Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

Many power plants that make steam to generate electricity, including nuclear and coal plants, most gas plants, and a small number of renewable energy plants, also take a hit when their cooling water temperatures climb. Cooling centers and utility bill assistance, for example, can be lifesaving. That’s the supply part.

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Electricity Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Cooling 246

A Greener Life

APRIL 11, 2025

ChatGPT response: Beyond energy consumption, data centers also impact local resources: Water usage : Cooling systems in data centers can consume significant amounts of water. While its data center emissions are the biggest issue, it would be unfair to ignore other environmental implications of data centres.

Renewable Energy 63

Renewable Energy Cooling Electricity Carbon Emissions 63

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This means redoubling efforts to cut emissions, and reliably constrain temperature rises, not gambling on speculative technological interventions to cool the planet. Or low-carbon energy from renewable energy systems rather than nuclear power, with its needs for cooling water.

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Government Cooling Natural Sciences Nuclear Power 306

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.

Paris Agreement 246

Paris Agreement 2030 Biofuels Cooling 246

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

For stationary storage, companies such as RePurpose Energy and B2U Storage Solutions are repurposing these batteries to be used for renewable energy generation support. As the grid becomes cleaner, added grid storage becomes more necessary to support the generation variability of renewable sources.

Recycling 362

Recycling Electricity Renewable Energy Technology 362

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The production and transportation of oil and gas also cause significant environmental impacts, as does the use of enormous amounts of water for cooling the generators. The infrastructure bill will definitely help, particularly by promoting new transmission lines to get renewable energy to market.

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Fossil Fuels Clean Air Act Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy 246

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

But do not doubt this: there is currently enough power generation and transmission currently to serve the increase in charging load from EV purchases in the next few years, particularly if they are charged at times when other demands for power are less (such as overnight) or at times of high renewable energy generation.

Electricity 352

Electricity Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Cooling 352

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2025

Penn Energy Savers Rebates Are Coming Soon To Help Eligible Households Upgrade To Energy Efficient Appliances, Do Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3

Renewable Energy 87

Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions Cooling Clean Energy 87

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP ) offers grants and loan guarantees to farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses for energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems. Renewable energy systems like solar dominate REAPs portfolio, with most awards granted to farms and small businesses.

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Renewable Energy 2014 2025 2024 75

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

The way we get around, where and what kind of places we live in, and how we heat and cool our homes are going to be key to our quality of life and the health of our environment this year. Speaking of homes, heating and cooling a home in Canada where we see 50 degree temperature swings over the course of the year requires lots of energy.

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2025 Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Cooling 96

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The hot, melty silicon cools and forms a single crystal (“monocrystalline”) structure as a cylindrical ingot. There’s a lot that goes into making solar happen beyond building panels, but responsibly accelerating solar panel manufacturing and installation is a critical step in the journey towards a just, sustainable renewable energy future.

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Carbon Monoxide Electricity Carbon Dioxide Renewable Energy 317

Scientific American

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The potential of geothermal energy as a carbon-free power source is well known. Now companies such as Google are helping to unlock it

Cooling 131

Cooling Renewable Energy Technology Technology 131

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.

Renewable Energy 246

Renewable Energy Government Regulations Electricity 246

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 79

Fossil Fuels Solar Power Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy 79

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

As California decarbonizes its economy, the state will build enormous amounts of renewable energy and energy storage to clean up the electricity sector. Every Californian can help ease the strain on the grid because, when the grid is under stress, people’s energy saving actions can make a big difference. heat pumps !).

Solar Power 299

Solar Power Fossil Fuels Electricity 2020 299

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

Change #1: 100% clean energy goals have spread At the beginning of 2018, the only state in the country with a 100% clean or renewable energy goal was Hawaii. Now, 22 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have 100% clean energy goals on the books.

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2018 Clean Energy Renewable Energy Electricity 278

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.

Electricity 246

Electricity Renewable Energy Law Regulations 246

Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

DPU is instructed to study how to make it easier for communities to adopt geothermal heating and cooling systems. Each electric distribution company will be directed to develop an electric-sector modernization plan to enable increased adoption of renewable energy and create a more reliable and resilient grid. Renewable Energy.

Clean Energy 147

Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2027 147

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Energy equity also means thinking about the unequal distribution of energy system costs in our country and how that directly reflects historical harms enacted through policy and siting of polluting facilities that have sacrificed communities of Black, Latinx, Native, low-income, and immigrant groups for decades.

Electricity 306

Electricity Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Renewable Energy 306

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

However, much of the attention paid to the flood risk of power plant sites has centered on nuclear plants, which also require a water source for the creation of steam, as well as for keeping the plant cool in an emergency.

Fossil Fuels 246

Fossil Fuels 2011 Climate Change Nuclear Power 246

Physics World

JUNE 28, 2021

The device uses waste heat from the solar cell for desalination, thereby cooling the solar cell. Climate change is also driving demand for renewable energy, like solar power. A theoretical model suggests that the hydrophobic membranes are key to achieving simultaneous PV cooling and a high rate of water production.

Electricity 145

Electricity Waste Cooling Solar Power 145

A Greener Life

JANUARY 2, 2025

IEA analysts expect this amount to remain relatively stable until around 2027, when consumption levels will start to level off as renewable energy sources start to play a more significant role, particularly in China – the worlds largest coal consumer and producer. billion tonnes in 2024.

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2027 Nuclear Power Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 52

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.

Renewable Energy 52

Renewable Energy Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Cooling 52

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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Renewable Energy Technology Technology Cooling 98

Environmental News Bits

MAY 31, 2023

The union has set renewable energy targets across numerous industries to be achieved by 2035, which includes making the heating and cooling sectors carbon … Continue reading Europe wants more cities to use data center waste heating

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Waste Renewable Energy Cooling Regulations 75

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

A report commissioned by the Ontario Power Authority (now the Independent Electricity System Operator) identified 64 potential offshore wind power sites in the Great Lakes that could produce nearly 35,000 MW of electricity which is 50 per cent more than our current energy demand. As the U.S. And without the pollution that gas plants cause.

Solar Power 123

Solar Power Wind Power Renewable Energy Electricity 123

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 13, 2024

For space heating and cooling, as well as water heating, heat pumps are a great solution for replacing fossil fuel appliances such as gas boilers—even in wintery parts of the country, thanks to new cold-climate heat pumps.

Fossil Fuels 288

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Electricity Climate Change 288

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Consistently cool to seasonable temperatures with some rather cold nights this weekend should accelerate leaf change throughout the Commonwealth. Signs of fall abound in Penn’s Woods, but a few northern tier counties will enter peak color this week, stealing the show. Click Here to read the October 6 to 12 report.

Renewable Energy 106

Renewable Energy Cooling Natural Resources Conservation 106

Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2023

The ways in which the IIJA and IRA address the need for new transmission capacity will be the subject of the second panel in our symposium, Transmission Case Study: Remaking our Power Grid for Renewable Energy. The high-voltage wires must be well insulated, kept cool, and set at a safe distance from any people or obstacles.

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Renewable Energy Electricity Clean Energy Energy Policy Act 130

Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Read the full story in Fast Company. SWG3, a dance club and arts venue, is getting a radical retrofit over the next two months, which will allow it to suck up the heat generated by thousands of visitors, store it in the depths of the Earth, and pump it back into the venue whenever it’s… Read more →

Cooling 80

Cooling Renewable Energy 80

Cleannovate

JUNE 28, 2021

The cool thing with capacitive desalination (also known as capacitive deionization or CDI) is that it utilizes minimal power (less than 2 volts). However, it is also ripe for more R & D in order to make it robust, affordable and reliant on renewable energy to make it more sustainable.

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Pollution Control Renewable Energy Cooling Ocean 113

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Spring is a glorious time for renewable energy. Total generation in spring and fall is consistently lower because of lower electricity demand for heating and cooling in the shoulder seasons. Spring is also a glorious time for taking stock, since the official data on the previous year’s US electricity generation become available.

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Electricity 2013 2023 Clean Energy 157

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

The purpose of ECOS is to improve the capability of state environmental agencies and their leaders to protect and improve human health and the environment of the United States Federal Funding Cuts, Freeze -- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited: Millions In Trout Unlimited Watershed Projects Improve The Environment, Local Economies Across The US; Federal (..)

Air Pollution 71

Air Pollution Environmental Protection Waste Climate Change 71

Physics World

MAY 13, 2021

According to study leader Kripa Varanasi , the effect might even allow untreated salty water to be used in certain industrial cooling systems. He adds that exploiting the effect could even make it possible to use salty water for cooling systems that would otherwise require valuable and often limited freshwater supplies.

Cooling 98

Cooling Renewable Energy Technology Technology 98

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2024

Four of the projects, each receiving $100,000, were in Pennsylvania-- -- Penn State Extension , College of Agricultural Sciences (University Park, Pennsylvania): Assessing the transformation of abandoned oil and gas wells in Venango and Mercer Counties for renewable energy production—specifically targeting the agricultural sector's energy needs—utilizing (..)

Renewable Energy 79

Renewable Energy Cooling Natural Gas 2024 79

Energy and Climate Law

JUNE 26, 2020

It agreed that measures of climate protection and the energy sector shall be at the forefront of the economic reconstruction after the crisis, taking into account in particular the goal of climate-neutrality of the EU by 2050 ( p.3

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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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2021 Renewable Energy Electricity Natural Gas 108