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2024 Year in Review: Clean Energy Progress Steeped in Solar and Storage

Union of Concerned Scientists

The end of every year is a great time for taking stock of what the year has broughtincluding in terms of clean energy in the power sector. As it turns out, 2024 has provided a whole lot of clean energy progress as fodder for that stock-taking. 2024s growth was led by Texas, Florida, and California.

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Maine Commits to 100% Clean Electricity by 2040 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Lower energy costs for homes and businesses—upward of $1,300 a year by 2040—could be coming to Maine thanks to recent legislation, cementing the state’s status among the leaders in the clean energy transition, with a firm commitment to 100% clean energy over the next 15 years.

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Does California Need New Nuclear Power Plants?

Union of Concerned Scientists

At present, California effectively has a ban on new nuclear power plants, but some California legislators are interested in rolling that back ostensibly to advance California towards its clean energy goals. The cost of other energy technologies matters as well. So if solar, wind, energy storage, geothermal, etc.

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What are the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

One growing conversation in the use or non-use of GenAI is the environmental implications of the technology in every step of its life cycle. The communities breathing polluted air near data centers or those experiencing increased energy costs are the ones at the frontline of the technology’s impacts and often last its benefits.

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Why Data Centers and Nuclear Plants Can’t Just ‘Go It Alone’

Union of Concerned Scientists

This demonstration of the connections between people and systems, and the need for collective solutions to complicated problems, came to mind when I read about an idea for a different real estate host technology: nuclear power plant owners seeking to bring large data centers to co-locate on their land. Modernize, or bypass, the grid?

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Ukraine’s largest wind farm expands amid ongoing war

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen Amid increasing concern and anxiety in Ukraine about the war efforts, the largest wind farm in Ukraine , the Tyligulska wind farm, has received a welcome boost, allowing for the second phase to commence of the historic wind farm , which was constructed and the first phase opened in 2023, during the war between Russian and Ukraine.

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PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts

PA Environment Daily

More than 2,000 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity have been certified in Pennsylvania through the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS) program. It has driven billions in clean energy investment and positioned Pennsylvania as a long-time leader in energy policy. Click Here for video and photos.