Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

When it comes to the transition to clean energy, 2023 was quite a year for progress: record-breaking amounts of solar installed in the United States, a solid drop in carbon emissions from the US power sector, more than one million electric vehicles sold in the country for the first time, “breakneck” growth in renewable energy globally, and more.

Clean Energy 251

Clean Energy Renewable Energy Electricity 2024 251

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Using an interactive online dashboard-- Renewables on the Rise 2024 -- documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.

Renewable Energy 101

Renewable Energy Clean Energy Solar Power Electricity 101

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

What happens when promise of electricity reliability fails in bad weather? We know that consumers pay for electricity reliability and bear the cost when supplies are tight. The electric power system is trapped by gas-dependent power plants that cannot obtain gas when it needs it to keep the lights on.

Fossil Fuels 276

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Electricity Regulations 276

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT): Unlike PJM and MISO, ERCOT—which is the grid operator for most of the Lone Star State—hasn’t yet published any preliminary reports on Winter Storm Elliott. See my colleague Julie McNamara’s blog for caveats about hydrogen.)

Fossil Fuels 290

Fossil Fuels 2014 Climate Change Electricity 290

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

After the EPA proposed the Clean Power Plan in 2014, for example, fossil fuel interests and their backers tried to argue that the proposal’s 2030 emission-reduction targets were completely unrealistic, and that the country would see astronomically high costs and blackouts due to the rule.

Fossil Fuels 290

Fossil Fuels Electricity 2014 Climate Change 290

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This arrangement was negotiated 25 years ago and is part of a decades-old program of cooperation on nuclear technology, which includes agreements not to use this assistance for military purposes. These agreements often involve the transfer of reactor technology, supply of nuclear fuel, and training of specialists to operate the reactors.

Nuclear Power 350

Nuclear Power 2016 2017 2018 350

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.

Electricity 247

Electricity Regulations 2017 Technology 247

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Rethinking the role of innovative pilots is an exciting development, because most utilities have not yet fully supported, let alone adopted, the technologies needed to reduce emissions. Pilot projects also can help spur widespread implementation of community solar, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and smart meters and thermostats.

Clean Energy 264

Clean Energy 2005 2020 Technology 264

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Their collective trauma dates back to August 2, 2014, when she and half a million other Toledoans woke to alarming news: the water coming out of their taps was toxic. “There were families who did not know about it, because they were living without electricity, so they didn’t hear the story,” Smith recalls. ” .

2014 359

2014 2022 Climate Change Politics 359

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Data on the major carbon producers’ emissions have been published since 2014. Earlier this year, UCS experts worked with community groups to produce a report, On the Road to 100 Percent Renewables , which shows that two dozen states can reliably meet 100 percent of their electricity needs with renewable energy.

Fossil Fuels 321

Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Renewable Energy Carbon Dioxide 321

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Key Takeaways Here are some key takeaways from the hearing-- -- Natural Gas Continues To Have A Reliability Problem: 70% of the PJM electric generation that failed to perform during the December freeze were natural gas-fired power plants. Natural gas had the same problems during a cold weather event in 2014 and the polar vortex in 2018.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas Electricity Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

While these data have been available since 2014 from the Climate Accountability Institute, the most recent update of this dataset is now easily accessible and explorable on a new platform hosted by InfluenceMap.

Fossil Fuels 321

Fossil Fuels Climate Change 2013 2015 321

PA Environment Daily

JULY 18, 2023

PJM is now reporting forced outages of natural gas-fired electric generation accounted for 70% of the total outages, coal 16% and the remainder were oil, nuclear, hydro, wind and solar. A report in April by PJM said natural gas accounted for about 63% of forced outages, coal 28%, oil 4%, nuclear 2%, hydro 1% and “other” 1%. Read more here.

Natural Gas 95

Natural Gas Electricity 2014 2023 95

Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] Shellenberger. 5] The U.S.

Electricity 100

Electricity Renewable Energy 2019 Nuclear Power 100

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.

Natural Gas 89

Natural Gas Electricity Renewable Energy Technology 89

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2023

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will hold its second hearing May 1 on electric grid reliability and the failure of natural gas and other generation to provide power when called on by PJM during Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here.

Natural Gas 93

Natural Gas Electricity Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 93

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Lower Sesan 2 is not living up to its promise of dropping the price of electricity and providing for power to Cambodia’s power sector, because of a lack of water availability,” says Brian Eyler, who is the Southeast Asia director with the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. Construction began in 2014.

2012 278

2012 2018 2007 2009 278

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

On August 23, the PJM Interconnection Critical Issue Fast Path Resource Adequacy stakeholder group heard testimony and suggestions on the issue of making electricity market changes to address nonperformance of natural gas and other generators during emergencies and events like Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas 84

Natural Gas Electricity Clean Energy Renewable Energy 84

Physics World

AUGUST 30, 2021

The material, polycrystalline tin selenide, boasts a heat-to-electricity conversion efficiency of nearly 20%, and could be used in devices that capture waste heat from industrial power plants as well as heat generated by combustion engines in cars, ships and tankers. Poor mechanical properties. at a temperature of 783 K.

Electricity 108

Electricity 2014 Waste Technology 108

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 27, 2023

Pourbaix, Dilling and the Pathways Alliance are trying to sell us a false story that oil and gas production can continue, and even grow, as long as the emissions from production are “captured” by unproven technologies like CCUS. Myth: The oil and gas industry has ready-to-deploy technology to get us to net-zero.

Fossil Fuels 137

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2014 Technology 137

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?

Fossil Fuels 125

Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Renewable Energy Solar Power 125

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

In 2002, Scientific American named Dr. Mann one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology, and in 2012, he received the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geophysical Union. He has publicly called for investments in clean energy, green technologies, and environmental research. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Climate Change 121

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2006 121

Physics World

JUNE 19, 2021

That much seemed true when the task group first published an official value of the proton radius – or, more specifically, the average radius of the proton’s electric charge – in 2002. In 2014 it called on “two pairs of knowledgeable researchers” to extract a value from the scattering data. Decisions, decisions.

2014 145

2014 2010 2002 2006 145

Physics World

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Professor Jennifer Rupp is the Thomas Lord Associate Professor of Electrochemical Materials in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

2011 89

2011 2014 2017 2018 89

Circle of Blue

JUNE 1, 2022

The dams meet nearly 40% of today’s regional electricity needs. According to our analysis, salmon populations released from 2014 to 2018, the most recent years for which complete data was available, had some of the worst survival rates on record. We calculated survival rates across two time periods: 2008-2013 and 2014-2018.

Ocean 264

Ocean 2014 2018 2013 264

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2023

On June 13, Public Utility Commission Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille told the House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee Winter Storm Elliot has again demonstrated extreme weather can have a significant impact on electric grid operations in terms of reliability and resilience.

Natural Gas 60

Natural Gas Electricity Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels 60

Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Covered Entities : The Program regulates manufacturers, electricity importers, suppliers of natural gas, gasoline and other fuels, and CO2 suppliers that emit more than 25,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) annually. The Program has been linked with the Cap-and-Trade System of Québec since 2014.

2030 130

2030 Carbon Dioxide 2020 Natural Gas 130

Physics World

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I fight,” answered Magwood, who at the time directed the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology at the US Department of Energy (DOE). “I He considered aerospace as a possible career, then computer technology. Magwood then became director of the office, making him the senior nuclear technology official in the US government.

Nuclear Power 98

Nuclear Power Politics Technology Technology 98

Physics World

MAY 17, 2022

Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have been working to remove such constraints. Another innovative feature of Mini2P is its miniaturized electrically tunable lens. You are not alone.

2014 96

2014 Electricity Technology Technology 96

Physics World

MARCH 8, 2022

She was the first woman to be appointed Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (the highest title that is awarded there), the first woman to win a National Medal of Science (awarded by the US president) and the first individual winner of the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience.

2014 137

2014 2016 Electricity Technology 137

PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2023

announced it has begun work to connect a pair of solar energy projects in Fulton and Franklin counties to the electric grid. The two facilities will provide the University with about 75% of the electricity needed for the University campus and health system. On July 19, West Penn Power , a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. Read more here.

Renewable Energy 74

Renewable Energy Clean Energy 2014 Electricity 74

Frontiers

JANUARY 18, 2023

A more efficient food source The review highlights the current technologies for commercially developing and growing microalgae, as well as the scientific and economic challenges to scaling production.

Biotechnology 111

Biotechnology Biofuels Deforestation Climate Change 111

Physics World

MAY 11, 2022

During its first years of operation, it was the most powerful example of particle accelerator technology in operation in Europe. This involved varying the frequency of the radio frequency (RF) electric field in a cyclotron to account for the relativistic effects that otherwise limited the energy of protons in an accelerator (see box).

Electricity 136

Electricity Radiation Technology Technology 136

A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

“Currently, both plants are operating satisfactorily, contributing a great deal of renewable energy, ” said Rodrigo Corrales, general manager of ENDE Guaracachi, the state-owned electricity company that operates the complex. According to his projections, by 2040, the electric power production capacity should grow to 18,000 MW.

Solar Power 98

Solar Power Fossil Fuels Radiation Natural Gas 98

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We knew when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 that Europe’s reliance on Russian gas was a serious problem, but next to no changes have been made since. Another key technology that has been forgotten about is energy efficiency. Perhaps turning down Nordstream 2 shows some change in that thinking.

2011 98

2011 2010 2014 2016 98

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. South-facing panels maximise electricity production, hence are more profitable).

Electricity 52

Electricity Wind Power Renewable Energy 2014 52

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The 2024 State of the Methane Mitigation Industry Report highlights the following key findings-- -- 33 companies now operate in Pennsylvania, up from 27 in 2021 and 20 in 2014, marking a 65% increase over the past decade. -- The number of employee locations in the methane mitigation industry across the state has grown to 50 in 2024, a 38.9%

Natural Gas 77

Natural Gas 2024 Technology Technology 77