PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

By John Quigley, Kleinman Center For Energy Policy , University of Pennsylvania The challenge of decarbonizing the electricity grid while ensuring its reliability is acute in Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth is the nation’s third-largest electricity producer , and exports more of it than any other state. per year over the next ten years.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2023

Join the Electrification Coalition for the Pennsylvania Medium- and Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Boot Camp on June 20 from 10:00 a.m. at the Harrisburg University of Science And Technology Auditorium. This in-person event will provide the latest information on the deployment of electric trucks and buses in the Keystone State.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 4, 2022

Record heatwaves in India and Pakistan are causing water and electricity shortages. An Ohio -based nonprofit creates new technology that could break down “forever chemicals” like PFAS. Amid Record Heatwaves, India and Pakistan Face Water and Electricity Shortages. In Recent Water News. Environmentalists are unconvinced.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Most private fusion companies expect fusion power to be supplying electricity to the grid in the 2030s. While not every company declared the amount of funding they had received, the 18 that did so had accrued almost $1.8bn to date plus an additional $85m in grants and other funding from governments.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

California’s system uses revenues from auctioning allowances to fund its Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) and to limit cost increases to electricity users. reducing or eliminating free allocations of allowances) would accelerate emissions reductions including through greater fuel switching to non-fossil technologies. Stay tuned.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

This funding, provided by the Inflation Reduction Act , is available to a wide variety of entities, including port authorities, local and tribal governments, and regional air quality agencies as well as businesses and non-profits that partner or collaborate with these public entities. Volvo Trucks.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Global Electric Mobility Readiness Index , or GEMRIX, is an attempt to track the transition internationally, and it sorts countries into a variety of categories. As I’ve written about before, Norway began the journey into electric mobility decades before anyone else. At the top comes Norway in a league of its own.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Ahead of COP26, the UK government has signalled its support for climate action by announcing a £265 million renewables support scheme. . The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is the preferred government method to incentivise investment in renewables and other low-carbon energy technologies. By Anders Lorenzen.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

In March, start-up BasiGo became the first company to launch an electric passenger bus in Kenya. We selected BYD because they are the largest manufacturer of electric buses globally and they are known for battery technology that is state-of-the-art,” BasiGo co-founder and CEO Jit Bhattacharya told China Dialogue. “We

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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. It also will save US consumers money because they will spend less on fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2024

In the last week, the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh and Brandie Jefferson from the University of Pittsburgh published articles saying oil and gas wastewater can be a major source of lithium for rechargeable battery production. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. The designation means the U.S.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 30, 2022

The combination of offshore wind turbines, floating solar panels and green hydrogen are some of the hybrid clean energy technologies currently under development off the Dutch coast. . Ten out of its 140 wind turbines have already started to generate electricity for the grid. . One of the key projects dominating is a 1.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Replacing petroleum with renewable electricity as the primary source of transportation energy will leave us all much better off. Our transportation system is highly inequitable, reflecting decades of misguided and biased decisions at all levels of government. In other words, technological solutions are necessary but not sufficient.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

How would that change if I hopped on the electric bus route at the end of my block? Even when accounting for pollution from electricity generation, electric trucks can significantly reduce air pollution and get us on a better track to addressing climate change.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 10, 2023

Statement by Keith Brooks, Programs Director, Environmental Defence Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat – We applaud the federal government for moving forward with its commitment to clean electricity.

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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. links Ontario residents to information about government programs that offer financial incentives for residential retrofits. The website GreenFlags.ca

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A Greener Life

JULY 12, 2021

The company has unveiled what they call a £1bn electric vehicle (EV) hub which will establish the first EV manufacturing ecosystem in the world. Initially, Nissan and its project partners Envision AESC, a global player in battery technology, together with Sunderland City Council invested £1bn in the project.

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Physics World

JUNE 28, 2021

A device that can generate electricity while desalinating seawater has been developed by researchers in Saudi Arabia and China, who claim that their new system is highly efficient at performing both tasks. However, this has typically resulted in a trade-off between efficient electricity generation and efficient desalination.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Beyond the climate harms of fossil fuels, they also impose a terrible toll on human health, as numerous recent studies show—including the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change , a BMJ study on global deaths from air pollution caused by fossil fuels, and a study on US deaths attributable to coal-fired electricity generation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

As electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to increase, questions about how these cars and their batteries will be disposed of have been top of mind for current owners, future buyers, policymakers, and many experts in the automotive industry. In addition to the California work, the federal government is also paying attention.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Gas, which now generates 40 percent of US electricity, is considered by some to be critical to maintain grid reliability. For example, Dominion Energy, an electric and gas utility in Virginia, is planning to build a mammoth 1,000-megawatt gas plant in an area with a high percentage of residents who are people of color and low-income.

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JANZEN AG

AUGUST 10, 2021

Our focus here will be technology commonly found in row crop machinery, such as combines, tractors, and planters. Do you have a sense for whether this trend has been driven more top-down by OEMs introducing new technology, or bottom-up by user demand? Early guidance systems and automation technology were aftermarket accessories.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) , renewable energy sources are to become the first electricity source by 2025, surpassing dirty coal. Solar and wind are also due to cover most if not all of global electricity demand growth in the meantime. Good news everyone !

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The federal government is now supporting that role with federal funding for states. A key provision (IRA § 60114) appropriates $250 million to support emission reduction planning by state governments. Another development with multi-state implications involves electric vehicles. States have played a critical role in U.S.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Whether it’s lasers, nuclear power, computing or IT, one of the most exciting aspects of living through the dawn of rapidly evolving technology is that it creates a lot of jobs. Right now, there’s no better example of a burgeoning area than quantum technology and, fortunately for physicists, this is an area they are a perfect fit for.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

On May 1, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee was told the wholesale prices of electricity in the PJM regional electric grid are too low to support coal and natural gas power plants. Electric vehicle proliferation, just look at all the mandates related to electric cars.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

Climate Alliance (USCA) can meet all of their electricity needs with renewable energy—while decarbonizing other sectors of the economy and ensuring equitable benefits to all communities. And we’re already seeing the prominent role that renewables are starting to play in our electricity mix. by 2035 is needed. by 2035 is needed.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Utilities were famously set in their ways, using nineteenth century technologies to produce and deliver their products. The resulting government policies are forcing radical change on the energy system of a kind not seen in a century or more. Technological changes. Only specialists really paid much attention. Economic changes.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

CCS is a multi-billion dollar boondoggle that doesn’t come close to the hype, has significant safety risks, and is a substantial distraction from real climate solutions, such as building more renewable energy, increasing electricity transmission infrastructure, and developing and using storage technology. Want proof?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Lithium-ion batteries are essential for decarbonizing transportation through electric vehicles and building a resilient, renewable energy grid through energy storage batteries. By 2050, battery recycling could supply 22 to 27% of lithium, 40 to 46% of nickel, and 45 to 52% of cobalt needed for electric vehicles in the US.

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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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

There are a lot of moving pieces, but it starts with decarbonizing the electricity sector and powering the economy with a diverse combination of clean energy resources—primarily wind, solar, and battery storage—connected with a modernized bulk transmission system that can reliably deliver electricity to consumers all 8,760 hours of the year.

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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.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Extending existing gas plant contracts and procuring additional gas plants will add to the skyrocketing emissions from the electricity sector, at a time when emissions need to be brought way down. . While it’s true that electricity demand is growing, it’s simply not the case that Ontario needs additional gas plants to meet its energy needs.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. The company sells electric motorbikes in Danang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and is exploring the reuse of electric batteries and how to power its factory with green energy.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 5, 2022

Lacking faith in government, South Africans take it upon themselves to deliver basic necessities like water to their communities. Scientists hope for “smart” technology to monitor the Great Lakes. “If Researchers, scientists, and government agencies are hoping to implement “smarter” technologies to monitor the Great Lakes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Fifteen years ago, for example, it designed a virtual minivan—dubbed the Vanguard —that could meet California’s global warming emission standards at the time using existing technologies and fuels, demonstrating that the auto industry had the ability back then to produce cleaner cars. Below is an abridged version of our conversation.

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