PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2024

and Pennsylvania Electric Co. SEF will discuss 2023 grant approvals for energy efficiency and solar projects, in addition to outlining priorities for 2024. The Sustainable Development Fund will review its activity in 2023 and provide a look forward into plans for 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Twenty-one school, business and community projects were honored with the 2023 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence. It complements Phoenix Contact’s Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (CCHP) system, which generates about half of the facility’s electric requirements.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

This blog post was first published on Utility Dive on March 6, 2023. Fortunately, solutions like energy storage and clean energy technologies can provide safe, reliable, and equitable power during severe weather conditions. Lack of power can have devastating consequences for disadvantaged communities.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2023

In March of this year, the Tree of Life Lutheran Church on Linglestown Road in Harrisburg completed a major solar energy project covering almost its entire roof with over 90 solar panels. It is expected solar power will meet 103% of their energy needs for their campus of three buildings.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The webinars are divided into funding areas: Electric Power; Agriculture and Working Lands; Tribal Programs; Transportation; Buildings; and Industrial and Waste. Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a series of webinars the week of August 7 on Investing in America - Climate Action Funding Fair.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a Chapter 105 permit application for the proposed Mineral Basin Solar Power, LLC solar energy and battery storage project on reclaimed abandoned mine land in Goshen Township, Clearfield County. ( Posted: November 17, 2023] PA Environment Digest acre of stream.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

This article first appeared on TribLive.com August 2, 2023 -- Local nonprofits with a commitment to clean energy/utility efficiency can win $50,000 and media coverage through a new program from Citizens Financial Group and Trib Total Media. In Pittsburgh, 53 nonprofits have been honored, receiving more than $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2023

Solar panels have a useful life of 30 years or more, so the solar installed today will last past 2050 and the solar installed in the early 2000s is almost ready for replacement. According to a U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

The federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides unprecedented incentives to go solar. Learn how schools can access this funding to save money by permanently reducing your electric bill! Join Philadelphia Solar Energy Association and PHENND Sustainability for a preview of the Solar Schools Toolkit.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

NewsClips: -- Beaver County Times: RiverWise, PA Solar Center, New Sun Rising Receive Federal Grant To Expand Solar Adoption In Beaver County -- TribLive: Power Up: Solar-Power Installations Jump To More Than 40,000 Across The State; Homeowners See Electric Bills Drop -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philadelphia’s Large Solar Energy Facility Near Gettysburg (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Comments By Award Winners “At Eaton, we’re simplifying the energy transition and accelerating sustainable energy systems to power our operations, customers and communities.” Solar Soiree The luminous evening was also filled with fantastic food, a solar-powered beer and wine tasting, and beautiful music. billion annually.

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Solar Power Renewable Energy Electricity 2030 71

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

“Clean, renewable solar energy is so important for Pennsylvania’s air quality and reaching one gigawatt is proof that we are making progress towards Pennsylvania’s Solar Future,” said DEP Interim Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley. AEPS is administered by the PUC, in collaboration with DEP.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2023

Are To Blame For One Of The Grid’s Biggest Vulnerabilities When Weather Gets Rough -- The Guardian: Solar Helps Texas Carry Energy Load As Heatwave Puts Power Grid To Test; Atypically Large Number Of Coal, Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Have Failed Amid Temperature Spikes -- Utility Dive: Texas Electric Grid Has Remained Stable Despite 9.6

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

Solar provides free technical assistance and financial guidance to entities considering flipping the switch to solar, this time around for CONNECT-affiliated municipalities and authorities. This unprecedented proposal approach includes 7 megawatts of solar capacity potential on 37 municipal facilities. Solar, through G.E.T.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

That’s nearly $1 billion more than Finance Canada had estimated in Budget 2023. Though a clean electricity tax credit is also in the works, its development has been much slower and the draft rules have yet to be released. Taxpayer money should go to climate solutions – like wind and solar power and energy storage.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Grants through the USDA’s “Rural Energy for America Program” (REAP) have recently doubled in size due to the Inflation Reduction Act, and rural businesses can use them to implement renewable energy systems like solar power, which have been proven to slash, if not altogether eliminate, monthly energy bills.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. These companies have spent the last decade locking gas in as the go-to resource for power generation while keeping it around as the go-to resource for heating, thus driving up demand and the price of gas.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

2, 3, 4 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY, THURSDAY: Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days. “Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: April 17, 2023] PA Environment Digest Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

This amendment underscores PWSA's mission to protect the environment and aligns with the goals outlined in the City of Pittsburgh Climate Action Plan, including achieving full carbon-neutrality by 2050 and procuring 100% renewable electricity for all purchased energy by 2030. PaEN] [Posted: August 9, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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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. Map courtesy NREL: Denholm et al.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Grid Interconnection Backlog Jumps 40%, 95% Of Projects Are For Renewables -- Bloomberg: Solar, Wind, Battery Storage Projects Dominate Waiting List To Hook Up To Electric Grid Related Articles: -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

Million Cubic Feet Of Gas; 10,000 Gallon Spill At Compressor Station [PaEN] -- EPA AirNow Declares Code YELLOW Air Pollution Action Day For Tuesday, June 20 -- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host June 28 Webinar On How To Encourage More Solar Power In PA , 7:00 p.m. -- Sen.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity. Bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity are the largest and fastest growing sources of LCFS credits in recent years.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Faced with ongoing appeals from environmental groups, Renovo Energy Center (REC) has decided to discontinue its plan for a $1 billion gas to electric power plant that was to be built in the borough at the former Renovo Industrial Park," according to a statement quoted by the paper from Bechtel Corp. 27 Released 1.1

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A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

A woman pours water over her head to cool off during soaring temperatures in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 April 2023. I was a member of the team that wrote the latest climate report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) in March 2023, which was endorsed by 195 governments including India.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Posted: April 16, 2023] PA Environment Digest Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

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Natural Gas Renewable Energy Electricity Clean Energy 94

A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to replace fossil fuels in trucks, ships, planes and heavy industry. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. But otherwise, green hydrogen will usually lose out to electricity where the latter can do the job.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

PaEN] -- PA League Of Women Voters, Food & Water Watch Launch Letter-Writing Campaign Opposing Hydrogen Hubs In PA [PaEN] [Posted: August 11, 2023] PA Environment Digest 16 Webinar: Why Should We Care About, Advocate For A Climate-Friendly Federal Farm Bill?

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Edouard Stenger

APRIL 14, 2017

The country recently made the headlines by announcing its willingness to invest $3 billion to add five gigawatts of renewable energy capacity (mostly solar). Right now, the country’s electricity is mostly thermal with natural gas amounting for 69 percent and oil for 25 percent. the United Arab Emirates.

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Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Electricity Solar Power 52

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

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Law Columbia

APRIL 1, 2024

For context, at the time of the evidentiary hearing on May 15, 2023, the largest agrivoltaics project in the country was Madison Fields (also in Ohio), where 150 acres of soybeans had been planted among rows of solar panels three days earlier. Opinion ¶ 221.) million of annual revenue to local government and schools. Opinion ¶ 222.)

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

“We are pushing the Chinese company to complete its financial closure by 31 December 2023, and start construction at the earliest so that it can be completed by 2025,” Shah Jahan Mirza, managing director of the Pakistan government-owned Private Power and Infrastructure Board told me.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

It could then explore local heating systems, using waste heat from factories and power plants rather than building new boilers. Wind and solar power can provide green electricity for those facilities, while the low local temperatures can help with cooling requirements. Power importers are likely to prefer green power.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On November 16, 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a proposed rule to expedite the environmental review process for certain renewable energy infrastructure projects through the use of categorical exclusions.

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Clean Energy Renewable Energy Greenhouse Conservation 57

E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The Council’s release of the draft scoping plan represents a significant milestone in the state’s efforts to implement policies to reduce GHG emissions and achieve the 2040 zero GHG emission target that the CLCPA sets for the electricity-generating sector. The final plan must be sent to the Legislature by Jan.

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Regulations Clean Energy 2030 Climate Change 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The International Energy Agency said the world last year saw record growth in solar power, adoption of electric vehicles, and global clean energy investments that outstripped fossil investments last year by $1.74 All of that is on top of reports earlier in 2023 by consortiums of environmental groups.

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