Legal Planet

APRIL 1, 2025

Climate educators from SEWA explaining solar power for salt gathering (L) and skylights that cool the interior of a house (R). Photos by Jim Salzman I spent last week in New Delhi, participating in the conference, India 2047: Building a Climate-Resilient Future.

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

The new 100 MW Oruro solar plant is a boost to Bolivia’s energy transition, but there are obstacles to harnessing the radiation potential of its western highlands. Perched at 3,730 metres above sea level in the community of Ancotanga, the Oruro solar power plant is one of the flagship projects in Bolivia’s energy transition.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

That’s 126 gigawatts (GW), coming from millions of solar systems across the country. The US solar industry was valued at $33 billion in 2021, employed more than 230,000 people, and continued to grow in power capacity at an average rate of 33 percent per year.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 18, 2022

Solar power generation in the US rose by 25.23% in 2021, making it the country’s fastest-growing source of electricity, while renewables accounted for 21.02% of all electricity and look set to surpass coal in terms of total production in 2022. Read the full story from PVTech.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – September 23, 2021. Wind turbines and solar power, two sturdy and growing sources of renewable energy, require negligible amounts of water. Restoring wetlands and peatlands for their water-purifying and flood-buffering traits also preserves their capacity to act as vital carbon sponges.

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Environmental Leader

JULY 23, 2021

Bloom Energy and Heliogen have announced plans to produce green hydrogen using only concentrated solar power and water, further accelerating progress toward a zero-carbon future. The companies’ first integrated solution is expected to be operational by the end of 2021. Green hydrogen is one of the top ten technologies shaping.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The WMO’s GHG bulletin’s headline takeaways are stark: Atmospheric concentrations of three major heat-trapping gases, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) hit all-time highs in 2021 (see table below). Methane emissions showed their biggest annual increase in 2020 and again in 2021. A truly scary prospect.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this year, the MPSC approved a settlement agreement on Consumers Energy’s integrated resource plan that commits the company to retire all its remaining coal-fired power plants by 2025, construct no new fossil gas infrastructure, and build large amounts of new solar power between now and 2040.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Recent UCS modeling , conducted in partnership with Evolved Energy Research (EER), shows that, to reach these goals means completely phasing out US coal generation by 2030; in this scenario, gas generation would fall from about 40 percent of US electricity generation in 2021 to 25 percent in 2030, and 2 percent in 2050 (see figure 1).

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Environmental Leader

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Solar powered electricity, including distributed rooftop systems, increased by. The post Electricity from Renewables Exceeded Expectations in 2021, EIA Data Show appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Inhabitant

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

A new smaller, thinner profile for a slimmer wrist sets the Black Mini Solar watch from Solios apart from previous offerings. Solios previously caught Inhabitat's attention at Vegan Fashion Week 2021, where the company exhibited its original Solios Solar Watches in many styles with multiple faces and bands.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce For a hearing on “Power Struggle: Examining the 2021 Texas Grid Failure” Written statement submitted by: Michael D. is 32 years, as of January 2021. [14] 14] The average age of a unit of wind or solar is 6.3 percent, 47.4

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

Currently, Pennsylvania has a renewable energy goal of only 8 percent, with half a percent coming from solar. In 2021, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation that would increase Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) goal to 18 percent by 2026.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

The milking shed for her 80 dairy cows that can yield 1,100 litres of milk per day, along with the barn that houses 21,000 chickens at a time, will soon sit alongside a photovoltaic solar plant with 85 panels. MW (between June 2016 and June 2021). The solar power plant is one more. MW to 791.32

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Planning Association is proud to announce the 2021 Great Places in PA. For 2021, eight Great Places were designated among three categories: Great Greenways/Trail (5), Great Public Spaces (2), and Great Streets (1). Posted: September 14, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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A Greener Life

MAY 5, 2022

At the end of 2021 global renewable energy generation capacity amounted to 3.064 gigawatts (GW) increasing global renewable energy capacity to 9.1%. Combined, those two fast-growing renewable energy technologies contributed 88% to the share of all new renewable capacity in 2021. Asia is still the renewable energy powerhouse.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

NewsClip: -- MCall: The GIANT Company Enters Into Renewable Energy Agreement Related Article - Giant: -- DEP Helps Dedicate Solar Energy Installation At Giant Food Stores Headquarters In Cumberland County Related Articles This Week - Climate: -- PG Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can’t Solve The Climate Crisis Alone - But The World Can’t Solve The Climate (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

per MMBtu) versus the average price in 2021 ($3.84 This year’s distribution is over $44 million higher than last year, driven primarily by the average price of natural gas in 2022 ($6.64 per MMBtu) which generated a higher impact fee payment for each well in 2022 – along with the addition of 574 new wells during 2022.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Above, a VinFast vehicle charges in Quang Ninh, Vietnam, in 2021. Launched in December 2021, the USAID Southeast Asia Smart Power Program (SPP) aims to mobilize $2 billion for clean energy projects across the region. The grants are part of USAID’s Energy Secure Philippines project, launched in 2021. © Dita Alangkara/AP.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 7, 2023

million in a fraudulent solar power scheme. claiming he had created a compact “nano panel” (which does not exist) using “technology” that could generate triple the amount of electricity as traditional solar panels. He would cold-call investors to convince them to invest in Nanotech Engineering Inc.,

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A Greener Life

JUNE 22, 2022

In winter when water levels in reservoirs drop, supply cannot meet demand: last year the country required about 450 MW but generation dipped to about 400 MW, Chhewang Rinzin, managing director of the Druk Green Power Corporation Limited, told this correspondent in an earlier interview. Solar energy has become competitive.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

By Kathy Cook, League of Women Voters of PA On May 25, 2021, a joint committee hearing on utility scale solar development was hosted by Pennsylvania’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Local Government Committees. Some counties in the PA Wilds have active proposals for solar fields going on old strip mine lands.

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A Greener Life

JULY 31, 2024

In 2021, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) identified a solar potential of 3294 GW. The government set ambitious targets: 3.61GW of rooftop solar by 2025, 26.65 GW of floating solar and a 4.68 GW large-scale solar power plant by 2030. GW of solar power. The country has 2.3

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Solar energy stands as an abundant and affordable solution crucial to America's transition to renewable sources. In Pennsylvania, solar experts recommend renewing and expanding the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) as the keystone policy for jumpstarting clean solar energy production across the commonwealth.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i]. 2021 Structural oversupply in the milk market would certainly be hard for dairies without digesters whose business is limited to selling milk and are excluded from the LCFS biomethane gold rush.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 25, 2023

Now a solar company in the country, WeLight , has secured funding that could throw a lifeline to people and spearhead a critical development path connecting 50,000 households to electricity within the next two years. Off-grid solar power has been critical and hugely successful in many African countries.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

“The financial savings from our solar energy are used to meet our primary mission: to leverage a circular economy to improve health for our neighbors in Pennsylvania and in other communities around the world.” " New Sun Rising is committed to promoting sustainable, equitable development for the health of current and future generations.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

“Clean, renewable solar energy is so important for Pennsylvania’s air quality and reaching one gigawatt is proof that we are making progress towards Pennsylvania’s Solar Future,” said DEP Interim Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2022

Energy Information Administration reported-- in our January Short-Term Energy Outlook , we forecast that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will reduce generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants over the next two years. Operating wind capacity totaled 135 GW at the end of 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

“There has never been a better time in our history to go solar, with the expansion and extension of the solar tax credit to 30 percent until 2032, as well as accelerated depreciation, USDA REAP grants, and savings from the solar power itself. I am thrilled that the U.S. billion annually. The current 0.5

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A Greener Life

JULY 7, 2021

162 gigawatts (GW) or 62 per cent of total renewable power generation added last year had lower costs than the cheapest new fossil fuel option. Of the different renewable energy technologies concentrating solar power (CSP) fell by 16 per cent, onshore wind by 13 per cent, offshore wind by 9 per cent and solar PV by 7 per cent.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 11, 2024

Previous editions of the report were published in September 2021 , March 2022 , and May 2023. Key findings from the report include: Counties in Ohio are continuing to adopt binding resolutions to create restricted areas where large wind or solar projects are prohibited pursuant to Senate Bill 52 of 2021 (S.B.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2024

Solar Program , which provides savvy technical assistance and financial guidance to businesses and organizations looking to go solar. And according to the Finding Pennsylvania Solar Future Project , increasing the solar portion of the state’s electricity mix from the current 0.5 billion annually. The current 0.5

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2023

These could include local solar power, smaller-scale energy storage options, and energy efficiency and conservation programs, all of which would be way cheaper than constructing new gas plants. During the 2021 federal election, Prime Minister Trudeau promised to move Canada to a net zero-carbon electricity grid by 2035.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

On August 9, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority announced it would be committing to the purchase of wind power and the use of clean energy to support the production and operations of water services. 16 Webinar: Why Should We Care About, Advocate For A Climate-Friendly Federal Farm Bill?

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 1, 2023

Read the full story at Solar Power World. According to data through 2021 from the U.S. Although still very much in its infancy, the U.S. utility-scale battery storage market has existed in earnest since 2011 led by one dominant battery chemistry choice: lithium.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

According to the power sector news report UtilityDive : “Texas also led the country in renewable energy projects in 2021. Its 7,325 MW of new wind, solar and energy storage projects brought online last year far surpasses the 2,697 MW in the next most active state, California.

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