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PA Ranks 49th In US For Renewable Energy Growth; Delays In Adding Clean Energy To The Grid Will Cost Electric Ratepayers Billions

PA Environment Daily

The State of Renewable Energy 2025 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.

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Greece increases its renewable energy targets

A Greener Life

The revised 2030 energy and climate plan, unveiled by the government, targets the expansion of wind and solar power. The Mediterranean country aims for renewables to account for an 82% share of electricity production by 2030. The previous plan released in 2019 had set out only a 66% share.

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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

By Amber Brady Ahead of the pivotal 2025 COP30 summit, which will take place in November and December, Amber Brady provides an updated version of our 2014 piece on Brazil’s environmental facts. However, the country is diversifying its energy mix, and solar and wind power are expanding rapidly.

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PennEnvironment: Pennsylvania Ranks 48th In US For Renewable Energy Growth

PA Environment Daily

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.

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How Some Conservative Governments Embrace Renewables

Enviromental Defense

In August of 2024, Fords Minister of Energy Stephen Lece announced that the province needed to procure 5000 megawatts of power (enough electricity for 4.5M Unlike Ontarios thumb-on-the-scale approach, Nova Scotia is purchasing its future power directly from a new wind farm. It gets better. MT in 2020, or 13.5

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Soaring US Clean Energy Momentum Now At Risk

Union of Concerned Scientists

Based on data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and UCS calculations, the graph shows the portion of total US electricity generation that came from solar and wind each month for the last two and half decades. Wind and solar have supplied at least 10% of US electricity in every single month since September 2021.

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This Leap Year, Some Clean Energy Leaps to Watch For

Union of Concerned Scientists

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.