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Gov. Shapiro Announces Commitment To Get 50% Of Electricity For State Government From Solar Energy Facilities In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

By next year, Pennsylvania will get 50 percent of its electricity from ten new solar arrays around the Commonwealth – making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to commit to getting half of its energy from solar power. Click Here to learn more about Gov. Shapiro’s Energy/Climate Plan.

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Analysis: Colombia’s offshore wind power plans spark hope and caution

A Greener Life

An offshore wind farm in Europe. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has great potential for offshore wind power projects but is also home to protected areas of ecological importance. Among these is the Windpeshi wind project , owned by Enel Colombia and located in the department of La Guajira in the country’s far north.

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The EIA Just Released a 30 Year Energy Outlook. It’s… Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

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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Renewables are now an unstoppable juggernaut

Edouard Stenger

I previously noted that renewables are to become first global electricity source by 2025. Renewables are indeed on an exponential, as “By 2024, renewable energy capacity is expected to be twice that of the total cumulative installed capacity in 2019. percentage point while wind and solar’s share increased 8.2

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What Happens If Glen Canyon Dam’s Power Shuts Off?

Circle of Blue

Besides the kilowatt-hours it generates, Glen Canyon provides key services to the electric grid. The country’s second largest reservoir and a lynchpin in the intermountain electric grid, Powell is more dirt than water these days. Hydropower generation will likely shut down when Lake Powell’s elevation drops below 3,490 feet.

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India prepares to ramp up clean energy capacity

A Greener Life

Hungry for energy Due to rapid growth, the country is hungry for new energy capacity and will issue tenders to install 15 GW of renewable energy in both of the first two quarters of this fiscal year which ends in March 2024. Wind power is set to play a key part in the target of 50 GW of new green energy tenders each year at 10 GW.

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Viewpoint: The climate backsliding of the British press

A Greener Life

This has been the biggest difference, with the cost of net zero a recurring theme – despite the fact that well-insulated homes will save households money, and onshore wind power is the cheapest form of electricity. Will this change in 2024? What will it take to rebuild a sense of common purpose around the climate?