Scientific American

AUGUST 7, 2025

It runs completely on wind and solar power, taking advantage of the almost 24-hour daylight. Even so, the vast majority of stations still depend on diesel-powered generators to keep their crews warm, fed and safe. © 2025 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, A DIVISION OF SPRINGER NATURE AMERICA, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

The Ubolratana Dam hydro-floating solar hybrid power plant in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The country needs to rapidly scale up solar power to hit its 2050 net zero target, experts say. Over the last decade, Thailand has been very aggressive on solar power development. Photo credit: Lin Hao / Xinhua / Alamy.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

Sycamore will test solar material, and separate equipment that can be reused from that which needs to be recycled. Sycamores facility and operations are solar powered with their own microgrid coupled with a Flow battery. For more information on solar energy, visit the Philadelphia Solar Energy Association website. .:

Recycling

New Scientist

JULY 29, 2025

In January 2025, for example, a fire at the world’s largest battery storage facility in California destroyed 300 megawatts of energy storage. By comparison, Inlyte’s iron-salt batteries could store energy with much lower risk.

2027

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Data Center Demands [Posted: February 23, 2025] PA Environment Digest [PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 19 Webinar On Meeting The Challenges Of The Electric Grid - PJM's Role [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 10.8% School Campus Could Save $10 Million -- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show: Feb.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

Posted: July 10, 2025] PA Environment Digest SCRA) A Creek Runs Through it - Water and the People of Shamokin [ Video Presentation ] Visit the Conference webpage for more information. Visit the Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance website for more information on watershed restoration activities in the Northumberland County region.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2025

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: July 28, 2025] PA Environment Digest 19-21, Sept. 16-18 Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues. Click Here for a Calendar of Upcoming Events. Click Here to search back issues of the Digest.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Plus, going solar increases energy independence and reliability and allows businesses to save a ton of money on their utility bills. Right now, Pennsylvania is currently ranked 26th in the nation for solar power. Posted: March 26, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

With Nuclear Energy - By Carol Browner, Fmr EPA Administrator -- Financial Times: Is Giving Old Reactors New Life The Future Of Nuclear Energy?

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

On November 11, Energy Justice Advocates announced PECO has agreed to contract for 25 MW of solar energy as part of its default power procurement for electric customers from June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2029 as a result of a settlement recently approved by the Public Utility Commission. PECO serves nearly 1.7

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2025

on July 13, 2025, Repsol Oil & Gas USA LLC reported a well control incident at the 7H shale gas well on the Broadleaf Holdings pad that caused the “uncontrolled release” of wastewater up the well casing to the pad surface. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Well Control Incident At 6:30 p.m

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity [PaEN] -- PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts [PaEN] -- Registration Open! Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

Cold Weather, LNG Demand Push Prices Higher] [ PDF of Article ] -- WTAJ: 200,000+ PA Residents Could See 18% Increase In National Fuel Gas Natural Gas Bills In 2025 -- WFMJ: National Fuel Gas Customers Could See 17% Increase In Gas Costs Starting Aug. Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

Related Articles: -- PUC House Budget Hearing: We Arent Going To Build Our Way Out Of Electric Generation Shortfalls On PJM Grid; We Need To Diversify Our Generation Sources [PaEN] -- Frozen Hoping For A Thaw: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Repurpose Fmr Coal Waste Plant Site Into Solar Energy, Mine Water Pool Energy (..)

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2025

16 Plum Boro Community Meeting On Pennaco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells, Plum Borough Community Center, Allegheny County 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. -- Protect PT: Jan.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2025

Billion In Farm Products To China In 2023] [Posted: April 30, 2025] PA Environment Digest Megawatts -- Washington Times Guest Essay: The Road To Energy Dominance Runs Through Pennsylvania - By PA Republican US Senator Dave McCormick [PA Energy & Innovation Summit In Pittsburgh - when?]

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2025

On May 7, PennEnvironment released a new report saying Pennsylvania ranks 49th in the nation for percentage growth in total solar, wind and geothermal generation over the past decade. Click here for the State of Renewable Energy 2025 Related Articles This Week: -- PJM Releases List Of 51 Fast Tracked Power Projects To Provide 9.3

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

Kate Harper (R), former member of PA House, and former Congressman Conor Lamb (D) are Co-Chairs of Energy Future PA Related Articles: -- PUC House Budget Hearing: We Arent Going To Build Our Way Out Of Electric Generation Shortfalls On PJM Grid; We Need To Diversify Our Generation Sources [PaEN] -- Frozen Hoping For A Thaw: Eastern PA Coalition For (..)

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2025

12, 2023, Issued June 17, 2025. ( 12, 2023, Issued June 17, 2025. ( Received Oct. PA Bulletin, page 4765 ) Grants -- DEP published notice in the July 12 PA Bulletin announcing it has awarded a $75,000 Section 901 Household Hazardous Waste Education to Lebanon County for a household battery education program. Received Oct.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2025

In addition to the RRI projects, PJM will complete processing on approximately 62,000 MW projects in 2025 and 2026. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day MW-day, 933% higher ] [Posted: May 2, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

Solar Panel Recycling, Refurbishment Now Available In Philly Area [PaEN] -- PennLive Guest Essay: Clean Energy, Strong Economy: PAs Proposed Budget Seeks Both - By Fmr Rep.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: It’s Deja Vu - False Promises, Dirty Power - Our People And Communities Deserve Respect [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Issues Another Hot Weather Alert, Return To Generation Service For July 23 In Its Western Region, Including Parts Of PA [PaEN] -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High?

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to deliver keynote remarks at Energypath 2025, hosted by the Sustainable Energy Fund at DeSales University. One of the most powerful moments at Energypath 2025 wasn’t a panel or a presentation. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity [PaEN] -- PUC Safety Division Continues Examination Of June Fatal Rowhouse Explosion In Philadelphia Focused On Natural Gas Utility Infrastructure [PaEN] -- PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts [PaEN] -- Registration Open!

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Posted: July 27, 2025] PA Environment Digest DEP Issues Violation To Highlands Sporting Clays For Lead Contamination Of Blue Hole Creek In Somerset County -- TribLive: DEP: Lead In Laurel Hill Creek Linked To Shooting Range In Somerset County -- Courier Times: DEP Told Trumbauersville To Find The Source Of Polluted Ditch Water, But Have They?

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The cost of clean energy technologies such as wind, solar, and battery technologies BNEF expects to decline further in 2025, in a boost to the viability of the sector. The global benchmarks for wind and solar generation are also set to fall this year at 4% and 2%, respectively. Graph credit: BloombergNEF.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

Billion In Costs Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest Diversity - Equity - Inclusion [Posted: July 22, 2025] PA Environment Digest 19-21, Sept. 16-18 [PaEN] -- Mountain Watershed Assn.: 19-21, Sept.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Posted: June 8, 2025] PA Environment Digest Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

APRIL 5, 2025

The country where President Donald Trump has waged wars on the leading renewable energy sources, solar and wind, hit a new electricity generation low for fossil fuels in March 2025, data from the global energy think tank Ember reveals. Date showing US fossil fuel generation in March 2025. Graph credit: Ember.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

“Solar For All will provide critical resources to make solar energy and necessary home repairs affordable and accessible to Pennsylvanians across the Commonwealth.”

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: It’s Deja Vu - False Promises, Dirty Power - Our People And Communities Deserve Respect [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation And Load Management Alerts For July 24 [PaEN] -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High?

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2025

PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity [PaEN] -- PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts [PaEN] -- Registration Open! Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

JUNE 30, 2025

This 2025 edition further identifies 498 contested projects in 49 states, an increase of 32% over last year’s edition. The report finds that, by the end of 2024, at least 459 counties and municipalities across 44 states had adopted severe local restrictions on siting renewables.

Law

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2025

Most of the projects that are closing financing or under construction in 2025 already have permits, offtake power sales arrangements, site control and interconnection access well in hand. The reasons are simple: wind and solar power are less costly and more quickly deployed than alternatives fueled by natural gas or coal.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

JANUARY 30, 2025

Powering Africa is key to raising living standards, creating jobs for the millions of youths entering the job market each year, ensuring essential services, empowering women, driving digitalisation and propelling growth. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, this movement has already begun. Other countries have already achieved impressive results.

2030

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2025

For me, and I believe for many folks, solar power is the poster child of climate action," said Betsy Whitman, Patton Township Supervisor and member of the Solar Power Purchase Agreement Working Group. The number of entities involved in this solar power purchase agreement is likely groundbreaking in Pennsylvania.

Government

Scientific American

AUGUST 11, 2025

Land-based desalination is several times more costly than pulling water from aquifers or lakes, even at giga-plants in the Middle East that benefit from abundant solar power and large economies of scale. © 2025 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, A DIVISION OF SPRINGER NATURE AMERICA, INC. For starters, it’s still too expensive.

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