Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2025

To deliver on this goal, the federal government made important investments in renewable energy projects. Yet, reaching net zero also means phasing out polluting fossil fuel energy, so the government developed rules to impose a pollution limit on electricity producers. Fossil gas is not a bridge fuel and it must be phased out.

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Electricity Regulations Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 109

Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

As you can see there are tax credits and subsidies for electric vehicles, renewable energy, nuclear energy, transmission, hydrogen, air pollution reduction, energy infrastructure, climate resilience, rural development, residential buildings, etc. Modeling the impacts of all this is hard.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

The biggest takeaway : without robust new policies, US energy sector heat trapping emissions will continue to remain high, far off-track from where we need to be to meet our climate goals. Renewable energy generation increases faster than any other technology.

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Natural Gas Renewable Energy Climate Change Electricity 290

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Lithium-ion batteries are essential for decarbonizing transportation through electric vehicles and building a resilient, renewable energy grid through energy storage batteries. Nearly every part of a renewable energy grid can be circular, with all outputs circulating back as inputs in a regenerative cycle.

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Recycling Clean Energy Renewable Energy Electricity 296

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. They offer a lot of good news about clean energy progress.

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Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Solar Power 306

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Sharp r eductions needed in gas generation to meet US climate goals Under the Paris Agreement, the United States has committed to reducing heat-trapping emissions to 50-52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and to reaching net zero emissions no later than 2050. Source: UCS Accelerating Clean Energy Ambition.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

EVs are a newer technology, and their batteries require different end-of-life processing than gasoline vehicles. For stationary storage, companies such as RePurpose Energy and B2U Storage Solutions are repurposing these batteries to be used for renewable energy generation support. What’s valuable in a vehicle battery?

Recycling 362

Recycling Electricity Renewable Energy Technology 362

A Greener Life

JULY 26, 2021

In order to make their portfolio more sustainable and respond to lower fossil fuel demand, oil majors are increasingly snapping up renewable energy projects as the pressure grows to take action on climate change. from 2020 to 2030. A significant portion of this will be fulfilled by renewable power generation.

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Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Solar Power 2030 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Last November, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released an interdisciplinary study exploring the various pathways to meeting US goals to cut heat-trapping emissions economywide 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions no later than 2050. The good news?

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Clean Energy Renewable Energy Electricity 2030 338

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Carbon capture has never worked as promised, the carbon is dangerous to transport, and the technology is extremely expensive, especially compared to the plummeting costs of renewable energy. Of course, this should come as no surprise from a province that put a moratorium on renewable energy development.

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Technology Technology Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 138

Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The coalition's mission is to accelerate the deployment and use of sustainable aviation fuel technologies to reach 10% of the global jet aviation fuel supply by 2030. The post Air Canada Aims to Decarbonize Using Electric-Hybrid Aircraft and Sustainable Aviation Fuels appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The coalition's mission is to accelerate the deployment and use of sustainable aviation fuel technologies to reach 10% of the global jet aviation fuel supply by 2030. The post Air Canada Aims to Decarbonize Using Electric-Hybrid Aircraft and Sustainable Aviation Fuels appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Electricity 2030 Technology Technology 246

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Almost half of all new energy capacity added to the US grid in 2021 came from solar. Even more encouraging, by 2030, the solar industry aims to generate nearly a third of US electricity. There are two types of solar technology for electricity generation. Meet your solar panel.

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Carbon Monoxide Electricity Carbon Dioxide Renewable Energy 317

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By expanding renewable power, phasing out fossil fuels, electrifying as much of the economy as possible, and deploying other technologies, the U.S. But it requires ambitious policies, including nearly tripling renewable energy’s share of US electricity generation by 2030 (see graph below).

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Clean Energy Biofuels Electricity Renewable Energy 356

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

o C in 2100, relative to pre-industrial times, is still avoidable, but whether or not we are able to stay within these limits and avert catastrophic climate change depends on achieving our climate goals of emissions reductions at least 50 percent below 2005 levels in 2030, on the way to net-zero emissions in 2050.

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Electricity Biofuels Technology Technology 290

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. A fossil fuel energy grid extracts and expends finite resources.

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Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Recycling 240

Environmental Leader

MARCH 7, 2022

Akamai Technologies made strides in reaching its 2030 sustainability goals with progress in renewable energy and emissions reductions. The post Akamai Makes Progress on Renewable Energy, Efficiency and Reducing Platform Emissions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 7, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen A joint project between the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Masdar, the innovative United Arab of Emirates (UAE) energy company, is planning to start a knowledge project outlining how to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030. Photo credit: IRENA.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2024

A word about CCS : this technology has existed for decades but is only used at a handful of fossil energy facilities. C to 2°C,” and, “Implementation of CCS currently faces technological, economic, institutional, ecological-environmental, and socio-cultural barriers.” Why do Exxon’s greenwashed graphs matter?

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2022

Natural gas currently dominates Pennsylvania’s electricity mix at more than 50% of the market, and it is projected to take over close to 70% by 2030. Needless to say, this near-monopoly on energy is dangerous. However, renewable energy sources such as solar comprise less than 4% of Pennsylvania’s energy mix, with solar at only 0.5%.

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Renewable Energy Electricity Natural Gas 2030 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

This needs some thought, as both the laws of physics and the principles of supply and demand will apply, even if legislatures and regulators have not yet spoken about allocating costs and resources related to data center energy demands. But that solar growth is nationwide and the data centers are generally located in geographic clusters.

Electricity 290

Electricity Clean Energy Nuclear Power Renewable Energy 290

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

While today’s carbon fiber and fiberglass require lots of energ y to produce and are hard to recycle , incorporating more bio-materials into their composites and developing new recycling technologies can reduce their footprint. The company aims to make all its blades fully recyclable by 2030. Source: ShellASP/Wikimedia Commons.

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Recycling Wind Power Technology Technology 315

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

This decision wrongfully precludes the agency’s authority to set robust power plant carbon pollution standards in line with today’s technologies and practices adopted on a sector-wide basis. Congress, too, must act quickly to pass the months-long stalled budget reconciliation bill—with critical climate and energy components.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It adds Michigan to the growing list of states, including Illinois and Minnesota , that have adopted standards to increase renewable energy on the grid and move toward 100-percent decarbonization of the power sector. It also will expand energy efficiency programs, streamline utility-scale renewable project siting approvals, and more.

Clean Energy 279

Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Nuclear Power 279

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 22, 2024

It’s also worth noting that while the IRA will make a massive difference in our fight against climate change, it alone won’t be enough to help us meet the US’s Paris Climate Agreement commitment of reducing its economy-wide emissions by 50% to 52% by 2030.

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Earth Day 2024 Renewable Energy Air Pollution 312

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

While this is a significant improvement, DTE still falls short of the MI Healthy Climate Plan’s target for the state to be coal-free by 2030. Accordingly, the MPSC must ensure that the company properly analyzed speeding up its deployment of clean energy resources to ensure new benefits for ratepayers and the environment.

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Clean Energy 2028 Electricity Wind Power 340

A Greener Life

MARCH 3, 2022

The North African country Morocco is positioning itself to become the leading country on the African continent for the deployment of renewable energy. Against a backdrop of new solar and wind projects, the country has increased its renewable energy target to 52% by 2030, 70% by 2040 and 80% by 2050. GW in 2030.

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Wind Power Renewable Energy Solar Power 2030 98

Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Johnson Controls aims to cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 55% and Scope 3 emissions linked to its customers’ use of its products by 16% by 2030 using a 2017 baseline. . The post Johnson Controls Improves Energy Efficiency, Reducing CO2 and Saving Money appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Commenting on the report, Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director states: “The world’s hugely encouraging clean energy-momentum is running up against the stubborn incumbency of fossil fuels in our energy systems. More ambition needed. But this needs to happen quickly.”.

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Clean Energy 2030 Fossil Fuels Technology 98

A Greener Life

APRIL 3, 2025

By Femi Akinrebiyo Africa sits atop an enviable wealth of minerals crucial for the worlds clean energy transition. By developing domestic industries particularly within the green technology and battery manufacturing value chains African companies can position themselves as linchpins of the global clean energy economy.

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Clean Energy Renewable Energy Electricity Technology 60

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The wind is in our sails on the voyage towards a clean energy future. Wind energy is currently the largest renewable energy source in the US, and the industry is growing fast. The World Bank predicts that the demand for neodymium for energy technologies in 2050 will be 37% of total 2018 neodymium production.

Recycling 147

Recycling Renewable Energy Technology Technology 147

A Greener Life

APRIL 10, 2025

The Swiss public gives the final nod to boosting renewable energy With 97% of its broad gauge lines now transitioned, India has the second highest electrification rate of any major rail network in the world. India Railways has ambitious plans to shift to 100% renewable energy , using its surplus land for solar farms.

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Electricity Renewable Energy Clean Energy Solar Power 56

A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

By Chalie Charoenlarpnopparut Entrenched gas interests and domestic issues put a strain on Thailands solar potential, writes renewable energy expert Chalie Charoenlarpnopparut. GW by 2030]. The first is that renewable energy will make up a large portion of Thailands portfolio. GW [and projected to reach 6.97

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Cresforum

JANUARY 19, 2024

Qcells North America , the largest solar module factory of its kind in the United States, recently announced a partnership with Microsoft to expand renewable energy production and bring additional solar energy to the grid. manufacturing.

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Renewable Energy Clean Energy 2030 Waste 110

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

The [federal Bipartisan Infrastructure and Inflation Reduction Acts] provide billions of dollars in investment aimed at expanding low-and no-carbon technologies, accelerating a just energy transition, and building equity into climate adaptation efforts. The impacts of a changing climate are being felt both locally and globally.

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Climate Change 2024 Natural Gas Electricity 83

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is the preferred government method to incentivise investment in renewables and other low-carbon energy technologies. The government hopes that this will double the renewable energy electricity capacity which was secured in the scheme’s third round.

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Government Renewable Energy Technology Technology 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

Over the past year, precisely as our ability to identify the specific magnitude of action required to hit 2030 climate targets of 50-52 percent below 2005 levels has resolved into ever clearer view, the range of viable pathways for meeting those targets has consistently and considerably narrowed. It’s the only forward course.

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