PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2024

Exus chose to repower the facility thanks to the clean energy plan’s 30% production tax credits for American wind power. Pennsylvania highlights-- -- Vitro Architectural Glass announced a $93.6 21 Webinar On Applying For The New Solar For Schools Grant Program [PaEN] -- PennDOT Announces $7.1

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

Recently, the CBC , working with pollster Janet Brown, released the results of its annual spring report card on Alberta’s political and economic well-being. Solar panels and wind turbines produce electricity much more cheaply than gas turbines, coal plants and oil burners.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 18, 2024

A Swiss wind farm. By Anders Lorenzen Swiss politics sets itself apart from most countries. The government had grown concerned that as the demand for electricity in Switzerland was increasing, supply was not. The increased demand was partly due to the increase in electric vehicles and heat pumps.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) visits a hybrid power plant where “green” hydrogen is made using wind power and fed into the gas grid. Now in place for three months, the new coalition has overhauled a decades-long political stance toward Russia which was centred on Wandel durch Handel (change through trade).

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable. 1] But recent power outages in Texas and California have poured cold water on these arguments. 1] But recent power outages in Texas and California have poured cold water on these arguments. But all else is not equal.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

18 Planet Philadelphia Radio Program Provides Updates On Wind Power, Local Green Energy Efforts -- Observer-Reporter: Fayette County Zoning Board Nixes Request For Georges Township Solar Energy Facility -- Citizens Voice: Fairview Twp. PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts 2 Educator Workshops Nov.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Brazil’s offshore potential At sea, winds are more constant and intense than on land, and the area is wider for wind farms, providing greater potential for energy generation. This is enormously valuable for an electricity system,” said Fiestas. Developing a 1 GW project would represent around 20% of its electricity system. “In

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A Greener Life

JULY 4, 2024

Editorial Today (4th of July) the British public heads to the polls to decide who will govern the country that has been through several political earthquakes for the past decade, for the next five years. Photo credit: Rwendland – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

While those applying for a permit to construct a major renewable energy facility in New York must “consult[] with the municipality or political subdivision where the project is proposed to be located . . . Law § 94-c(2)(h). Developers of renewable energy facilities of at least 20 MW but less than 25 MW may also submit applications to ORES.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

“We are pushing the Chinese company to complete its financial closure by 31 December 2023, and start construction at the earliest so that it can be completed by 2025,” Shah Jahan Mirza, managing director of the Pakistan government-owned Private Power and Infrastructure Board told me. Pakistan’s energy sector is dominated by fossil fuels.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A central limitation is that these RECs must have as their source a renewable energy resource “located in or directly deliverable into zone J load zone,” the New York City area of the electricity grid. Despite carefully crafted markets, political factors push prices far too low. This echoes the experience of other carbon markets.

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Legal Planet

JULY 22, 2021

Today, I’ll explain how we might advance political feasibility through climate policy, how that is connected to technological innovation, and how we must necessarily balance between all four of these goals (efficiency, equity, political feasibility, and technological innovation) in developing climate policy. Green spirals.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Petitioners challenging EPA’s new source performance standards for carbon emissions from power plants filed their opening briefs in the D.C. Power Plant Owners Challenged New York “Zero Emission Credits” for Nuclear Plants. Coalition for Competitive Electricity v. Circuit Court of Appeals. Fish & Wildlife Service , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

While he does not mention climate change, there is a brief nod to climate solutions through emissions reductions: Come on electric utilities, don’t tell me you are just passing along those high natural gas prices to the ratepayer and at the same time ask the taxpayers to subsidize it more.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] Shellenberger. 5] The U.S.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

billion to build out charging capacity for electric vehicles, and $6 billion for energy storage. For instance, Iowa can generate more wind power than it can get to markets in Chicago and further east. There’s another $7.5 We will need much more robust transmission to achieve a carbon neutral grid.

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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). I’ll start off with the good.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

Shapiro Unveils Cap-And-Invest PA Climate Emissions Reduction Initiative To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants; Update Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Diversify Electric Generation, Improve Reliability [PaEN] -- Senate Republicans Reject Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2025

January 28-- Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee hearing on understanding your electric bill, what are you paying for power? January 27-- NASEO Hosts Webinar On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program, PA Energy Programs For Industry. 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 8:30 to 9:30.

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Environmental Europe

JANUARY 26, 2017

As one previous post on this blog detailed, the current political turmoil in Northern Ireland was sparked by a subsidy for renewable energy production. Though it is tempting to blame political carelessness, the ongoing RHI scandal prompts a broader reflection about renewable energy policy instruments. data: SOeS ).

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

But with the recent influx of government incentives for hydrogen production, new and improving production and storage technologies, and greater political will than ever before, H 2 ’s reputation is gaining favor. All this is not to say there is no place for hydrogen in a clean energy future.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2024

#txlege #energytwitter pic.twitter.com/WNjNJtAXqO — Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) August 1, 2024 On the back of extreme heat which has gripped huge parts of the US over the past couple of weeks, Texas set a new solar power generation record and beat the high of 13.2 gigawatts (GW) set in July last year by over 50%.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 24, 2023

The offshore wind energy industry faced huge challenges in 2023 A series of political and economic events made 2023 a particularly difficult year for the renewable energy industry, with many exploring how best to decarbonise economies. These are just a few of examples of a string of 2023 events.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Salts have also proven a great resource for the Chilean economy although today its lithium resources have also taken prominence on the world stage as battery development increases for better power storage and production in the new generation of electric cars (28). Deserts are also useful sources of wind power.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2022

Other States/National/International -- CNN: Wind Power Generated More Electricity Than Coal, Nuclear For First Time, Right Behind Natural Gas -- AP: Wind Energy Company Kills 150 Eagles In U.S., What’s Your Community Doing? Pleads Guilty -- Reuters: Special Report: U.S. Pleads Guilty -- Reuters: Special Report: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2022

Natural Gas Drillers Add 3 Rigs Last Week -- The Guardian: Germany Doing All It Can To Stop Importing Russian Gas; Will Be Using Renewables For All Its Electricity In 20 Years -- Bloomberg: Biden’s Hydrogen Hub Plan Sparks $8 Billion Race Among U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 24, 2025

Despite sharing ideological leanings with other Canadian conservative jurisdictions like Ontario, and to a lesser extent Nova Scotia, and states such as Texas, Alberta remains an outlier, placing heavy restrictions on renewable power development. But there is reason to hope. It gets better. MT in 2020, or 13.5

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2022

26 Get To Know The Clear Creek State Forest, Noon 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables [ There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay ] -- October 19, 1973: First Of Six Major Fossil Fuel Embargos For Political Gain, This One By OPEC Over U.S.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2021, however, when asked about Biden’s plan to eliminate electricity-related emissions by 2035, Cornyn said, ““It’s pure fantasy. But, he says, “we’re not yet at the point innovation-wise where we can rely mostly on intermittent, renewable sources to power electric grids.” John Thune (SD).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Million To Allegheny Electric Cooperative Under Rural Energy Programs [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: We Must Build On, Not Kill, Clean Energy Momentum - by Adam Forgie, Mayor, Turtle Creek Borough -- DCED Begins Accepting Applications For PA Solar For Schools Grants Nov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The increasing investments, precisely in the places that voted for him, make President-elect Trumps pledge to terminate many green programs political wolf talk. Hudson was wide awake for the money coming to his district to expand a massive Toyota battery plant for electric vehicles and hybrids. Senator Blackburn seems well aware of it.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

San Diego commits to 100% clean electricity. . Trump attacks wind power in state that gets nearly third of energy from wind. Wind Industry Tacks as Trump Shifts the Political Climate. Myths and facts to know ahead of Rick Perry's study on the electrical grid and renewable energy. 2017.06.14.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 5, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen A leading energy think tank says that last month, less than half of the US electricity capacity came from fossil fuels. of generated electricity. As a result, clean energy sources generated the largest amount of electricity in the US last month, 50.8%a of US electricity generation. a new record.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The way to beat China on cheap solar panels and wind turbines is not through isolation and anti-competition policies such as, for example, the increased tariffs on solar panels and electric cars recently placed on China. And China is, these days, seemingly in control of the supply and distribution of many of these materials.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Nonetheless, potential policy changes in three areas could undercut new energy investment under a second Trump administration: protectionist trade measures and deglobalization; regulatory uncertainty and political risk; and fiscal and monetary policy. Regulatory Uncertainty And Political Risk Energy is a quintessentially global business.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

This bill will include funding for roads, public transportation and electric vechicles charging stations as well $47 for climate resilency projects but does not include many of the climate provisions orginally proposed by the adminstration. The Trump administration never named a political appointee to this position.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The resulting fall of natural gas prices made it the fuel of choice for electricity producers, and coal use declined. Additionally, in the 2010s, solar and wind generated electricity became cost competitive with, if not outright cheaper than coal, natural gas, and nuclear power.

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