Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

On November 4, 2022, the White House announced a new initiative to support research and development projects on 37 “game-changing” technologies to advance the Biden Administration’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. We will be tracking future funding announcements under this initiative.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. How is that going to happen? Their report, however, comes with a warning.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Using an interactive online dashboard-- Renewables on the Rise 2024 -- documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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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

JULY 22, 2022

Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants. These investments will help accommodate accelerating amounts of low-cost renewable energy like wind and solar power, laying the groundwork for a cleaner, cheaper grid.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

But solar’s growth, especially in large arrays, has made it much more visible in communities and landscapes across the country, sparking a lot of conversations about land use, technology options, community engagement, and how best to site the many more megawatts of solar we need.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a major—forthcoming—refresh for one of the biggest policy drivers of the nation’s clean energy transition to date: tax credits subsidizing the deployment of clean electricity resources. These incentives aren’t just historically important.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

Fortunately, solutions like energy storage and clean energy technologies can provide safe, reliable, and equitable power during severe weather conditions. People receiving medical support at home often require the use of various electric-powered equipment for their care.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As port throughput continues to grow, energy consumption is also on the rise, and some ports are struggling with the technology and policy involved, leading to slow progress in achieving zero-carbon goals. Some lack sufficient space or have outdated existing equipment that prevents the effective installation of solar power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

It’s worth delving into because it has some important implications for our clean energy future. US Electricity Generation Wind and solar lead the way in decarbonizing the power sector to meet near-term climate targets. Source: UCS Accelerating Clean Energy Ambition.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

The IRA was passed into law to propel our nation’s clean energy transition forward. With the shift to a tax credit premised on technology-neutral framing, the risk is high that heavily polluting power plants—the very polluters this tax credit is meant to drive the shift away from—instead co-opt it for their own.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

The policy statement notes that electricity-storage technology, namely batteries, can be used by EDCs instead of or in addition to more traditional “wired” solutions, to maintain or to increase the reliability or the resilience of the electric distribution system, along with potential benefits.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 29, 2023

It’s meant to provide subsidies for clean energy projects in order to help Canada reach its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. The project being subsidized involved equipping a fossil gas power plant in Alberta with carbon capture technology – a massively expensive, risky, unnecessary and ineffective proposition.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University There is a renewable energy revolution happening all over the world: costs for renewable energy have dropped significantly in the last 10 years and the world is starting to adopt the technology at a very fast pace.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Instead of investing in clean energy, the fossil fuel industry perpetuates the problem and erodes public trust. The industry has shown its true colors, it loves to talk about green energy, but it doesn’t put its money where its mouth is. billion on advertising.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Beyond IUIs and PAYS models, federal tax credits and energy rebates are also available to homeowners as a supplement for more permanent improvements. Federal tax credits are available for specific installations of energy efficient technology and building envelope upgrades.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There are two types of solar technology for electricity generation. Another technology, concentrating solar power (CSP) , uses the sun’s heat instead. That technology accounts for 84% of US solar panels , according to the US Department of Energy. A solar panel has been made.

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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. Click Here for a copy of the report.

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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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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is the preferred government method to incentivise investment in renewables and other low-carbon energy technologies. The government hopes that this will double the renewable energy electricity capacity which was secured in the scheme’s third round. Bringing down the cost.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 4, 2024

That technology has been available to homeowners for more than a half century. The FERC-NERC report recommends this technology as if it were new. What is most appalling is the tone FERC and NERC adopted when describing the absence of preventive measures, such as remote monitoring of key equipment temperature.

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Environmental Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The US Department of Energy released a study last Wednesday that suggests solar power could provide 35% of the nation’s electricity supply by 2035 and 45% by 2050. The scenario assumes continued technological innovation to….

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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. The Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm. Photo credit: Orsted.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

The amount of solar energy at K-12 schools in Pennsylvania doubled since 2020, according to a new statewide report on schools' adoption of solar published by Generation180 , a clean energy nonprofit. Despite the pandemic, the solar capacity on K-12 schools rose from 14.5

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Environmental Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The US Department of Energy released a study last Wednesday that suggests solar power could provide 35% of the nation’s electricity supply by 2035 and 45% by 2050. The scenario assumes continued technological innovation to….

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

Join the Pennsylvania Solar Center for a free action-oriented webinar that will offer tools, resources and activities that everyone can use to build support to pass this important clean energy bill. We’ll be joined by Rep. 16 Webinar: Why Should We Care About, Advocate For A Climate-Friendly Federal Farm Bill?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage. The West Virginia v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

All across the country, coal- and gas-fired power plants are still running, still polluting, and still showing signs of staying relentlessly online. The IRA gave us effective tools for cleaning up the power sector through dedicated support for the rapid and widescale deployment of renewable resources and the technologies that support them.

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2024

By 2022, the positions were reversed: onshore wind cost half as much as the cheapest fossil fuel power. The cost of solar PV fell even more steeply. A dozen years later, the cost of solar power had dropped by nearly 90% on a price per kilowatt basis. In 2010, it was seven times as expensive than fossil-fuel generation.

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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. of the country’s energy generation. Practically all of them are Chinese, with cutting-edge technology.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2022

On June 27, Nextracker LLC , the global market leader in utility-scale solar trackers, and BCI Steel , a Pittsburgh-based steel fabricator, announced the reopening of the historic Bethlehem Steel manufacturing factory in nearby Leetsdale to produce solar tracker equipment for large-scale solar power plants.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A solar power field in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. Last week, regulators in the local assembly of Tokyo , the capital of Japan , ruled that all new homes constructed by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install solar panels to cut emissions. Poor solar uptake. Photo credit: Reuters / Toru Hanai. By Anders Lorenzen.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

We have been in the solar industry since 2008 and recognize how critical renewable energy is to our future in so many ways. We want to help Western PA take its place as a technology leader in the Solar industry,” said Matt Carroll, CEO of BCI Steel and Full Tilt Energy Systems. “We

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2022

The Met-Ed/Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund has awarded a $230,000 grant toward a green building project at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. The $22 million project includes a new academic building to house new engineering technology programs on campus, including energy engineering technology.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2022

The clean energy industry is continuing to deploy significant amounts of storage to deliver a low-carbon future. Having enough energy storage in the right places will support the massive amount of renewables needed to add to the grid in the coming decades. Currently only 4 percent of US electricity comes from solar.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

However, make no mistake: Technological advancement did not create the production boom by itself. Likewise, pipeline giant Williams Companies now refers to its gas projects as “clean energy” projects. These claims just add to the deluge of greenwashing and disinformation from the fossil fuel industry.

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