Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

The progress in the numbers The new numbers are from the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA), which collects data from power plant operators from across the country. Solar power increased the most among renewable electricity sources in percentage terms, up 24 percent. It supplied 10.5 percentage points).*

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Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2024

The first efforts to use of wind to generate electricity was 134 years ago, and the photoelectric effect was discovered six decades earlier. So in a sense, these are old technologies — about the same age as the very first internal combustion engines. Persian experts were sent by Genghis Khan to establish the technology in China.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 30, 2022

The combination of offshore wind turbines, floating solar panels and green hydrogen are some of the hybrid clean energy technologies currently under development off the Dutch coast. . The flagship wind farm made headlines as the operator, Swedens’s Vattenfall in 2018 won the concession to build it without government subsidy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

From 2020 to 2040, solar generation in these states jumps nearly ninefold and wind generation more than sevenfold. Our analysis also demonstrates renewables’ power. Emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants in alliance states drop 88 percent and 77 percent respectively by 2040.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. 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.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Weifang Port’s “zero-carbon” certification was primarily achieved by transitioning away from fossil fuel use, according to China Electric Power News (CEPN). It has built a wind power system to provide green energy for its operations and deployed hydrogen-powered vehicles to replace fossil-fuel-powered trucks.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 21, 2022

For the first time ever in the 27-year history of UN climate talks, at COP26 fossil fuels were mentioned in the final agreement. This shows that we are getting nearer to consigning the fossil fuel industry to history, even though there’s still a long way to go. Of those fossil fuels, coal will be the first to go.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

Renewable energy generation increases faster than any other technology. The good news : EIA is projecting that the share of renewables more than doubles to 44 percent of the US electricity generation mix by 2050, surpassing natural gas as the leading source of power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

And EIA projects the capacity of wind power, already the largest source of renewable electricity in the country, to grow 4.7 Solar and wind together will leap past coal With all that new generating capacity, wind turbines and solar panels will be producing appreciably more electricity than in years past.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is a signal not only of the country’s unhealthy reliance on fossil fuels but also a failure to move away from gas in a way that other countries have done successfully. Now such a crisis has arisen again. What happened to energy efficiency? So far they have done little in pushing this forward.

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A Greener Life

JULY 26, 2021

In order to make their portfolio more sustainable and respond to lower fossil fuel demand, oil majors are increasingly snapping up renewable energy projects as the pressure grows to take action on climate change. This has incentivized oil and gas majors such as BP, Equinor and Shell to invest in wind power generation.

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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. Hydrogen can be used for medium-to-long-term energy storage, heat and power generation, and transportation.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In order to reduce emissions, we must phase out fossil fuels—oil, coal and gas—and move towards renewable energy and less plastic and petrochemical production since these products, so dangerous as ocean pollutants, are made from oil. Individual nations, like Vietnam, made new commitments as well.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 30, 2023

PV Magazine published at the beginning of the year an article stating that fossil fuels already had peaked. ” A recent study by Ember Climate shows that King Coal is already on its way out as it is being replaced by solar and wind. Lithium ion technology is just one among many others. How fast is just up to us.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 6, 2022

Glen Canyon Dam is now operating at about 60 percent of its designed hydroelectric capacity, according to Nick Williams, the Upper Colorado River Basin power office manager for the Bureau of Reclamation. Rated for 1,320 megawatts — roughly the size of a large fossil fuel plant — the dam is now capable of only 800 megawatts.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 2, 2023

I wrote about it before, both solar photovoltaic and wind power are on exponential curves. This is a welcome trend and I just wish solar thermal – which is much simpler from a technological standpoint – would see a tenth of its cousin’s growth. Even the IEA has stopped denying it.

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A Greener Life

JULY 4, 2024

In the past 14 years much has happened in the space of climate change as well as the advancement of clean energy , but it has also become clear how hard it is to say goodbye to fossil fuels. Cut the green crap But support for other energy sources and technologies as well as broader decarbonisation strategies have been less impressive.

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Cresforum

JANUARY 16, 2024

Increased electrification in both the industrialized and the developing world is projected to help meet emissions reduction goals, and nuclear power could provide much of the future needs for electricity. electricity generation, nuclear power produces more than half of the nation’s emissions-free electricity. Title II of H.R.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This week, the country moved forward with plans to construct its first offshore wind farms. In a draft plan, the government of Greece Identified areas for private development, with the long-term intention of lessening dependence on fossil fuels. Last year it generated more than 50% of power from onshore wind, solar and hydro.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This August, Brazil’s senate plans to vote on a regulatory framework for offshore wind that will be essential for the sector to advance, while Colombia is expecting bids by September from companies wanting to explore its maritime area. Offshore wind power is being resisted by sectors linked to fossil fuels.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 15, 2022

A Green Spur wind turbine. Renewable energy technologies such as wind and solar continue to grow. These technologies are very reliant on rare earth minerals, many of which are mined in conflict areas and countries such as China , where workers rights are often overlooked. Photo credit: Green Spur. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, it’s crucial that we shift energy production away from the unsustainable fossil fuels that cause climate change and towards those that release little to no greenhouse gases (GHG), such as solar and wind power. Clean energy is key to national security. degrees Celsius.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2023

Fossil gas, which is used for heating, electricity, and industrial processes, is responsible for one third of Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions and is harmful to human health. When paired with existing long-term storage technologies, these renewable sources can provide electricity during peak times. It’s not natural, safe, or clean.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study shows that it would take less than 1 percent of the land in the Lower 48—that’s an area comparable to or even smaller than the fossil fuel industry’s current footprint. EIA also projects US battery storage capacity to more than double in 2023.

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Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

In the case of climate change, there is unequal access to the knowledge, technology, and finances that would help to combat it. All of these require huge investments and new technologies and that’s where the inequalities mentioned earlier become very significant. It’s easy to regulate, it doesn’t have to be a tax.

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Environment Blog

MARCH 25, 2020

Bill Gates hailed Bitcoin as a “technological tour de force” while Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, said that it “has the potential to do something like change the world.”. This is down to the governments and local authorities that choose coal-powered plants and other fossil fuel powered electricity production.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 22, 2020

This blog post will explore the electric alternatives to fossil fuel-powered industrial farm equipment, and the barriers to their adoption. To facilitate the general electrification of the equipment in our lives, which currently run on fossil fuels, major investments are needed to our electrical system. [13].

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A Greener Life

MAY 23, 2024

There is therefore an urgent need for technological and pricing mechanisms that encourage owners to avoid charging at peak times. This will become increasingly important as solar and wind power expands because these energy flows are more difficult to adjust than, say, coal power. Photo credit: Michel Stoupak / Alamy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

A proposed offshore wind procurement bill in Maine would go a long way to enable the state to meet its climate and clean energy targets and become a national leader in floating offshore wind technology. NREL and DNV expect floating offshore wind costs to dip to $60 to $80/MWh by 2030 and $45 to $50/MWh by 2035.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The other is to improve the energy structure, replacing fossil fuel sources with alternatives. Wind and solar power can provide green electricity for those facilities, while the low local temperatures can help with cooling requirements. Neither of these will be easy for Inner Mongolia.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Imagine the dazzling dizziness of looking up at the world’s tallest wind turbine: the Max Bögl Wind AG turbine in Germany stands 808 feet tall—the height of two and a half Statues of Liberty. Wind turbines aren’t just big towers. That’s enough to power 39 million homes. Building from the ground, or seabed, up.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

While solar PV and wind power are grabbing headlines, another clean energy revolution is silently taking place. Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) is a mature technology that is becoming a key component in our much needed global energy transition and the creation of a circular economy. Biogas feedstocks are everywhere.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be powered by hydrogen. Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to replace fossil fuels in trucks, ships, planes and heavy industry. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. By Fred Pearce.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Healey issued the CID in connection with an investigation into unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce with respect to fossil fuel products and securities. Power Plant Owners Challenged New York “Zero Emission Credits” for Nuclear Plants. Fish & Wildlife Service , No. 4:16 -cv-06040 (N.D.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2022

Evidence is accumulating that climate change contributes to conditions that provide more power to storms capable of producing tornadoes. Advances in science and technology help predict tornado activity, so there is rightfully more focus ( here , here , and here ) on improving communication to residents so that they may seek shelter.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

ERCOT also expected, during peak demand events in winter, to have power from wind represent about 27% of installed wind capacity. In its most severe appraisal of the loss of wind capacity, ERCOT expected 8% of wind power compared to capacity. percent of the grid’s power.

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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. The costs of wind and solar power have been dropping like a stone.

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