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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?

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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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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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Cornhuskers Go Green

Legal Planet

In 2019, the Utah State Legislature passed the Community Renewable Energy Act (HB 411). This bill allows Utah municipalities that are serviced by Rocky Mountain Power to achieve a net-100% renewable energy portfolio by 2030.

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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.

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Net-zero emissions area will be built on renewable energy

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Bjarke Ingels Group's (BIG) Oslo Science City is part of Oslo's 2019 Strategy for the Development of the Knowledge Capital, a 1.4 It will also contribute to the country's shift to renewable energy. million square meter hub that aims to house 150,000 scientists, entrepreneurs and students.