Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 12, 2024

is on the cusp of a major transition to clean energy, and 2024 is shaping up to be a critical year for the successful deployment of the technologies that will drive that transition.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

They accounted for most of the failed generating capacity in a number of recent extreme weather events, including Winter Storm Uri in 2021 and Winter Storm Elliott in 2022, according to Gas Malfunction , a new Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) issue brief. percent higher than the number of wealthier residents, according to a 2022 UCS study.

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Physics World

JANUARY 7, 2022

Those critical challenges will require inventive and practical solutions, which is why automotive manufacturer Toyota has teamed up with The Electrochemical Society (ECS) to award a series of research fellowships focused on the development of green-energy technologies that reduce both pollution and carbon emissions.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

To meet these goals, the state is facilitating burgeoning carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) (CCS) technologies that capture carbon from point sources to store, as well as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which removes carbon from the atmosphere. Clean Energy. Climate Change Mitigation.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

On November 4, 2022, the White House announced a new initiative to support research and development projects on 37 “game-changing” technologies to advance the Biden Administration’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. We will be tracking future funding announcements under this initiative.

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Brag

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Department of Energy (DOE) announced the availability of $54 million in seed funding for U.S. small businesses to research, develop, and create commercialization action plans for new technologies that accelerate the national transition to a clean energy economy. Full applications are due on February 22, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Ohio River Valley Institute will host a December 12 webinar on Mapping A Clean Energy Transition for Southwestern Pennsylvania starting at 2:00 p.m. billion by 2050. -- Costs 13% less than a pathway reliant on natural gas and carbon capture technologies. . -- Yields annual environmental and health benefits of more than $2.5

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This program is one of over 115 side events for the Global Clean Energy Action Forum to be held in Pittsburgh. Visit the Global Clean Energy Action Forum website for information on all available programs and presentations. Posted: September 2, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Brag

JULY 13, 2022

On June 23, 2022, DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) issued a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) of $70 million to establish the 7th Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute. Nominations are now open until August 1, 2022 , and can be submitted here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

It’s worth delving into because it has some important implications for our clean energy future. Source: UCS Accelerating Clean Energy Ambition. Source: NREL, 100% Clean Electricity by 2035 study. Decarbonizing the power sector also plays a critical long-term role by replacing fossil fuels in other sectors.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 7, 2022

On January 12 and 13, Foley Hoag attorneys will lead a series of discussions about the significance of New York Climate Action Council’s recently-released draft Scoping Plan to the state’s continuing clean energy transformation. Join us on January 12 and 13 to learn more about New York’s plan for clean energy future.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The goal of the effort was to improve performance by 20%, along with the quality of incoming applications, the speed from application submission to final decision, all while leveraging modern, industry standard technology solutions to support operations. Human-induced climate change presents both a crisis and opportunity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

Enter the late-July announcement of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022—our chance to get back on track. How the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will accelerate necessary change. On the other hand, Congress’s wholesale abandonment of wide-ranging climate investments could not be similarly recast. It was bad news all the way down.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2022

Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) introduced Senate Bill 979 which amends the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard Act to establish a new Clean Energy Standard and encourage investment in carbon capture technology to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from power plants.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. 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). I’ll start off with the good.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) is one of the go-to sources for reliable information about the US power sector. They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. Carbon emissions remain high.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2022

Department of Energy issued a Request For Information (RFI) to inform a $500 million program funded by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to place clean energy demonstration projects on current or former mine lands across America. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. million acres in the United States.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2022

Department of Energy announced it is accepting proposals for more than $28 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for research and development (R&D) projects that will advance and preserve hydropower as a critical source of clean energy. Posted: August 20, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

A transition to 100 percent renewable energy is about more than just technology. I also find it fascinating to learn about bigger, more powerful wind turbines that better harness wind energy on land and in the ocean. Just as important, cleaning up the power grid can also decrease carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold an informational meeting September 19 on carbon capture technology and related legislation. In April, Sen. The legislation would create a legal and regulatory framework for carbon dioxide capture and sequestration (CCS) projects in the state.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Joining an ever growing list of countries from around the world, Canada pledged to end public financing for overseas fossil-fuel projects in 2022 and instead prioritize the clean energy transition. There’s also a loophole in the text which could allow countries to support projects equipped with carbon capture technology.

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Brag

JUNE 2, 2021

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) Acting Assistant Secretary Kelly Speakes-Backman and the Deputy Assistant Secretaries (DAS) for EERE’s three technology pillars and Operations will host a webinar to discuss EERE’s fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022) budget request.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2023

Heat pumps, a simple but effective technology, use electricity to remove heat from inside your home to cool it in the summer and pull heat in from outside to heat your home in the winter. According to the International Energy Agency , heat pump sales growth nearly doubled in Europe in 2022, largely driven by rising gas prices.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 22, 2022

7, 2022, Chicago, ILMore information and to register Join Evergreen Climate Innovations (formerly Clean Energy Trust) for Co_Invest Climate, the Greater Midwest’s premier showcase for climate tech startups, on Wednesday, September 7th in Chicago.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

An ambitious law that promises to accelerate the state’s clean energy transition, CEJA provides a detailed framework for greater utility transparency and accountability to update electricity distribution infrastructure to ensure a clean energy future.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

What secret weapon is a critical enabler of this dramatic energy transition? A 1 megawatt vanadium flow battery (a different technology from lithium-ion, but also used for energy storage) is in Pullman, Washington, built by UniEnergy Technologies and owned by Avista Utilities. Batteries help store surplus energy.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

“ Hydrogen: The Future of Clean Energy? will be the topic of an April 20 webinar being hosted by the Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management as part of its Energy Lecture Series. To register for this free, hour-long webinar, please visit the Hydrogen: The Future of Clean Energy?

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The numbers here are for the first three quarters of 2022. We won’t know the full amount for 2022 for another few months. This includes $50 million for carbon capture technologies. Providing federal support to fossil fuels diverts government resources away from climate solutions and a just transition to a clean energy future.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2022

By replacing older polluting engines and equipment with new technologies, funded projects remove nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and hydrocarbon pollution from the air. “This comprehensive approach to reducing vehicle emissions will help improve Pennsylvanians’ health while also helping to slow climate change.”

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The General Assembly has yet to answer the question of how to help communities and workers caught in the market-driven transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. percent to the Energy Communities Trust Fund; -- 12.5 Of Energy Announces $109 Million To Support Jobs, Economic Growth In Coal & Power Plant Communities -- Sen.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

To meet that goal, the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Roadmap released in 2021 says no new oil and gas supply projects can come online. But a March 2022 analysis from the investor consortium Climate Action 100+ determined that no major oil company was on track to meet the Paris goals.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

times more energy in 2022 than it did 5 years prior according to Rooftop Solar on the Rise , a new report released by PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center on February 13. Why pay for polluting energy from a dirty power plant hundreds of miles away when Pennsylvanians can just soak up the sun on our rooftops?”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

million to boost green energy manufacturing and workforce development through its Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) funding opportunity. On October 10, the federal Appalachian Regional Commission awarded two new grants totaling over $14.5 A total of $227 million has been made available through ARISE to date.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2023

FirstEnergy is committed to supporting the global energy transition to renewable resources, and we are pleased to work with AES to help facilitate the delivery of clean energy through connection of these new solar projects," said Carl Bridenbaugh, FirstEnergy's vice president of transmission. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Rare earth elements and other critical minerals and materials are key to manufacturing clean energy technologies here in America—such as solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and hydrogen fuel cells. Of Energy Awards $1.95 The FCS plant was designed to produce approximately one ton per day of rare earth oxides.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University There is a renewable energy revolution happening all over the world: costs for renewable energy have dropped significantly in the last 10 years and the world is starting to adopt the technology at a very fast pace.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

The Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update takes an all-of-the-above approach to decarbonize California. On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update for public review and comment. By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Brian McCall. Endnotes. [1] 1] Draft Scoping Plan Update, p.

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