PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

Department of Energy announced up to $475 million in funding for five projects in Arizona, Kentucky, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia to accelerate clean energy deployment on current and former mine land. House Committee Moves Merski Bill [Posted: March 21, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2024

MW DC ground-mount solar power project known as the Grandview project on a site located in Lancaster County. About 1,630 homes are expected to be powered by this project. The development of the Project as a community solar project will be subject to the final approval of House Bill 1842 by the State government of Pennsylvania.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2024

That’s because countries previously agreed under the Paris Agreement that, by the end of 2024, they would decide on the new quantum of climate finance for lower-income countries, building on the previous target of $100 billion/year. Here’s what’s on the agenda at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and why it matters. to 2.8 °C C this century.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

schools to obtain solar power and benefit from cost savings, educational opportunities, and climate protection. This exciting collaboration will help spur on the growing movement of schools across the country making the switch to clean energy,” said Tish Tablan, Director of Generation180’s Solar for All Schools Program. “We

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

Resource Link: -- Pennsylvania’s Electric Grid Is Dependent On One Fuel To Generate 59% Of Our Electricity; Market Moving To Renewables + Storage [PaEN] Related Articles: -- DEP Issues Request For Information For Clean Energy Generation, Storage Projects On State-Owned Abandoned Mine Lands; Webinar June 10 [PaEN] -- Lt.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

Presented telephonically during the August 13 th , 2024, public hearing for Docket ID No. The IRA was passed into law to propel our nation’s clean energy transition forward. Treasury and the IRS are right to propose clear rules for solar- and wind-powered electricity generation. REG-119283-23.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The groups are advocating for the passage of House Bill 1842 , a bill that would bring the economic, social, and environmental benefits of community solar to residents across the Commonwealth. Of Energy Awards $20 Million To Improve Siting Of Renewable Energy Facilities; $1.96

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 26, 2024

In August of 2023, Premier Smith imposed a seven-month industry-wide moratorium on new approvals for wind, solar, geothermal, and other forms of renewable energy. We’re falling behind Europe, China, much of Asia, and the United States in investment in renewable energy. We’re losing good-paying clean energy jobs.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2024

“We congratulate CCRRA for having the vision and resolve to achieve this milestone and move the Authority into the clean energy economy.” Owned and operated by Clean Energy Fuels Corp., Owned and operated by Clean Energy Fuels Corp.,

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, the work of our experts in this case and the testimony we submitted made very clear the extent to which PECO’s failure to diversify their supply contracts by purchasing clean energy has also cost consumers millions of dollars. We know that Pennsylvanians want that, and our planet needs it.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

These models are essentially designed to determine what resources need to be added to the grid to meet certain goals, such as clean energy or emissions reduction goals. Capacity expansion modeling helps determine how many clean resources, such as solar and wind, need to be added to the grid to meet clean energy goals.

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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. Photo credit: © 2024 Airbus via Google Earth.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Yet even with this growth, Pennsylvania ranks middle-of-the-pack compared to other states in the nation, ranking 15th in the growth of rooftop solar over the last decade. Solar energy stands as an abundant and affordable solution crucial to America's transition to renewable sources.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Guest Post by Ben Platt , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. In 2022, the installed capacity of wind and solar power grew almost 10% in the United States [1]. In Colorado, renewable energy generating capacity has more than quadrupled since 2010 [2].

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

As temperatures rise, so too does the demand for energy as more people turn to AC to keep cool. Higher demand means power grid operators, who start with the cleaner and cheaper plants like solar power, need to pull other, often dirtier, gas or coal-fired power plants online.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 1, 2024

Moreover, other provisions of the IRA offer significant additional tools for states, tribes, local governments, community-based organizations, and the private sector to fund and finance clean energy, clean transportation, and building decarbonization investments. Grant applications are due on August 28, 2024.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The UK government has said that the UK’s sixth renewable energy auction has delivered a record 131 clean energy projects. Under current projections and with no change to the scale, the 2024 record auction would power 11 million British homes.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2024

Million EPA Grants DEP Adds Jamestown Canyon Virus To West Nile Virus Mosquito Monitoring Program For 2024 Penn State Extension Watershed Winds Newsletter Highlights Student AgVenture Camp; Watershed Stewards Native Plant Kit; Pond Management; Rain Barrel Guy; Much More! 28 to Oct. Click Here for a Calendar of Upcoming Events.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It also makes offshore wind an important seasonal complement to the region’s abundant and growing solar power capacity. Power everywhere. And it will make it even more important when winter electricity demand increases because more households are using electric heat pumps. The US offshore wind map.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

By next year, Pennsylvania will get 50 percent of its electricity from ten new solar arrays around the Commonwealth – making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to commit to getting half of its energy from solar power.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2024

Help Wanted -- Shapiro Administration Celebrates 2024 DCNR Ranger Trainee Graduates At Little Buffalo State Park -- Help Wanted: Upstream Pittsburgh Water Equity Director -- Adult Mentors Needed! 1-31 Grants -- EPA Awards $55.7 1-31 Grants -- EPA Awards $55.7 1-31 Grants -- EPA Awards $55.7 to 5:00 p.m. 28 to Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2023

18 PA Renewable Energy Policy Webinar - Time To Take Action On Demand: ReImagine Appalachia: Solar-Powered Faith Communities And Houses Of Worship, Saving Money And Ethical Labor PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Aug. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 17, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen With the support of the US government body, the Department of Energy (DOE) four clean energy projects are moving forward in the US territory of Puerto Rico.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

Past polls have indicated high levels of concern about the economy – the broader issues such as taxes, unemployment and investment – but in 2024, those concerns have narrowed to become hyper-local. Solar panels and wind turbines produce electricity much more cheaply than gas turbines, coal plants and oil burners.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Pennsylvania State University, - Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Solar Development on Pennsylvania Farmland; and, -- Russell C. The Pennsylvania State University, - Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Solar Development on Pennsylvania Farmland; and, -- Russell C. Hedberg II, Ph.D.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . It’s mostly due to a combination of poor planning coupled with an ideological opposition to renewable energy. Ontario has built a clean energy supply.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Degnan Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, will give the talk, “Repurposed Energy,” at 4:00 p.m. A national policy of repurposed energy may help counter local opposition and accelerate clean energy development.” For more information about the fall 2024 series, visit the EarthTalks website.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2024

Visitors have the chance to stop by one or several of the solar powered homes, each coupled with an electric or hybrid vehicle and other unique technologies. Visit the Solar United Neighbors - Pennsylvania webpage to learn more about going solar. Click Here to register and receive the locations included on the tour.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen Many clean energy advocates and professionals woke up on November 8th to the news of a second Trump presidency and wondered what it would mean for the sector’s outlook. Meanwhile, the industry group The Global Solar Council could on Thursday announce that the solar industry had reached a major milestone.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

16 Shaping The Pennsylvania Clean Energy & Efficiency Workforce Future Webinar [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council Hosts Aug. 24 Celebration Upcoming Events -- Pitt Water Collaboratory, Women For A Healthy Environment Report On Allegheny County Drinking Water Systems Found Need For Improvement In One Or More Metrics; Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2024

“PECO has not listened to us about what we want in our electricity mix,” said Wendy Greenspan, Co-Chair of POWER’s People’s Energy Plan Campaign, “and any suggestion that we have to shop for clean energy is just a ‘let them eat cake’ kind of position.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 24, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen President Biden used Earth Day to ramp up his administrations commitment on tackling climate change, protecting the environment and investing in clean energy technologies. Biden said: “I will put tens of thousands of young people to work at the forefront of our climate resilience and clean energy future.”

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2024

Key findings of the report Include: -- Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power Dominate: Fossil fuels, along with nuclear power, currently provide nearly all the power (92%) in the PJM grid. [ Billion In Last Auction [Posted: August 27, 2024] PA Environment Digest MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

16 Shaping The Pennsylvania Clean Energy & Efficiency Workforce Future Webinar [PaEN] -- Sustainable Pittsburgh Selected As One Of 20 Regional Green Jobs Centers To Train Individuals For Climate-Resilient Jobs [PaEN] -- DCNR Webinar: Advancing Climate Resiliency In Pennsylvania Aug. Shapiro: Darlington Twp., Chris Deluzio -- Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

1 To Consider Bill To Diversify Energy Generation, Improve Grid Reliability, Lower Consumer Energy Costs [PaEN] -- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Coalition, Penn State Extension Host Oct. 18 Winter Feeding Pasture Walk In Newville, Cumberland County [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center Hosts Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

16, 17, 18 [PaEN] -- South Mountain Partnership Power Of The Partnership Celebration Sept. Potter County To Sept. Hosts 3 Public Meetings To Gather Input On Youghiogheny River Conservation Plan Part I - Dunbar Creek To Headwaters Aug. 29 In Lewisberry [PaEN] -- Wildlife Leadership Academy, PA Fly Fishing Assn.

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