Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The coalition's mission is to accelerate the deployment and use of sustainable aviation fuel technologies to reach 10% of the global jet aviation fuel supply by 2030. The post Air Canada Aims to Decarbonize Using Electric-Hybrid Aircraft and Sustainable Aviation Fuels appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The coalition's mission is to accelerate the deployment and use of sustainable aviation fuel technologies to reach 10% of the global jet aviation fuel supply by 2030. The post Air Canada Aims to Decarbonize Using Electric-Hybrid Aircraft and Sustainable Aviation Fuels appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Yale E360

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Renewable power is on pace to produce close to half of the electricity used globally by 2030, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency, which finds that in nearly every country large wind and solar plants are the cheapest forms of new power. Read more on E360 →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2025

Diablo Canyon is now Californias last operational nuclear power plant, but its currently slated to shut down by 2030. It depends on the costs The levelized cost of energy (LCOE) represents the average cost to build and operate a generating resource per unit of electricity generated. economy to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2025

Most of the projects, or 90%, are expected to be online by 2030. Bringing More Generation Online As new generation comes online more efficiently through these reforms, the demand for electricity and retirement of generators continues to outpace the addition of new generation. All are projected to be online by 2031.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

At the Union of Concerned Scientists, we’ve been looking into the benefits rural drivers could enjoy from switching from a gasoline vehicle to an electric vehicle. The lack of an accessible outlet to charge an EV at home is one such challenge faced by drivers when considering switching to an electric vehicle.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 19, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently developing a regulation to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from trucks, known as the Phase 3 GHG standards, which would in theory result in increased adoption of electric trucks. Adapted from Table A2 in ICCT’s January 2023 study mentioned above.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Without power grid modeling tools, the transition to clean electricity would be an absolute mess. Luckily, we don’t have to resort to guesswork because we have sophisticated grid modeling tools that help guide the transition to clean electricity. Surely that would not end well.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Fossil gas power plants currently provide the largest source of electricity generation and capacity in the United States. To meet our climate goals and reach net zero emissions by 2050, most studies show that we need to dramatically reduce gas use for generating electricity, heating homes and businesses, and running industrial processes.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 23, 2023

Up to 50,000 tons of carbon dioxide yearly could be saved by replacing 1,000 existing diesel trucks with their electric counterparts.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 10, 2025

A 100 year journey The journey began in 1925, and it is a hundred years to the day since the first electric train ran in India, a suburban service running into Mumbai. It was in 2014 that the government ramped up ambitions and committed the funds for a fully electric railway. The pace of change doubled and then doubled again.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 2, 2022

Last week, Senators Schumer and Manchin announced a compromise on a reconciliation bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 , that includes significant climate and air quality progress and a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions nationwide by 40 percent by 2030. What’s in the bill?

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Environmental Leader

JULY 14, 2021

Microsoft has announced that by 2030 the company will have 100% of its electricity consumption, 100% of the time, matched by zero carbon energy purchases. The post Microsoft Announces New 100/100/0 Commitment By 2030 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Over the last 12 months, Read more ».

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To reach the state’s goals of 100% clean electricity and economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has been tasked with planning the clean electricity transition via its Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) process. But the turn is not yet over.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

Scotland set a 2020 goal of 100% renewable energy electricity generation. This covers electricity, heating, transportation, etc., and is separate from their 2020 goal which centered just on electricity. There is an interim target of 75% reduction of 1990 levels by 2030. Committed to net-zero by 2030. Nottingham.

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Yale E360

AUGUST 17, 2021

In its latest climate plan, Sri Lanka is ruling out new coal power and aiming to reach 70 percent clean electricity by 2030, an important milestone on its way to reaching its goal of a carbon-neutral electricity generation system by 2050, Climate Home News reported. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) sets a bold goal for the state—no carbon pollution from electricity generation by 2045, which means zero global warming emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants. CEJA also extends the state’s successful energy efficiency programs and expands the savings goals utilities must meet.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2025

On March 21, the PJM Interconnection regional electric grid operator that includes Pennsylvania announced its Reliability Resource Initiative has attracted 94 applications totaling 26.6 Of these projects, PJM said 47 involve uprates, in which existing resources are modified to generate more electricity, and 47 propose building new generation.

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Yale E360

JUNE 16, 2022

The European Union relies heavily on Russia to supply nickel and other metals for electric vehicle batteries and other renewable technologies. War-related price increases and shortages of these metals could hinder Europe’s drive to sharply cut emissions by 2030 and beyond. Read more on E360 ?.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

The EIA reports that: “Fossil fuel sources accounted for about 69% of South Korea’s electricity generation in 2019, and the share of nuclear power accounted for 25%. Coal-fired power, which is a baseload source, is the dominant fossil fuel used to generate electricity (40%), and natural gas-fired capacity is the second-largest source (26%).”.

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The goal is carbon neutrality for its internal operations and the electricity it produces by 2030. While Vestas conspicuously helps other enterprises achieve their energy goals by making and selling wind turbines, it is quietly trying to decarbonize its internal operations.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2024

To address these dual needs, UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) and the UCLA Law Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment are today releasing the new report Fueling & Financing: Addressing the Urgent Challenges Facing Electric Heavy-Duty Vehicle Deployment.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Zero coal by 2035, 24 GW solar/wind by 2030, net zero emissions by 2050, including upstream and downstream emissions. Net zero by 2030, 50% cut from 2007 by 2030. Net zero emissions from operations, 50% cut from 2000 by 2030. American Electric Power. 80% by 2050, 60% by 2030 (2000 baseline). Duke Power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 28, 2022

And, in between, Consumers Energy—an investor-owned utility that provides electricity to nearly 2 million customers—submitted a proposed settlement agreement on its integrated resource plan pending before the Michigan Public Service Commission. Our modeling for our 100-percent report included Consumers’ coal plant commitments.

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The goal is carbon neutrality for its internal operations and the electricity it produces by 2030. While Vestas conspicuously helps other enterprises achieve their energy goals by making and selling wind turbines, it is quietly trying to decarbonize its internal operations.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Also, in 2020, all the electricity it purchased to run its plants worldwide came from renewables. The aim is to cut its CO2 levels by 40% by 2030 and to be carbon neutral by 2050. Between 1995 and 2020, BMW reduced its CO2 emissions by 53%.

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Yale E360

MARCH 30, 2022

If wind and solar power continue the rapid growth they achieved over the last decade, rising by 20 percent annually until 2030, the global electricity sector will do its part to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C, according to a new report from climate think tank Ember. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2021

The Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) HB 0804/ SB1718 is the only bill that puts Illinois on a path to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2030 and 100% renewable energy by 2050. We need to quickly transition to a clean energy future in Illinois to prevent additional negative public health impacts from fossil fuel plants.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This marked a career shift toward direct climate and equity advocacy, where I could use my background in electrical engineering to more directly tackle the climate challenges threatening our planet’s critical resources, including the glaciers I would soon visit.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Meanwhile, it remains profoundly cheaper to produce electricity from solar than from new fossil fuel sources. Thats almost three times the amount of projected data center load growth nationally by 2030. Department of Energy estimated that unrestricted exports of LNG will increase wholesale domestic gas prices by over 30% by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

On May 12, Senate and House Committees held hearings on how the rapid increase in demand for electricity to power data centers filled with computers is impacting the price and availability of electricity for ordinary people on the regional electric grid operated by the PJM Interconnection. So our projections were off.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Another development with multi-state implications involves electric vehicles. There are some aggressive milestone requirements: 35% of new vehicles must be electric by 2026 and 68% in 2030. The possibility of snagging some of this funding may also help nudge some lagging states to think seriously about cutting carbon emissions.

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

EV fleet will be 20 percent larger in 2030 than previously forecasted thanks to new tax credits for electric vehicles, an analysis finds. Read more on E360 ?.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

However the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, the Midwest’s regional grid manager, has stepped up to approve long-awaited upgrades that will improve the reliability of the electricity system across the region, including Minnesota as well as Illinois and Michigan. That’s not a Minnesota utility…is it?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

I came to Madison ten years ago to pursue a masters in electrical engineering. Any plan enacted under this subsection shall maximize the impact of the plan on improving economic and racial equity. So, when I first heard of the Climate Accountability Actat a mere two sentencesI could have brushed it off as too high-level. Madison is our home.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

The national electricity plan projected that renewables will exceed coal in 2027. But given the growth of the economy, carbon emissions were projected to continuing growing steadily through 2030. The roadmap calls for Mumbai to get half its electricity from renewables by 2030 and 90% by 2050. As in the U.S.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

How would that change if I hopped on the electric bus route at the end of my block? Even when accounting for pollution from electricity generation, electric trucks can significantly reduce air pollution and get us on a better track to addressing climate change.

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