Cresforum
JANUARY 16, 2024
Introduction One of the main messages coming out of the recent COP28 meetings in the UAE concerns the role that nuclear power can play in the future of clean energy development around the world. The hope is that this encourages international financial institutions to include nuclear energy in loans for energy projects.
Law Columbia
MARCH 25, 2016
These diversions are inconsistent with New York State regulations aimed at ensuring the proceeds of the auctions would be spent on new programs to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If the Senate proposal is approved, the diversions will total $269 million—nearly 30% of the $925.8
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Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. The groups said FERC’s review was at odds with EPA and Council on Environmental Quality guidance, caselaw, and the NEPA regulations. The court ordered EPA to file a plan and schedule for compliance within 14 days.
Environmental Progress
APRIL 20, 2021
ERCOT also expected, during peak demand events in winter, to have power from wind represent about 27% of installed wind capacity. In its most severe appraisal of the loss of wind capacity, ERCOT expected 8% of wind power compared to capacity. 14] The average age of a unit of wind or solar is 6.3
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. We have told regulators over and over that more should be contracted for. 5] The U.S.
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. The government’s cost-benefit analysis reveals that prolonging the runtime of its remaining three nuclear power plants is neither advisable technically nor in terms of security.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
The first approach is more ambitious and would push the boundaries of past market regulation, though in ways that are consistent with both the law and FERC practice. In light of the urgent need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, perhaps a little ambition is exactly what’s needed.
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