Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

A majority of city residents said they wanted reliable transit, better air quality, more renewable energy, higher household savings, and improved public health. Reducing energy use via energy efficiency would reduce carbon emissions, save residents and businesses money, and strengthen the city’s climate resiliency.

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Green Bang

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the US alone, consumers spend around $350 billion annually on electricity, with three-quarters of this energy going to waste. As energy consumption rises, the inefficiencies in current systems are becoming a visible challenge. 5 - Existing grid infrastructure in many regions needs to be in the right place.

Technology 52

Technology Technology Renewable Energy Electricity 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

As electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to increase, questions about how these cars and their batteries will be disposed of have been top of mind for current owners, future buyers, policymakers, and many experts in the automotive industry. After this second-life use, the batteries are then ready to be recycled.

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Recycling Electricity Renewable Energy Technology 362

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Coal power, from mining to generation, is among the thirstiest and most polluting ways to produce electricity. Eliminating coal from the world’s energy mix is a no-brainer for climate policy and a win for water, as well as for human lungs. Rivers provide a cooling effect on nearby lands, functioning as a natural air conditioner.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Solar panels generated almost 4 percent of electricity in the US in 2021, up from less than 1 percent in 2015. In some places that number is much higher; for example, 17% of California’s electricity generation came from solar in 2021. Almost half of all new energy capacity added to the US grid in 2021 came from solar.

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Carbon Monoxide Electricity Carbon Dioxide Renewable Energy 317

Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

Other provisions include a ban on incentives and rebates from Mass Save related to fossil fuel powered systems, except as backup for electric heat pumps. DPU is instructed to study how to make it easier for communities to adopt geothermal heating and cooling systems. Electric Grid. Renewable Energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Battery storage is essential to integrating more renewable energy into the grid. It provides energy resiliency in the case of natural disasters. At the module level, cooling and barriers between cells can help keep thermal runaway and heating in one cell from spreading to others.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2022

The Green Building Alliance , the City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, the Energy Innovation Center , and Duquesne Light Company , have secured a grant of technical assistance from the U.S. The associated energy cost savings would be designated to benefit residents of the Hill District.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Spring is a glorious time for renewable energy. Whatever the weather in March and beyond—in-like-a-lion blustery or out-like-a-lamb sunny—spring tends to be a season of strong electricity production from solar and wind in particular. Wind and solar have been major sources of new electric generation capacity in recent years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

At any point in the summer, extreme heat could trigger electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages. In reality, a big heat wave could lead to electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages during any summer month, but September is when it’s most likely. How well has California’s grid been performing this summer?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 13, 2024

As electric vehicle charging stations sprout like mushrooms along our roads and clusters of new wind turbines come online, these two clean energy solutions to the climate crisis are becoming more commonplace. The United States needs to speed its transition to clean energy in order to stave off even worse impacts of climate change.

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Energy and Climate Law

OCTOBER 22, 2020

By Ceciel Nieuwenhout, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability; Lead Author of WP 1 T1.2 Report to the H2020 POCITYF-project A substantial part of energy in the EU is consumed by households , for powering electric appliances and for heating and cooling.

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Electricity Renewable Energy Law Regulations 246

Green Bang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A primary concern is the energy required to run AI models, especially the training of large models like GPT-3 and GPT-4. Training GPT-3 consumed about 1,300 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity, roughly equivalent to the annual consumption of 130 U.S. households. These models are just the beginning.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Without electricity or heat, some people apparently turned to portable generators, which can fill a home with carbon monoxide exhaust. This means that for an indefinite amount of time—depending on the cause of the outage —a home can go without electricity for lighting, heating, cooling and other needs that people depend on every day.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

This would have enabled the CAISO to expand its operations into the rest of the west as a regional transmission organization (RTO), an independent entity that plans and operates the electricity grid. Now, 22 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have 100% clean energy goals on the books.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Read the full story from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. As Angelenos wake up for the day, they turn on lights powered by 100% clean electricity. Their homes are cool, protected from the … Continue reading NREL partners to identify strategies for a more equitable clean energy transition in Los Angeles

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Like many other public-serving institutions throughout society, electricity and gas utilities are facing calls to be more equitable in their operations, planning, and treatment of customers. How are energy equity and energy justice connected? Energy equity lives under the umbrella of energy justice.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Rather than using treated wastewater to cool the steam the Allen plant uses to make electricity, as other plants have done, the TVA continues to tap into the source of Memphis’s drinking water. TVA CEO Jeff Lyash has often referred to gas as a bridge fuel , needed in the transition to renewable energy.

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Green Bang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The environmental implications of this trend are significant, as AI-driven data centers account for a rising percentage of global energy use, leading many to question the long-term sustainability of AI. The Rising Energy Crisis in AI Training large AI models requires massive computational resources.

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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. And third, increasing energy efficiency and lowering overall energy demand in those sectors.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Until June 2021 the new target shall be implemented into EU legislation via the following : revising and expanding the EU Emissions Trading System; adapting the Effort Sharing Regulation and the framework for land use emissions; reinforcing energy efficiency and renewable energy policies; and strengthening CO2 standards for road vehicles.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2023

Additionally, they are encouraged to learn more about options for managing energy costs by exploring the Commission’s official electric shopping website, PAPowerSwitch.com, for details on competitive offers for electricity supplies and energy conservation tips.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Rate design has been a site of experimentation and contestation since the earliest days of electricity provisioning. In the earliest days of electricity provisioning, fixed charges were common in residential rates due to the limits of metering technology. Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Natural CO2 refrigeration at the ice rinks to 100% renewables-powered venues are just some of the technologies implemented. Cooling ice rinks. For the first time at any Olympics, China is using CO2, collected from industrial waste gases, to cool ice rinks in its four ice sports venues. Fully powered by renewable energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

While it is a heavily polluting fossil fuel that is set to continue declining as a fuel source for US electricity generation over the next decade, coal still accounted for roughly 20 percent of the country’s generation in 2022. Fuel transport – Spring floods can hinder the transportation of fuels like coal.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2021

On June 1, the Public Utility Commission reminded electric customers that all the state’s electric distribution companies (EDCs) are increasing electric generation prices on June 1 for non-shopping customers. Information on fixed and variable electric rates is available here.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Advocates of renewable energy have argued since the 1970s that the variable, weather-dependent nature of sunlight and wind is a modest obstacle at best to relying on 100 percent renewables. Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 2, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen The world invested a record-high amount in renewables in 2022, a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has found. It revealed that the global investments in renewable energy as well as energy efficiency reached $ 1.3 Photo credit: IRENA.

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Physics World

APRIL 27, 2022

A new type of photovoltaic cell continues working after sunset thanks to an additional generator that harvests electricity from the temperature difference between the cell and its surroundings. When the Sun is shining, conventional photovoltaic (PV) cells absorb energy over a wide range of wavelengths. Thermoelectric effect.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 6, 2023

It was briefly the world’s largest floating solar farm, though like most renewable energy records that crown has now gone China’s way. But floating solar panels do more than generate electricity. Panels over water are naturally cooled from beneath, and so their location adds to their efficiency.

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Solar Power Clean Energy Renewable Energy Cooling 98

A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

A woman pours water over her head to cool off during soaring temperatures in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 April 2023. Transition quickly to renewable energy As much as 95% of West Bengal’s 10.7 The state has plans to generate 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, which is too little, too late.

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 24, 2023

His viewpoint is based on facts such as the exponential growth of renewable energy sources (something I blogged about recently ) as well as the increase in sales of electric cars. Simply switching from fossil fuels to renewables for our electricity and converting our fossil fuels cars to electric ones won’t cut it.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Back in November, I had argued that solar photovoltaic panels and energy storage solutions were a better alternative to generate electricity for Ukrainian hospitals. I wanted to offer a follow-up to this article and elaborate on how energy management and renewables are needed for hospitals and clinics everywhere.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2022

With costs for electric generation increasing on June 1 for many utility customers, the Public Utility Commission reminds consumers they have options to manage anticipated higher bills and, in particular, stresses that consumers currently struggling to pay monthly bills should act now and seek assistance by contacting their utility.

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 20, 2023

That burden needs to be considered against the backdrop of Energize Denver, a previously enacted Denver ordinance that will require all commercial and multifamily buildings in the city to gradually replace their heating and cooling systems with all electric.

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Environment Blog

MARCH 25, 2020

Verifying transactions uses electricity. The cost of this electricity is borne by the miner, so it is no surprise that they have improved the hardware used for the process, creating increasingly more powerful machines. Those that live in areas where electricity has a high cost will find it difficult to turn a profit.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In a neocapitalist world that promotes to always consume MORE of everything, how can we seriously and meaningfully consume LES S energy ? Time is running out on the climate emergency and energy efficiency, conservation and sobriety are key to building fast a carbon neutral future. That’s why wasted energy is so prevalent.

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