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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Wind While the amount of new wind turbine capacity installed looked to be the lowest in at least six years, wind power continued to set records for generation in different regions of the country. It also means, per the Solar Energy Industries Association, that at full capacity, U.S.

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How Are Lithium-ion Batteries that Store Solar and Wind Power Made?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Despite being used infrequently, these plants are inefficient and highly polluting, and contribute to US carbon emissions. In an energizing recent example from August 2022, Tesla Powerwall batteries across thousands of California homes pooled electricity and supported the grid when demand was very high.

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Wind-powered Cargo Vessel Holds Hope for a Greener Future

Ocean Conservancy

While a wind-powered cargo vessel may seem like a 19 th Century idea, the Grain de Sail may be a herald of a greener future rather than a nostalgic nod to the past. This could be established alongside other technical measures like a low-carbon standard for shipping fuel to improve uptake of zero-emission fuels.

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Climate Policy and the Audacity of Hope

Legal Planet

New California legislation will require corporations to disclose their carbon emissions. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. The Department of Energy estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022.

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The EIA Just Released a 30 Year Energy Outlook. It’s… Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) is one of the go-to sources for reliable information about the US power sector. They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. Carbon emissions remain high.

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How Will DTE’s Long-Term Plan Impact Michigan’s Clean Energy Future?

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. What’s in DTE’s proposed plan?

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Gov. Newsom Goes to China to Talk Climate

Legal Planet

million electric vehicles , with sales in 2022 accounting for 29% of all auto sales in China. Newsom also stops in Hong Kong, the first city in Asia to require businesses to disclose their carbon emissions — similar to SB 253 that he signed this month covering businesses in California.