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).

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. A s we transition our homes and vehicles to electric power, it’s imperative that the electricity sector be clean. Take Action: Tell Ontario to phase out polluting gas power.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

On August 9, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority announced it would be committing to the purchase of wind power and the use of clean energy to support the production and operations of water services. PWSA holds the largest share at 30% of the total, underlining our strong commitment to sustainable energy practices.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This proposal would bring real benefits, because large-scale clean energy projects , including all three categories of projects included in the proposal–solar, transmission, and storage–are necessary to meet the United States’ goal of 100% clean electricity by 2035.

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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. times current levels by 2035.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s proposal, known as an integrated resource plan, describes how the utility intends to fulfill its customers’ electricity needs over the next 20 years. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need.

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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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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

Yet Mainers are questioning whether to accept a new 145-mile electric transmission line that will bring hydropower from Quebec into the New England power grid, removing 3.0 Million tons of regional CO2 per year, and providing energy cost savings to Mainers ($40 million per year in savings) and others in New England. What gives?

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As these companies are moving towards clean energy, an emerging source of renewable energy is wind power. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K. According to the Department of Energy, the U.S. within the next ten years. homes for a year.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As these companies are moving towards clean energy, an emerging source of renewable energy is wind power. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K. According to the Department of Energy, the U.S. within the next ten years. homes for a year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The results include two developers cancelling their offshore wind power contracts with states and utilities, another cancelling two projects altogether, and hesitation elsewhere. The good news-bad news balance, though, would seem to tip decidedly in favor of a whole lot more offshore wind. The US offshore wind map.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Wind and solar farms often spark siting battles between local residents who welcome renewable energy projects and their neighbors who are concerned about visual or other impacts. Power lines present their own issues that need to be addressed, to be sure, but they are unlikely to be impacted by the recent spate of pipeline cases.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2016

As noted in a letter to Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders from a large coalition of environmental groups: The wise stewardship of RGGI funds has ensured the deployment and use of renewable energy and efficiency initiatives.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable. 1] But recent power outages in Texas and California have poured cold water on these arguments. 1] But recent power outages in Texas and California have poured cold water on these arguments.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

I sometimes ask students to guess what state produces the most wind power. Which seems a little hard to square with the state’s reliance on renewable energy. Which seems a little hard to square with the state’s reliance on renewable energy. The state will soon get more power from renewables than natural gas.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] Shellenberger. 5] The U.S.

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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. The others, established through New York’s Clean Energy Standard, compensate renewable generators and nuclear plants for their low-carbon attributes.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) visits a hybrid power plant where “green” hydrogen is made using wind power and fed into the gas grid. Germany is not doing all it can to cut back energy use and increase economic pressure on Russia, argues Arne Jungjohann. Photo credit: Fabian Sommer / Alamy. By Arne Jungjohann.

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