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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
And this problem will only get worse as the impacts of climate change become more frequent and severe. While it’s clear we need to rapidly reduce gas generation to help limit the worst impacts of climate change, it’s less clear how much fossil gas capacity we actually need to maintain reliability in a future decarbonized grid.
Global Green
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Throughout the US, coal has been the leading source of energy for electric power generation. Recently that has changed. Electric energy generation by renewable sources has doubled since 2008. Almost 90 percent of the increase in renewables came from wind- and solar-power generation.
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PA Environment Daily
MARCH 9, 2023
The solar that’s ready to be replaced can be reused or refurbished to continue generating electricity or they may be recycled to recover the valuable glass, aluminum, copper, silver and semiconductor materials. According to a U.S.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 25, 2022
Here are a couple examples of recent UCS studies that have used capacity expansion models: Federal Clean Energy Tax Credits utilized the ReEDS model to evaluate several federal tax credit policies, assessing their impact on the buildout of renewable energy resources and power sector global warming emissions.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 18, 2021
The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . It’s mostly due to a combination of poor planning coupled with an ideological opposition to renewable energy. Source: IESO [link].
A Greener Life
JUNE 18, 2021
A person walks past solar panels of the Isyangulovo solar power plant in Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan. With oil and gas playing a major role in its economy, Russia has been slow to move on climate action, but it is rising up Moscow’s agenda. Photo credit: Alamy. By Christopher Weafer.
Environmental Progress
APRIL 20, 2021
Advocates of renewable energy have argued since the 1970s that the variable, weather-dependent nature of sunlight and wind is a modest obstacle at best to relying on 100 percent renewables. Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable.
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