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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2023

And it will make it even more important when winter electricity demand increases because more households are using electric heat pumps. It also makes offshore wind an important seasonal complement to the region’s abundant and growing solar power capacity. Power everywhere. The US offshore wind map.

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Physics World

JUNE 28, 2021

A device that can generate electricity while desalinating seawater has been developed by researchers in Saudi Arabia and China, who claim that their new system is highly efficient at performing both tasks. The device uses waste heat from the solar cell for desalination, thereby cooling the solar cell.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2024

The new solar site, owned by Four Twelve Renewables , will partner with the Dollar Energy Fund to ensure proceeds from the site go towards helping to lower utility bills in low-income communities. Pennsylvania has tremendous potential for solar energy on abandoned mine lands. Click Here for video and photos from the event.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 21, 2022

It will be happening in the (virtual) boardroom of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which has authority over the bulk electric transmission system across much of the Midwest. The most consequential vote to advance a clean energy future won’t be happening in Washington, D.C., or your state capital next week.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

On January 9, the Department of Environmental Protection encouraged local governments and authorities to take advantage of the Shared Energy Manager Program that has already worked with communities to identify more than $2.8 As of the end of November 2024, this program helped participating governments identify over $2.8

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Ahead of COP26, the UK government has signalled its support for climate action by announcing a £265 million renewables support scheme. . The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is the preferred government method to incentivise investment in renewables and other low-carbon energy technologies. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. A s we transition our homes and vehicles to electric power, it’s imperative that the electricity sector be clean. Take Action: Tell Ontario to phase out polluting gas power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 13, 2022

Overly focusing on technological innovation will miss the basic changes needed to drive the clean energy transition at scale and at pace today, including required breakthroughs on collaboration, collective action, communication, governance, and business model reforms. to 80 percent of electricity from zero-carbon resources by 2030.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The revised 2030 energy and climate plan, unveiled by the government, targets the expansion of wind and solar power. The Mediterranean country aims for renewables to account for an 82% share of electricity production by 2030. The previous plan released in 2019 had set out only a 66% share.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

Josh Shapiro joined Department of General Services Secretary Reggie McNeil, Constellation President & CEO Joseph Dominguez, and Lightsource bp Senior Vice President Alyssa Edwards to unveil the Commonwealth’s renewable energy initiative, the Pennsylvania Project to Utilize Light and Solar Energy (PA PULSE). Shapiro’s Energy/Climate Plan.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

On 15 October, the port in Shandong was certified as carbon-neutral by the China Classification Society Quality Certification Company, according to a government statement. Weifang Port’s “zero-carbon” certification was primarily achieved by transitioning away from fossil fuel use, according to China Electric Power News (CEPN).

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Statement by Keith Brooks, Programs Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – We are very happy to see the Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) proposal to procure 5,000 megawatts (MW) of non-emitting renewable electricity in the coming years.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 30, 2025

By Anna Bjerde What will it take to bring electricity to 300 million people in Africa who currently live without it? This is the goal we at the World Bank have set for Mission 300 to halve the number of people on the continent without reliable electricity by 2030. Photo credit: Reuters / Esa Alexander.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

The installation of solar panels in Brazil is increasing amidst the water crisis. With fears of energy rationing and rising electricity bills, farmers and livestock breeders opt for sustainability and self-sufficiency. This brings with it the possibility of severe electricity rationing. The solar power plant is one more.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2023

Ontario recently announced it would contract new polluting gas plants to generate electricity for the province. This is outrageous, especially given that Ontario successfully phased out coal-fired power plants between 2005 and 2017 and brought down greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector by 93 per cent.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Ontario recently re-contracted four gas-fired power plants to generate electricity for the province and appears poised to contract more in the near future. . Take Action: Tell Ontario To Stop Using Fossil Gas Power. Yes, Ontario needs new electricity generation. But there are loopholes.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Statement by Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – New analysis released today from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) demonstrates that the Government of Canada is still intent on providing massive subsidies to fossil fuel companies.

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Earthava

APRIL 20, 2021

If we consider a home in an undeveloped region with no access to the electricity grid, solar panels are worth of million smiles with a sense of development and upbringing. For developed regions, solar panels are a sign of positive climate action and sustainability. Are Solar Panels Worth It?

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A Greener Life

JUNE 22, 2022

In the next two years, Bhutan plans to harness 300 megawatts of solar energy, Minister for Economic Affairs Lokhnath Sharma has told The Third Pole. The government has identified seven sites across the country to install solar farms, at a cost of around 21.6 Solar energy has become competitive.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The IRA also provides funding for electric vehicles and charging equipment, energy-saving appliances, battery-storage systems, and heat pumps, and has awarded a national total of nearly $8.4 The benefits that solar energy provides for schools, nonprofits, businesses and municipalities are clearer than ever,” said Ms.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 1, 2024

The grants will enable investments in solar projects , building energy-efficiency upgrades , the buildout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure , and the promotion of climate-smart agricultural practices , among many other projects. Environmental Protection Agency announced the 25 successful applicants for a shared $4.3

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

CCS is a multi-billion dollar boondoggle that doesn’t come close to the hype, has significant safety risks, and is a substantial distraction from real climate solutions, such as building more renewable energy, increasing electricity transmission infrastructure, and developing and using storage technology. Want proof?

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A Greener Life

MAY 23, 2024

A solar-powered charging station in Yibin, south-west China. Two-way charging could give vehicles like these the potential to stabilise power supplies by discharging stored electricity back to the grid. million “new energy” vehicles on the road, the vast majority of which require electricity.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The webinars are divided into funding areas: Electric Power; Agriculture and Working Lands; Tribal Programs; Transportation; Buildings; and Industrial and Waste. Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a series of webinars the week of August 7 on Investing in America - Climate Action Funding Fair.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. The company sells electric motorbikes in Danang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and is exploring the reuse of electric batteries and how to power its factory with green energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity. Bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity are the largest and fastest growing sources of LCFS credits in recent years. Officially CARB claims that the LCFS includes no offset program.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 15, 2024

This week, we’ll be at the Court of Appeals for Ontario i n support of seven youth who are suing the Ontario government over its weak climate target and plan. And their court case has the potential to push the Ontario government, but also governments across Canada, to do more for their future. What’s the case about?

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2023

How would you feel if I told you that the Ontario government is going to blow another $4 billion on another environmentally destructive and indefensible act? Ontario is poised to unnecessarily spend over $4 billion on polluting gas plants that the federal government is in the process of phasing out. Catherines. How do we know?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2024

PWT said this timely and critical report examines the current state of the PJM electric grid system, highlighting the challenges it faces and the potential consequences if immediate action is not taken. The findings are clear—our current path is unsustainable, and it's time to address the realities facing our electric grid."

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2024

MW DC ground-mount solar power project known as the Grandview project on a site located in Lancaster County. The development of the Project as a community solar project will be subject to the final approval of House Bill 1842 by the State government of Pennsylvania. The bill is currently under review by the Senate.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . Source: IESO [link].

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 Administrator Adam Ortiz, PennVEST Chairman Dr. Brian Regli, and local government partners to celebrate Earth Month and highlight the partnership between federal, state, and local governments to fight climate change. billion pool established by the IRA and administered by the EPA. 27 Released 1.1

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

I sometimes ask students to guess what state produces the most wind power. Republicans have an iron grip on Texas government. One major difference between the two states is the way they regulate electricity. Texas is the poster child for electricity deregulation. They’re always shocked to find out the right answer: Texas.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

Here are 116 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. 1 -- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Gas Natural Gas Rates To Increase Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“Why pay for polluting energy from a dirty power plant hundreds of miles away when Pennsylvanians can just soak up the sun on our rooftops?” Small-scale solar energy, of which rooftop solar is the largest component - is growing rapidly in the United States, producing 10 times as much power in 2022 as a decade earlier.

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