2021 Solar Power Technology Wind Power 
A Greener Life
MAY 5, 2022
At the end of 2021 global renewable energy generation capacity amounted to 3.064 gigawatts (GW) increasing global renewable energy capacity to 9.1%. Combined, those two fast-growing renewable energy technologies contributed 88% to the share of all new renewable capacity in 2021. Asia is still the renewable energy powerhouse.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 22, 2022
These investments will help accommodate accelerating amounts of low-cost renewable energy like wind and solar power, laying the groundwork for a cleaner, cheaper grid. Southwest Minnesota and the Dakotas have a lot of wind power—and the potential for even more. That’s not a Minnesota utility…is it?
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). gigawatts (GW) of planned solar projects expected to come online this year is almost double the previous 13.4 GW record from 2021.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. It also will save US consumers money because they will spend less on fossil fuels.
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Above, wind turbines turn in Sidenreng Rappang, Indonesia. 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. Above, a VinFast vehicle charges in Quang Ninh, Vietnam, in 2021. © Zul Kifli / AFP / Getty Images.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 24, 2023
Here’s a taste: Wind power , the largest single source of renewable electricity in the country, grew the most of any renewable energy source in overall generation from 2021 to 2022. Solar power increased the most among renewable electricity sources in percentage terms, up 24 percent. Large solar provided 3.5
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Earlier this year, the MPSC approved a settlement agreement on Consumers Energy’s integrated resource plan that commits the company to retire all its remaining coal-fired power plants by 2025, construct no new fossil gas infrastructure, and build large amounts of new solar power between now and 2040.
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