Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

Scotland set a 2020 goal of 100% renewable energy electricity generation. renewable energy generation (62% coming from onshore wind) A climate plan adopted in 2018 sets a binding target of net-zero emissions by 2045. Carbon neutrality by 2028. In 2020, they just missed this goal, at 97.4% 2030 net-zero plan.

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Law and Environment

APRIL 12, 2023

TransWest estimates project completion by the end of 2028. According to EnergyWire (subscription required), the notice to proceed was issued a mere 18 years after the project was first initiated. Suffice it to say that that’s a long time. That would mean that it will have taken 23 years from initiation to completion.

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2028 Electricity Law Renewable Energy 130

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 1, 2023

Finally, it will assess how agrivoltaic systems can best fit into existing agricultural conservation, risk management, renewable energy, procurement, and investment tax credit programs. The bill comes with an authorization of appropriations of $15,000,000 for 2024 through 2028.

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2028 Renewable Energy 2023 Conservation 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 25, 2022

Under Consumers Energy’s recently approved long-term resource plan , the utility’s remaining coal plants will be retired by 2025 as part of the company’s goal to achieve “net zero” carbon emissions by 2040. DTE aims to reduce its carbon pollution by 50 percent by 2028 , and is preparing its own updated resource plan due in October.

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Solar Power Clean Energy Carbon Emissions Electricity 269

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

At the same time, PJM reported it has approved at least 35,000 MW of renewable energy generation that have not yet been connected to the electric grid throughout its operating region. PJM said in July 95% of the 260,000 MW of electricity projects in its project queue are renewable energy generation, battery storage or a hybrid of both.

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Natural Gas Electricity Clean Energy Renewable Energy 85

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If these reactors were kept in operation, a complete exit from coal would be possible by 2028, ten years earlier than Angela Merkel’s government has planned. This would also be in accordance with the court case won by German youth fighting for a safe climate future. .

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Nuclear Power 2028 Fossil Fuels Natural Gas 98

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

There were no representatives of renewable energy generators on the panel of witnesses. Locher said the Keystone and Conemaugh facilities announced they will close by 2028. Natural gas will continue to play a key role as more and more renewable energy and other zero-carbon power generation technologies get added to the grid.

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Natural Gas Electricity Renewable Energy Technology 92

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

More recently, much of the growth in renewable diesel has been from converted oil refineries, which already have the facilities for hydrogen treatment as well the logistics to receive trains or tanker ships of incoming oil (fossil or vegetable) and ship out finished diesel fuel. percent in 2022. percent in 2022.

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Biofuels 2016 2022 Deforestation 290

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this year, the MPSC approved a settlement agreement on Consumers Energy’s integrated resource plan that commits the company to retire all its remaining coal-fired power plants by 2025, construct no new fossil gas infrastructure, and build large amounts of new solar power between now and 2040. What’s in DTE’s proposed plan?

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Clean Energy 2028 2025 Electricity 259

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 27, 2024

The uptake of EVs and renewable energy is set to decrease the consumption of fossil fuels this decade. Recent analysis from the Parliamentary Budget Analysis estimates that these two tax credits will collectively provide over $11 billion to carbon capture and hydrogen projects by 2028.

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Fossil Fuels Government 2024 Renewable Energy 145

Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Without incentives, hydrogen production with natural gas is typically cheaper than via electrolysis with renewable energy, even if it includes carbon, capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). Cost parity between the various sources and production methods is a key factor in the development of a hydrogen marketplace.

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Fossil Fuels Electricity 2028 Natural Gas 78

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 13, 2022

Last fall, Nissan announced that it plans to introduce cobalt-free batteries by 2028, while Tesla said it will shift to lithium-iron-phosphate batteries, which do not contain cobalt or nickel, for its entry-level Model 3 and Model Y cars. Automakers, too, are paying attention. UCS also is playing a role.

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Electricity Recycling Renewable Energy 2028 300

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

Michigan’s clean energy future agenda Taken together, the resolution of the DTE and Consumers Energy resource plans represents a solid foundation for a clean economy powered by renewable energy. But it’s only the beginning for what’s needed for Michigan to chart a course toward a 100-percent clean and equitable future.

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Clean Energy Electricity Renewable Energy 2028 202

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

[Returning stability and reliability to Pennsylvania's electric grid is the centerpiece of his proposals to diversify and promote new and innovative forms of energy. PJM said the new generation capacity includes almost all investor-driven renewable energy and storage-- 50.8% Read his proposal here.] Read more here.

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Electricity Greenhouse 2028 Renewable Energy 96

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

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Natural Gas 2028 Nuclear Power 2024 110

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

At least partly in response to the Berkeley gas ban, gas utilities in more than a dozen states also have set up front groups to promote gas as “clean, reliable and affordable,” denigrate renewable energy, and oppose gas bans and other climate solutions, the Energy and Policy Institute has reported.

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2013 Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 353

Cresforum

MARCH 25, 2024

This requirement could also prove challenging for some renewable energy projects, which also often face siting and permitting issues. The proposed rule also establishes an hourly “time-matching” requirement, with annual matching allowed until January 1, 2028.

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2028 Electricity Fossil Fuels 2024 85