Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

A majority of city residents said they wanted reliable transit, better air quality, more renewable energy, higher household savings, and improved public health. Reducing energy use via energy efficiency would reduce carbon emissions, save residents and businesses money, and strengthen the city’s climate resiliency.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The cost of electricity generated from solar panels fell by 89 per cent between 2010-2022. Both onshore wind and solar are less than half as expensive as the cheapest fossil-fired electricity sources. Fossil fuel price volatilities continue year-round, and energy prices are unaffordable.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Coal power, from mining to generation, is among the thirstiest and most polluting ways to produce electricity. Eliminating coal from the world’s energy mix is a no-brainer for climate policy and a win for water, as well as for human lungs. Rivers provide a cooling effect on nearby lands, functioning as a natural air conditioner.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

Other provisions include a ban on incentives and rebates from Mass Save related to fossil fuel powered systems, except as backup for electric heat pumps. DPU is instructed to study how to make it easier for communities to adopt geothermal heating and cooling systems. Electric Grid. Renewable Energy.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2022

The Green Building Alliance , the City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, the Energy Innovation Center , and Duquesne Light Company , have secured a grant of technical assistance from the U.S. The associated energy cost savings would be designated to benefit residents of the Hill District.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Read the full story from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. As Angelenos wake up for the day, they turn on lights powered by 100% clean electricity. Their homes are cool, protected from the … Continue reading NREL partners to identify strategies for a more equitable clean energy transition in Los Angeles

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

At any point in the summer, extreme heat could trigger electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages. In reality, a big heat wave could lead to electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages during any summer month, but September is when it’s most likely. How well has California’s grid been performing this summer?

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 16, 2024

Kicking fossil fuels out of our homes and our modes of transportation – with electric heat pumps, electric vehicles and electric buses – is key to addressing the cost of living crisis. Compared to funding for fossil fuels, clean energy stimulus creates nearly three times as many jobs for equivalent investments.

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Energy and Climate Law

OCTOBER 22, 2020

By Ceciel Nieuwenhout, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability; Lead Author of WP 1 T1.2 Report to the H2020 POCITYF-project A substantial part of energy in the EU is consumed by households , for powering electric appliances and for heating and cooling.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Without electricity or heat, some people apparently turned to portable generators, which can fill a home with carbon monoxide exhaust. This means that for an indefinite amount of time—depending on the cause of the outage —a home can go without electricity for lighting, heating, cooling and other needs that people depend on every day.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

This would have enabled the CAISO to expand its operations into the rest of the west as a regional transmission organization (RTO), an independent entity that plans and operates the electricity grid. Now, 22 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have 100% clean energy goals on the books.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Rather than using treated wastewater to cool the steam the Allen plant uses to make electricity, as other plants have done, the TVA continues to tap into the source of Memphis’s drinking water. TVA CEO Jeff Lyash has often referred to gas as a bridge fuel , needed in the transition to renewable energy.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2023

Additionally, they are encouraged to learn more about options for managing energy costs by exploring the Commission’s official electric shopping website, PAPowerSwitch.com, for details on competitive offers for electricity supplies and energy conservation tips.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Like many other public-serving institutions throughout society, electricity and gas utilities are facing calls to be more equitable in their operations, planning, and treatment of customers. How are energy equity and energy justice connected? Energy equity lives under the umbrella of energy justice.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. And third, increasing energy efficiency and lowering overall energy demand in those sectors.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Rate design has been a site of experimentation and contestation since the earliest days of electricity provisioning. In the earliest days of electricity provisioning, fixed charges were common in residential rates due to the limits of metering technology. Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design.

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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. creating ice in off peak periods to supply cooling in peak periods. As the U.S.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Until June 2021 the new target shall be implemented into EU legislation via the following : revising and expanding the EU Emissions Trading System; adapting the Effort Sharing Regulation and the framework for land use emissions; reinforcing energy efficiency and renewable energy policies; and strengthening CO2 standards for road vehicles.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Natural CO2 refrigeration at the ice rinks to 100% renewables-powered venues are just some of the technologies implemented. Cooling ice rinks. For the first time at any Olympics, China is using CO2, collected from industrial waste gases, to cool ice rinks in its four ice sports venues. Fully powered by renewable energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

While it is a heavily polluting fossil fuel that is set to continue declining as a fuel source for US electricity generation over the next decade, coal still accounted for roughly 20 percent of the country’s generation in 2022. Fuel transport – Spring floods can hinder the transportation of fuels like coal.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2021

On June 1, the Public Utility Commission reminded electric customers that all the state’s electric distribution companies (EDCs) are increasing electric generation prices on June 1 for non-shopping customers. Information on fixed and variable electric rates is available here.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

Support clean energy Solar Power Plant in modern city: Sustainable Renewable Energy. Transitioning how we produce and consume energy is crucial for reducing fossil fuel emissions. Look for ways to embrace clean, renewable energy.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2023

To increase awareness in Ontario about eco-friendly solutions like heat pumps, electric stoves, solar panels and more, Environmental Defence is launching #MyGreenFlags. Just 34 per cent of Ontarians have heard about electric heat pumps and know what they do. Ontario residents clearly want more clean electricity, and quickly.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 2, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen The world invested a record-high amount in renewables in 2022, a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has found. It revealed that the global investments in renewable energy as well as energy efficiency reached $ 1.3 Photo credit: IRENA.

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Physics World

APRIL 27, 2022

A new type of photovoltaic cell continues working after sunset thanks to an additional generator that harvests electricity from the temperature difference between the cell and its surroundings. When the Sun is shining, conventional photovoltaic (PV) cells absorb energy over a wide range of wavelengths. Thermoelectric effect.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 6, 2023

It was briefly the world’s largest floating solar farm, though like most renewable energy records that crown has now gone China’s way. But floating solar panels do more than generate electricity. Panels over water are naturally cooled from beneath, and so their location adds to their efficiency.

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A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

A woman pours water over her head to cool off during soaring temperatures in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 April 2023. Transition quickly to renewable energy As much as 95% of West Bengal’s 10.7 The state has plans to generate 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, which is too little, too late.

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 24, 2023

His viewpoint is based on facts such as the exponential growth of renewable energy sources (something I blogged about recently ) as well as the increase in sales of electric cars. Simply switching from fossil fuels to renewables for our electricity and converting our fossil fuels cars to electric ones won’t cut it.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Back in November, I had argued that solar photovoltaic panels and energy storage solutions were a better alternative to generate electricity for Ukrainian hospitals. I wanted to offer a follow-up to this article and elaborate on how energy management and renewables are needed for hospitals and clinics everywhere.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2022

With costs for electric generation increasing on June 1 for many utility customers, the Public Utility Commission reminds consumers they have options to manage anticipated higher bills and, in particular, stresses that consumers currently struggling to pay monthly bills should act now and seek assistance by contacting their utility.

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Columbia Climate Law

JULY 9, 2015

Recently, two competing plans to reform California’s four-tier electricity rate structure of the three investor-owned utilities (IOUs) [1] have emerged from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Under the current tariff system, customers who use more electricity are charged significantly higher rates per kilowatt-hour (kWh). [4]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

Energy efficiency drives positive impacts across our lives,” said Secretary McDonnell. Every time a company or organization installs an energy-efficient heating, cooling, or lighting system, it’s another step for Pennsylvania and the nation toward independence from fossil fuels. Sullivan Human Services Center in Philadelphia.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

Coal-chemical plants, for example, could switch to using hydrogen from renewable energy for producing chemicals such as methanol and alkenes. There is huge potential for developing renewable energy in Inner Mongolia, which could be used to power other industries. Power importers are likely to prefer green power.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

It also includes greenhouse gases that come from producing the goods or services that the individual uses, including emissions from power plants that make electricity, factories that make products, and landfills where trash gets sent. emissions associated with fuel combustion in boilers, furnaces, vehicles) and are modest in abundance.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2022

On December 12, the Ohio River Valley Institute released a new report showing an energy decarbonizing strategy based on zero emissions resources, energy efficiency and increased electrification is 13 percent less costly than a strategy based on hydrogen/natural gas and carbon capture in 10-county Southwest Pennsylvania area.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Credit: UnSplash By opening up new tax credits for tax-exempt entities, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides a vehicle to fund smart surface projects while increasing solar electricity generation. Further, in addition to directly reducing absorbed heat, cool roofs can reduce demand for air conditioning.

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