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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Solar US solar looks set to come very close to almost match, or even surpass, the record it set in 2023 for new installations. All of the recent solar additions translate into strong increases in solar generation. It added up to 24% of total electricity generation in 2024, compared with 23% in 2023.

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Renewables Have Pulled Ahead of Coal. What’s Next?

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. percent of the country’s electricity supply (up 1.1 It supplied 10.5

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Viewpoint: India’s electric railway revolution

A Greener Life

A 100 year journey The journey began in 1925, and it is a hundred years to the day since the first electric train ran in India, a suburban service running into Mumbai. It was in 2014 that the government ramped up ambitions and committed the funds for a fully electric railway. The pace of change doubled and then doubled again.

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Renewables supply 30 per cent of global electricity for the first time

New Scientist

The rapid growth of solar power led to a record-breaking year for clean energy generation in 2023, and the year is expected to mark the start of a long-term decline in fossil fuels

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Reevaluating the Role of Fossil Gas in a Decarbonizing Grid

Union of Concerned Scientists

Fossil gas power plants currently provide the largest source of electricity generation and capacity in the United States. However, as we replace fossil fuels with clean electricity for heating and transportation to meet our climate goals, these peak demands will increasingly shift to the winter in many parts of the country.

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How Will DTE’s Long-Term Plan Impact Michigan’s Clean Energy Future?

Union of Concerned Scientists

DTE’s proposal, known as an integrated resource plan, describes how the utility intends to fulfill its customers’ electricity needs over the next 20 years. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need.

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Stronghold Digital Mining, DEP, Environmental Groups Settle Appeal, Require Removal Of Unpermitted Scrubgrass Power Plant's Coal Ash Pile 14 Months Faster In Venango County

PA Environment Daily

However, in 2023, the Scrubgrass Creek Watershed Association and PennFuture appealed the original agreement , leading to this weeks settlement. Flagged as a permit violation DEP site inspection in 2022 , the coal ash pile had surpassed the approved size, enveloping parts of the surrounding area.

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