Yale E360

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Analysts say the clean energy transition is gathering momentum despite recent tumult in the market. For the first time, the world is on pace to invest more in wind and solar power than in oil and gas drilling. Read more on E360 ?.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By expanding public transportation and rail, and by planning our communities in ways that let people meet their needs with biking, walking, and shorter driving trips we can make the clean energy transition more achievable and affordable. In sum, the clean energy transition is achieved at less cost and with greater societal benefit.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JANUARY 6, 2023

Vertically integrated PV company Canadian Solar will supply 550MWh of battery storage equipment for developer Pulse Clean Energy’s UK projects. The post Canadian Solar Supplies 550MWh of Battery Storage to Pulse Clean Energy appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Additionally, long-term energy plans consider how utilities will operate their existing power generating facilities and what type of new facilities they might build and when. DTE was already far along in preparing its long-term energy plan when the law passed. DTE also would install nearly 2,000 MW of battery resources by 2042.

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Yale E360

JULY 7, 2025

energy sector, analyses show. The Republican spending bill, signed into law Friday, will reset the course for the U.S. The law rapidly phases out tax credits for wind, solar, and electric cars, while making it cheaper to drill and mine for fossil fuels on federal lands. Read more on E360 →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Today, California took another important step in planning for the transition to clean energy, a step that’s been a long time coming. Setting goals and planning for the clean energy transition is important, but what really matters is following through on those plans.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Codifying a floor for renewables in state law is helpful, but clean energy advocates must keep pushing utilities to move more quickly to incorporate higher levels of renewables not only to cut emissions faster, but also because renewables are the most cost-effective resources for ratepayers. What Still Needs to be Done?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

One notable example is in Michigan, where utilities are phasing out coal plants and momentum is building for legislation that would support an equitable clean energy transition. In 2022, the MPSC similarly approved a revised version of utility Consumers Energy’s long-range energy plan following settlement negotiations.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 5, 2023

In recent years, India has rapidly increased its renewable energy capacity and is now the fourth-largest producer of hydro, wind, and solar power. The post India’s Clean Energy Transition Hinges on Domestic Manufacturing, Warns Top Energy Official appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2025

On April 30, the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center and Evergreen Collaborative unveiled Renewable Energy Success Stories in the Keystone State. All across the Keystone State, our communities are saving energy and money, becoming more energy independent, and protecting our planet.

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Department of Energy is committed to building a network of hydrogen facilities and pipelines centered in southeast Pennsylvania. As part of a $7 billion investment in hydrogen, the U.S. Critics are questioning the project’s expense and its net savings in carbon emissions. Read more on E360 →

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2025

With Congress rolling back numerous federal clean energy programs, hundreds of Pennsylvanians joined PennEnvironment’s annual virtual “citizen lobby day.” Red, blue and purple states are all diving in and taking advantage of the clean energy opportunities readily available in their states.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

On December 17, Sustainable Pittsburgh released Clean Energy Workforce: Needs and Opportunities for Southwestern PA , a comprehensive document that explores the opportunities and challenges in building a robust and equitable clean energy workforce in southwestern Pennsylvania. Sustainable Pittsburghs Executive Director.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Many data center operators have 100% clean energy pledges, but regulatory barriers can make meeting these goals challenging. Despite increasing customer demand for clean energy, a number of utilities in states that bar customers from shopping for electricity are reluctant to make green power options available.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 25, 2024

As studies show far more natural hydrogen underground than believed, well-funded efforts to drill for the gas are underway around the globe. Boosters see a plentiful green replacement for fossil fuels, but skeptics say its large-scale use may not be practical or cost-effective. Read more on E360 →

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

Another in-person event took place in Western Pennsylvania, where supporters rallied in support of community-centered clean energy at the Homestead Steel Mill Stacks. As one of the priorities in Gov. The legislation is to be introduced in the coming days by Rep. Peter Schweyer.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2025

In fact, pursuing more climate-forward energy policies can be an opportunity to do right by our neighbors working in Pennsylvanias oil and gas fields. There is a path in Pennsylvania where clean energy advocates and the traditional oil and gas industry can meet: geothermal energy.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This represents an unprecedented influx of state and federal support for clean energy in Pennsylvania, including a just-announced $303.5 million closed loan from the US Department of Energy for Eos Energy Enterprises, and has made the Pittsburgh region a clean energy gateway for the state. Kilgour of ORVI.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The most promising and comprehensive solution is to meet grid reliability needs with clean resources rather than gas plants. Study after study after study has shown that a geographically diverse mix of clean energy solutions (including solar, wind, energy storage, and transmission) can go a long way towards maintaining grid reliability.

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Yale E360

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In its quest for green energy, Europe is looking to North Africa, where vast solar and wind farms are proliferating and plans call for submarine cables that will carry electricity as far as Britain. But this rush for clean power is raising serious environmental concerns. Read more on E360 →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2025

At present, California effectively has a ban on new nuclear power plants, but some California legislators are interested in rolling that back ostensibly to advance California towards its clean energy goals. Second, as I mentioned earlier, the cost of other clean energy technologies matters too.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 19, 2023

With gas prices soaring due to the Ukraine war and the EU’s push to cut emissions, European industries are increasingly switching to high-temperature, high-efficiency heat pumps. Combined with the boom in residential use, the EU is now hoping for a heat pump revolution. Read more on E360 →

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 22, 2023

The G7 asserts a plan that will make decarbonized industrial production the default business case over time and promotes a circular economy of goods and services.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Achieving climate goals requires significant investments in clean energy, transportation, and other climate technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and remove carbon from the atmosphere. The report develops thematic policy recommendations for local project planners to employ these tools to realize equitable outcomes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2025

Both entities have the explicit intent of accelerating transmission development to facilitate clean energy and long-duration storage. Developing a comprehensive transmission system is important because it unlocks access to low-cost clean energy. That’s easy, California’s legislature should pass SB 330, AB 825, and SB 254.

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New Scientist

MAY 6, 2025

As the search for geologic hydrogen - a potential clean source of energy beneath the ground - continues, some researchers are turning to mountains

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Legal Planet

JULY 7, 2025

State Senator Scott Wiener and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks have been the main leaders in the state legislature in pushing for updating CEQA to facilitate housing and building a clean energy infrastructure.

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Scientific American

MAY 27, 2025

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by the House of Representatives last week, would slow efforts to green the energy system as climate change accelerated

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

The progress in the numbers The new numbers are from the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA), which collects data from power plant operators from across the country. They offer a lot of good news about clean energy progress. Renewables up, coal down More renewable energy is desirable for a lot of reasons.

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The global energy sector defied expectations this year, in ways both good and bad for the climate. Four charts highlight key trends in the transition to clean energy. Read more on E360

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Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2025

3: Public Financing and Expediting of Clean Energy Resources The bill also includes measures to reduce the scope of future bill increases by opening up more pathways to public financing of clean energy infrastructure that benefits the public.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2025

The State of Renewable Energy 2025 documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

VY: Clean energy sources will be absolutely pivotal for an equitable and reliable grid. And, perhaps most important, adding more clean energy sources will dramatically reduce the impacts from developing, transporting, and burning fossil fuels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Energy storage, or the storing of electricity for later use on the power grid, plays an important role in the clean energy transition. Illinois is currently considering policy proposals to establish a statewide energy storage target. Illinois needs policies in place now to jump-start development for our 2030 needs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 15, 2024

That includes making sure that renewable energy—which is the overwhelmingly better choice when it comes to rapidly driving down gas plant pollution harms—is on the table when proposals are being considered and decisions are being made. For communities and the climate, the imperative is clear: use renewables more, use gas plants less.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Bidirectional EVs Could Be the New Standard Electric vehicles (EVs) should be a clean transportation and a clean energy solution. That is why we sponsored SB 59 by Senator Nancy Skinner which paves the way for California to require EVs to have the ability to export their power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

From a national perspective, the land use needed to reach our clean energy goals is modest. But for states like California, with large populations, an ambitious and necessary clean energy timeline , and ongoing natural resource issues , where to actually build these projects will require thoughtful planning.

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