Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2021

Hydropower generation across California and the American West has declined in this extremely dry year, meaning that electricity providers will lean more heavily on natural gas, solar, and wind power. Luckily, wastewater treatment plants have a source of renewable energy running right through their pipes.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In discussing the late December winter storm that nearly led to rolling blackouts in the MidAtlantic region of 65 million people, Yaw suggested that increasing amounts of renewable energy were to blame for the near-miss and condemned neighboring states for adopting policies that “emphasize solar and wind power over natural gas.”

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

A report commissioned by the Ontario Power Authority (now the Independent Electricity System Operator) identified 64 potential offshore wind power sites in the Great Lakes that could produce nearly 35,000 MW of electricity which is 50 per cent more than our current energy demand. Improve Energy Storage. As the U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2023

In the middle of a climate crisis, Ontario is following through on what it said it would do by announcing a flurry of “natural” gas plant projects across Southern Ontario. Natural” gas… sounds good, right? The name is a misleading and cunning rebrand of fossil gas by the oil and gas industry.

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Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Wind Power 98

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

They have deployed energy-saving technologies such as low-carbon building materials including recycled cement, and what they call smart snowmaking which uses 20% less water than traditional technologies. Fully powered by renewable energy.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Last week the Sabin Center and the American Bar Association held an event on addressing landowner concerns in renewable energy siting. 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.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. Ron Reynolds, make up a two-fold strategy to limit natural gas flaring and venting in the state. [1] HB 896 and HB 897 , sponsored by state Rep. Senate Bill 119 ( S. 1] [link]. [2] 2] [link]. [3]

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Cresforum

MARCH 10, 2022

In 2021, solar and wind power were built at a record pace due to surging demand by companies, households and sound economics. While the cost of building solar, wind and natural gas was higher in 2021 than 2020 — due to rising material, freight and fuel prices — new projects skyrocketed. produced natural gas grew 9.4

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. Ron Reynolds, make up a two-fold strategy to limit natural gas flaring and venting in the state. [1] HB 896 and HB 897 , sponsored by state Rep. 1] [link]. [2] 2] [link]. [3] 3] [link]. [4]

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2021 Natural Gas Renewable Energy Natural Resources 40

Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

These days if you read renewable energy news, everything is shining for solar photovoltaic: it is fast becoming the cheapest energy source, technology is getting better every year and it is wildly successful from the US to Asia, from Europe to Africa. But that is another story altogether.

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Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

As a US territory, the island is really behind with the mainland on its energy transition with renewables barely covering 2.4 The CIA World Factbook gives slightly different numbers with renewables having a 3.6 Natural gas covers a third and coal one sixth.) — Solar and wind. percent share.).

Electricity 52

Electricity Natural Gas Renewable Energy 2015 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

More gas plants, uncertain coal retirements As you may have noticed in the first table toward the top of the page, about 7.4 GW of new gas capacity is planned to come online in 2023, outpacing not only the 4.8 GW of gas capacity set to retire, but also slightly outpacing the planned additions of wind power.

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Fossil Fuels 2023 Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides 177

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. Inner Mongolia isn’t just a major coal producer.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Critics of wind and solar routinely raise concerns about how much land would be required to decarbonize the US power sector. NREL projects that most of the remaining generation would come from existing nuclear plants and a small amount from gas plants, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and biogas.

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Electricity Fossil Fuels Solar Power 2030 345

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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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Energy prices have been much in the news over the past several months, occupying a prominent place in mainstream discussions of inflation. One columnist from the Wall Street Journal asserted just before the Glasgow climate summit that it was time to ask “ some big boy questions ” about our rush to renewable energy.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

So it is only as climate friendly as the energy used to produce it. Grey is made from natural gas or coal, and has a large carbon footprint. Green is from renewable electricity and need have no carbon footprint at all. Iceland also has geothermal energy. But manufacturing it takes a lot of electricity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

While floating offshore wind is more challenging to develop than fixed-bottom projects, the Gulf of Maine has the highest, most consistent wind speeds on the East Coast. Offshore wind power has no fuel costs, so power costs are more stable and predictable over time than fossil fuel-fired power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

Governor Dan McKee’s January 3 inaugural address made no mention of climate change, but in a reference as brief as the state is small, McKee did check one renewable energy box: We have momentum. We’re bringing offshore wind to East Providence. Rhode Island . Connecticut. Words matter when coming from a chief policy maker.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

S ierra Club Enumerated Shortcomings in Department of Energy NEPA Review for LNG Exports. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of the export of natural gas from Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP’s (Dominion’s ) facility in Maryland. Circuit to Expedite Consideration of Challenge to Natural Gas Pipeline.

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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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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

While solar PV and wind power are grabbing headlines, another clean energy revolution is silently taking place. Anaerobic digestion is a biological process happening naturally that breaks down organic matter in an airless environment, resulting in the generation of methane and carbon dioxide (among other things, see below).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Given the age and infrequent operation of these facilities, they tend to have higher outage rates when called upon to start than most resources in the fleet.”

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Electricity Solar Power Wind Power 2022 310

Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The average American uses 10 percent less energy than in 2007, and the nation’s energy consumption per unit of GDP has fallen by 14 percent. — Ditching coal and natural gas for solar and wind. watt in 2016 (Source: Energy Sage ). Wind power costs could drop another 50%. — .

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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. Instead, Texas is doubling down on renewables.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 18, 2021

Part of this plan will be to make greater use of so-called green bonds, which will be issued to fund specific climate change and renewable energy projects. It also argues that the share of renewable energy in its total energy mix is over 25% because of hydro and nuclear power.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2022

Energy Information Administration reported-- in our January Short-Term Energy Outlook , we forecast that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will reduce generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants over the next two years. electric generators averaged $4.88

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

With a view to traditional media outlets, the discourse is dominated by the Covid-19 crisis, and frequently disregards other themes, such as climate and energy policy. Opinions on that matter differ significantly, especially when it comes to nuclear energy and different sources of renewable energy.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. California significantly expanded its use of renewable energy starting in 2011.

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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. If Germany is to stop buying gas from Russia in the long term, it will need alternatives. Germany will be fully renewable by 2035. Photo credit: Fabian Sommer / Alamy.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Local resistance impedes clean energy development in Ohio. Economic development and innovative energy technology is always welcome in the State of Ohio, but not at the expense of rural communities who do not want them.’”. — Matt Huffman, Ohio State Senate majority leader. Looking Ahead.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Some scientists and energy experts say the U.S. can’t wholly abandon fossil fuel as it ramps up renewable energy sources. Fossil fuel, they argue, will still be needed in the near term as a backstop for the intermittency of solar and wind power and to keep consumer power bills affordable.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 98

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. Finally, the court found that DOE adequately considered distributional impacts in its evaluation of “public interest” under the Natural Gas Act. Department of Energy , Nos.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. Renewable Fuels Association , No. 20-472 (U.S. June 25, 2021). Louis area.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

Shapiro Calls For PA Carbon Cap-And-Trade Market, Plus Higher Clean Energy Requirements -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Gov. Million Gallons Of Water For Fracking For 22 Days Without Permission [PaEN] -- TribLive: Friends, Neighbors Remember Victims Of Crescent Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2022

In 2021 [PaEN] -- Scranton Times Editorial: At Least Pick Low-Hanging Fruit To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Why PA Natural Gas Might Not Be Poised To Come To Europe’s Rescue -- PA Insurance Dept.,

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