Frontiers

APRIL 26, 2022

A crewed mission to Mars will require transporting equipment for creating electricity to power life support systems. Specifically, they quantified the requirements of a nuclear-powered system against different photovoltaic and even photoelectrochemical devices. By Peter Rejcek, science writer. Weighing the options.

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Nuclear Power Biotechnology Carbon Dioxide Solar Power 98

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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Fossil Fuels Electricity Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions 98

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The most direct of these is imposed on certain fossil fuel power plants by requiring them to purchase carbon dioxide emissions allowances as part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. To inform that review, the Sabin Center is today publishing a white paper , exploring two approaches to carbon pricing.

Electricity 40

Electricity Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

However, despite this growth, less than 2% of K-12 schools (108 total) generate solar power, which means many more school districts could be enjoying the cost-saving and other benefits solar offers. They anticipate energy cost savings of $11 million over the 40-year life expectancy of the solar panels.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

According to a new national report on schools’ adoption of solar published last week by nonprofit Generation180 , Pennsylvania ranked 11th in the nation for the amount of solar installed by its K-12 schools, climbing up from 13th place two years ago. The report found that 87% of solar power installed at U.S.

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Solar Power Carbon Dioxide Clean Energy 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2024

Santarsiero -- US DOE Awards Mineral Basin Solar Project In Clearfield County $90 Million For 402 MW Facility On Abandoned Mine Lands; Filling Gap Left By Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant [PaEN] -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Feds Send $90 Million For Largest PA Solar Energy Project Yet -- Electrek: Pennsylvania’s Largest Solar (..)

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Solar Power Conservation 2030 Carbon Dioxide 82

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

18 Hearing On Panther Creek Power Application To Burn Waste Tires In Carbon County -- DEP Invites Comments At Jan. To Present Final Plan For Youghiogheny River Watershed Dec. 7 -- DEP Hosts Dec. 7 Outreach Session In Luzerne County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives -- DEP Hosts Dec.

Natural Gas 81

Natural Gas Climate Change Conservation Endangered Species Act 81

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

GW Of Clean Energy In PA, 4 Other PJM States Saving $1 Billion A Year [PPL included] -- DOE Invests $17 Million In 3 Projects To Strengthen Critical Minerals Supply Chain: 1 In PA, Another To PA Company, Both Coal-Related [PaEN] -- NYT: The Planet Needs Solar Power, Can We Build It Without Harming Nature?

Natural Gas 83

Natural Gas Recycling Climate Change Solar Power 83

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.

Electricity 357

Electricity Fossil Fuels Solar Power 2030 357

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

It complements Phoenix Contact’s Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (CCHP) system, which generates about half of the facility’s electric requirements. Phoenix Contact estimates the solar power installation will reduce the company’s electricity costs by approximately $150,000 per year.

2023 108

2023 Conservation Electricity 2022 108

A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

The state has plans to generate 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, which is too little, too late. It is now cheaper to generate electricity from solar energy than from coal-based thermal plants. The city of Kolkata has the largest fleet of electric public buses anywhere in India.

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Climate Change Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Electricity 52

Environment Blog

MARCH 25, 2020

Mining rigs are powerful computers and are known to run hot. Even the latest iterations of these computers are still power-hungry. Verifying transactions uses electricity. It isn’t just the power of the computer that determines the financial efficacy of mining. Terawatt hours of electricity a year, but produces 17.3

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Electricity Carbon Dioxide 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions include carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes, net carbon dioxide from land use, land use change and forestry, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. of its long-term investments to sources of low-carbon energy like wind and solar.

Fossil Fuels 337

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Paris Agreement 337

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). I’ll start off with the good.

Fossil Fuels 257

Fossil Fuels 2023 Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides 257

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Proposal To Construct 2 Solar Energy Facilities To Provide Electricity To Compressor Stations In Columbia, Wyoming Counties [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- Penn State Hosts Feb.

Conservation 83

Conservation Natural Gas Clean Energy Climate Change 83

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

This is especially concerning for a state like Pennsylvania where over half of households use natural gas to heat their homes , and much of Pennsylvania’s electricity is powered by natural gas-fired power plants, meaning even those who don’t use natural gas fuel directly for heating may still be affected by rising prices.

Clean Energy 75

Clean Energy Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Electricity 75

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In 2023 -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. Accepting Entries In Student Imagine A Clean Energy Future Contest [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Build Electric Vehicle Infrastructure - By Bob Donnan, Bobscaping Blog -- Tribune-Democrat: Conemaugh Twp. 13 [PaEN] -- House Environmental Committee To Hold Dec.

Conservation 77

Conservation Climate Change Endangered Species Act 2024 77

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.

Fossil Fuels 340

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Electricity Natural Gas 340

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Rural Communities On The Front Lines Of Solar's Growth -- Sen. Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. DEP Chesapeake Bay Implementation: 7 Conservation Districts Awarded $2.98

Conservation 48

Conservation 2021 Natural Gas Climate Change 48

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2024

House Committee Moves Merski Bill -- Judiciary Committee Advances Bill To Increase Penalties For Trespassing, Damaging Existing And Critical Infrastructure Under Construction Like Natural Gas Pipelines, Compressor Stations, Electric Power Generation Facilities -- PennLive: Climate Activists Trying To Meet With Gov.

Natural Gas 107

Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Solar Power Politics 107

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Johnson’s new bill ends rebates for electric appliances, home electrification projects, and training funds for project installation. The United States currently emits at least three times more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than all 54 nations in Africa combined. So far, the investments add up to about $100 billion.

Climate Change 317

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Atmosphere 317

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

Announcing recently that the world broke a record by generating 30 percent of all electricity from renewable sources in 2023, the British think tank Ember said the data proves we are in a “new era” of energy in which a permanent decline in fossil fuels is “inevitable.” percent of the globe’s electricity in 2015, solar now produces 5.5

Clean Energy 335

Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Paris Agreement 335

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

The rule, which also applies to new gas plants, would avoid as much as 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042, the EPA calculated , the equivalent of the annual emissions of 137 million passenger vehicles—about half of the cars in the country. percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Nitrogen Oxides Clean Air Act 287

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

. -- Announced a new registered apprenticeship program with the United Mine Workers of America to train workers to plug oil and gas wells. -- Secured $156 million in federal funds to deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable solar power to low-income Pennsylvanians and environmental justice communities, which is estimated to benefit more than 14,000 (..)

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Clean Energy Environmental Protection Climate Change Carbon Dioxide 113