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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

To ensure the wind industry upholds environmental justice and stewards its raw materials, many companies are replacing balsa with other materials. For example, LM Wind Power has minimized balsa in its blades, substituting in synthetic plastic PET and PVC foams. Click the links below for answers: How Are Wind Turbines Made.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Additionally, long-term energy plans consider how utilities will operate their existing power generating facilities and what type of new facilities they might build and when. DTE currently has 3,000 MW of existing and approved solar and wind resources.) DTE also would install nearly 2,000 MW of battery resources by 2042.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepted the rule, with the expectation such a carrot-and-stick approach fit with the broader market-based system that rewards generator owners in PJM. Demand for energy to heat buildings went up as temperatures fell.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 30, 2023

New records are a direct result of the new renewables—solar and wind, in particular—built over the previous year. Solar and wind generation grew by an average of 16 percent a year over the past decade and was 18 percent higher in 2022 than in 2021. Indeed, they are good reasons to focus even more.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

There’s good news in the recently released official data on electricity generation in the United States in 2022: renewable energy has continued to grow, coal power has continued to drop, and renewables are now firmly ahead of coal for the first time ever. They offer a lot of good news about clean energy progress.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The country already generates more than 70% of its power from renewable energy sources and has recently received a commitment from the UK to support further expansion of renewables. . One such instance was seen at the Lake Turkana wind project in northwest Kenya. The risks of ignoring human rights. In 2016, the 60.8

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

While it is a heavily polluting fossil fuel that is set to continue declining as a fuel source for US electricity generation over the next decade, coal still accounted for roughly 20 percent of the country’s generation in 2022. About 70 percent of US coal is transported at least part of the way by trains.

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Cresforum

MARCH 10, 2022

In the Unites States’ march to transition to clean energy and reduce greenhouse gasses, resilience may be the most important word to summarize 2021. Nine months after the pandemic first upended lives and the economy, the market fundamentals for clean energy looked unstoppable. percent and energy use rebounded by only 4.3

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A Greener Life

MAY 24, 2023

Energy is also one of the areas presenting an opportunity to make a big break from Russia, by moving away from fossil fuels, in order to embrace the EUs desire for more clean energy. The 500 megawatts (MW) Tyligul wind farm has faced several delays.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 11, 2024

This is the fourth edition of the Sabin Center’s report on Opposition to Renewable Energy Facilities in the United States , and it covers developments through December 31, 2023. Previous editions of the report were published in September 2021 , March 2022 , and May 2023.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Most studies show that achieving these targets will require an unprecedented increase in wind and solar power to decarbonize the power sector and meet the increased demand for zero- carbon electricity to replace fossil fuels in building, industrial and transportation sectors. times current levels by 2035.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, it’s crucial that we shift energy production away from the unsustainable fossil fuels that cause climate change and towards those that release little to no greenhouse gases (GHG), such as solar and wind power. Clean energy is key to national security.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Climate policy has been boosted by dramatic changes in the economics of clean energy. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. The Department of Energy estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 9, 2022

The proposal would auction off almost 375,000 acres of the Outer Continental Shelf offshore California for wind energy development. On May 31, 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for a pair of renewable energy lease sales offshore California.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. By contrast, nearly every part of a renewable energy grid can be circular.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

ERCOT also expected, during peak demand events in winter, to have power from wind represent about 27% of installed wind capacity. In its most severe appraisal of the loss of wind capacity, ERCOT expected 8% of wind power compared to capacity.

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Acoel

MARCH 8, 2023

In last year’s blog , I touted the climate and energy provisions of President Biden’s proposals for what became the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. And then there is the big challenge of permitting new clean energy projects. Congress 24 more years to pass major legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions. See [link].

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

September 20, 2022. Chicago enters the race to build the Great Lakes’ first offshore wind project. Local resistance impedes clean energy development in Ohio. The rules will slow clean energy development in the state, creating new risks and development hurdles for investors. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2024

Bradford County [PaEN] -- The Derrick: Public Utility Commission Starts Investigation Into Possible Order For Another Utility To Permanently Acquire Venango Water Company Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Spill [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Withdrawing Over 1.8

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

billion for electric vehicle charging infrastructure and $27 billion for clean energy research, development, demonstration and commercialization. Energy and Natural Resources. It’s seen as a way to quickly increase clean energy use without hiking electric bills for consumers. Allocation : $198 billion. Chair : Sen.

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