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2024 Year in Review: Clean Energy Progress Steeped in Solar and Storage

Union of Concerned Scientists

Rogers/UCS Renewable energy The amount of electricity supplied by US renewable energy overall (counting solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and wood biomass) is expected to be 10% higher in 2024 than in 2023. It also means, per the Solar Energy Industries Association, that at full capacity, U.S. One of 2024s new crop.

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Ask a Scientist: How Close Are We to a Clean Energy Transition?

Union of Concerned Scientists

MS: There is a lot happening on that front, but I’d like to focus on energy storage. To decarbonize the power grid, we’re going to need tons of renewable energy from sources such as solar and wind. We’re also going to need a significant amount of energy storage to save some of that renewable energy for later.

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Greece increases its renewable energy targets

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen Having been at the forefront of dealing with climate impacts in recent years, Greece has shored up its renewable energy targets. Greece, which has recently battled one climate-fuelled wildfire after the other, has ramped up its renewable energy targets.

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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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The Top-Ten Lower Court Decisions on Environmental Law

Legal Planet

Corey (2019). The LCFS scores vehicle fuels based on life-cycle emissions, which means that renewable fuels get credit because theyre derived from plants that took CO2 out of the air, but theyre also debited for emissions relating to process the plans and transporting the fuel. Circuits decision. Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v.

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California Lawmakers Vote on Energy Affordability Soon

Legal Planet

Wildfire spending was a negligible portion of rates before 2019, and now wildfire costs make up between 7-13 percent of ratepayer bills for the three largest IOUs (PG&E, SCE, & SDG&E). According to the CPUC, undergrounding all of the states electric lines would cost about $763 billion (in 2019 dollars).

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Minnesota Lawmakers Could Go Big on Clean Energy, or Go Small

Union of Concerned Scientists

A recent Union of Concerned Scientists analysis found that Minnesota could meet its electricity demands with 100-percent renewable energy by 2035, which would provide significant economic and health benefits. With such a wide gulf to cross, Minnesota could miss another opportunity to advance many key clean energy programs.