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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. Since 2014, Greece has doubled its renewable energy output with a series of new solar and wind projects, and they have shut down most of their coal-fired plants.

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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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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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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 Texas generated more solar energy in 2023 alone than all in-state solar generation before 2021 combined. It probably goes without saying that Texas is a Republican state.

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U.S. EIA: U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Now Falling Like Coal In Face Of New, Cheaper Renewable Power Plants

PA Environment Daily

electricity generation over the past 10 years has been the rapid expansion of renewable energy resources, especially solar and wind. The amount of solar power generating capacity operated by the U.S. electric power sector at the end of 2021 is 20 times more than it was at the end of 2011, and U.S.

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Analysis: Can Inner Mongolia reach peak carbon this decade?

A Greener Life

billion) over the three years 2014–16. But as far as the Inner Mongolian government is concerned, its coal power , coal-chemical, steel and aluminium plants have been built in response to national policies. It could then explore local heating systems, using waste heat from factories and power plants rather than building new boilers.