobs, and several other climate-related provisions. [6] Senate Bill 119 ( S.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

“no later than 270 days after the application is deemed complete, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the commission shall determine whether to certify the environmental impact report and to issue a certificate” unless an exception applies, id. e)(1) (emphasis added).

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

9 ), which provides for the overhaul of the state’s climate laws, the establishment of net-zero greenhouse gas emission goals, increase of requirements for purchasing offshore wind energy, the creation of renewable energy jobs, and several other climate-related provisions. [6]

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Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2020

In fact, New York cannot meet its statutorily mandated renewable energy targets without significant offshore wind resources. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (“CLCPA”) came into effect in January 2020.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

NREL also found that meeting the growing demand for zero-carbon electricity means overall US generation capacity would need to roughly triple between 2020 and 2035, including a combined 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar capacity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

NREL and DNV expect floating offshore wind costs to dip to $60 to $80/MWh by 2030 and $45 to $50/MWh by 2035. Offshore wind power has no fuel costs, so power costs are more stable and predictable over time than fossil fuel-fired power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

From 2020 to 2040, solar generation in these states jumps nearly ninefold and wind generation more than sevenfold. Our analysis also demonstrates renewables’ power. Just as important, cleaning up the power grid also lowers carbon dioxide emissions. percent in 2020 to 3 percent in 2040 under the 100-percent RES scenario.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 6, 2022

Customers of Glen Canyon power are confronting those tradeoffs as they search for replacement power. In 2020, NTUA acquired 42 percent of its electricity from the Upper Colorado dams. If power generation forecasts hold true, NTUA estimates that the utility would pay $4.5 Nonetheless, hydropower fulfills a valuable niche.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

The answer is that there was a lot more generating capacity in 2006 than in 2020. 13] California regulators in 2020 over-estimated the contribution they could reasonably expect from renewables. In 2020, California generated 39 percent of its in-state electricity from them. [15] In 2020, California’s electricity prices rose 7.5

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 31, 2022

The PDP8 would have doubled coal power capacity by 2030, with more to come in the five years after that. By 2020, Vietnam’s coal power fleet was generating as much energy as all other power sources combined. By 2020, this had risen to 70 in 100. The biggest opportunity lies in offshore wind.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 17, 2024

The CAT estimates that Russia can easily reach its updated NDC target from November 2020 with adopted policies and should therefore submit a stronger 2030 target.’ Nor have they any credible policies in place to invest in renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind power.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

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