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New England’s Offshore Wind Resource Is a Winter Powerhouse

Union of Concerned Scientists

Demand levels above 350,000 megawatt-hours, for example, put the region at an elevated risk, while levels above 400,000 megawatt-hours indicate a higher risk, and levels above 450,000 megawatt-hours indicate the highest risk.

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Kyrgyzstan to get its first wind farm

A Greener Life

Rosatom Renewable Energy JSC is the wind energy division of the state-owned Russian energy company, Rosatom which specialises in nuclear energy, but which in 2017 branched into wind power. The company has so far commissioned 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind power projects.

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Ontario: Now is the time to increase renewable energy, not fossil gas

Enviromental Defense

Ontario has a successful track record when it comes to building renewable power. Between 2005 and 2017 Ontario phased-out coal plants, reducing greenhouse gas pollution from our electricity system by 93 per cent. And between 2009 and 2016, Ontario built over 2000 MW of solar power and about 3000 MW of wind power.

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A Handy New Chart Shows Clean Energy’s Remarkable Progress

Union of Concerned Scientists

Then came a crescendo: Solar and wind generated more than 5 percent of monthly electricity for the first time in 2013, passed the 10 percent point in 2017, and soared past 15 percent in 2021. It didn’t pass the 1 percent mark on a monthly basis until 2007.

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Dutch Elections: Energy and Climate Considerations

Energy and Climate Law

Looking at the current polls compared to the results of the elections of 2017, VVD, PvdA, CU, PvdA, FvD and JA21 increase their amount of seats, while D66, GL, SP, 50+ and Denk fear their amount of seats declines. A recent split-off from FvD, JA21, is also expected to gain seats in the House of Representatives.

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Another RGGI Raid? New York State Senate Proposes Pulling $138 million from the RGGI Fund

Law Columbia

The amount that the Senate has proposed diverting from the RGGI fund for FY 2017 is more than 80% of the total value of RGGI auction proceeds earned by New York in FY 2016 (which totaled approximately $166 million ). Jessica Wentz. Associate Director and Fellow.

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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

Law Columbia

Utility lines include power lines as well as oil and gas pipelines, among other things. The Corps issued NWP 12 in 1977, and most recently reissued NWP 12 in 2017. In April of this year, the U.S.