Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The high demand for balsa wood in blades for lightweight structural support has linked the wind industry’s demand to increased Amazon rainforest logging and balsa plantation farming. By 2020, demand for balsa wood outstripped supply. Click the links below for answers: How Are Wind Turbines Made.

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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

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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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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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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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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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2022

While a wind-powered cargo vessel may seem like a 19 th Century idea, the Grain de Sail may be a herald of a greener future rather than a nostalgic nod to the past. After agreeing to a very weak short-term measure in November 2020, the discussions last week focused on new measures that could take effect by 2030.

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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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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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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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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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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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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

APRIL 29, 2024

Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. Rooftop solar costs in 2020 were a third of what they had been in 2010. In 2020, the cost of single-axis utility scale solar was only a fifth of what it was in 2010. Utility-scale solar was an even more dramatic story.

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The Energy Law Blog

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

The progress in the numbers The new numbers are from the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA), which collects data from power plant operators from across the country. Solar power increased the most among renewable electricity sources in percentage terms, up 24 percent. It supplied 10.5 percentage points).*

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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

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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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 Blog

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

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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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

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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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Our second survey in March 2020 observed that most of the cases brought have been against US companies rather than the foreign entities that Congress seemingly intended Title III to target.[[N: Since our last update in March 2020,[[N: See Arnold & Porter Advisory (Mar. July 8, 2020).]] June 15, 2020).]]

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ESA

AUGUST 30, 2021

Clean Water Act: A memo from the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers provides guidance about how the Biden administrations will implement a 2020 Trump administration Clean Water Act rule limiting states’ ability to block infrastructure projects over water quality concerns. The draft documents are open for public comment through Oct.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

On June 16, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a joint motion to dismiss appeals of a November 2020 order vacating U.S. Hawai‘i Supreme Court Upheld Denial of Request to Re-Open Order Approving Wind Power Purchase Agreement. Living Rivers v. Hoffman , No. 4:19-cv-00057 (D. Utah June 21, 2021).

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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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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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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

To Overturn 2020 Election Results -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Fmr White House Staffer Names Republican PS Cong. 2020 Election -- City & State PA: Democratic Governors Assn. 2020 Election -- City & State PA: Democratic Governors Assn. . -- Independent Fiscal Office: FY 2021-22 Revenue $48.15 Billion, $6.24

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

This panel will advise the CASAC about Clean Air Act standards for particulate matter and will be involved in the agency’s reconsideration of the December 2020 decision to retain the PM National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The EPA also opened a call for nominations to serve on the CASAC Particulate Matter Panel.

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