Law Columbia

JUNE 11, 2024

Local opposition has proven to be a significant barrier to the rapid expansion of renewable energy facilities across the United States. The report also identifies 395 local restrictions across 41 states, along with 19 state-level restrictions, that are so severe that they could have the effect of blocking a renewable energy project.

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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.

Renewable Energy 98

Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Solar Power 2030 98

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Premier had made it very clear in past statements that she is biased against renewable energy, and instead favours projects that cause pollution, limit Alberta’s future economic growth, and contribute to global climate change. Wind and solar energy are the least expensive sources of energy in Canada.

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Renewable Energy Government Fossil Fuels Wind Power 84

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

But rather than ramping up the use of polluting fossil gas, this is the perfect moment for the province to transition to clean and safe renewable energy. But the agency was caught skewing information , suppressing modeling that supported renewable energy options and showed that their use would actually reduce consumers’ costs. .

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

. -- Tribune-Democrat: Greater Johnstown CTC Solar Array Operating Better Than Expected, School Leaders Say Throughout the 10 months that the Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Centers solar array has been online, its electrical production has outperformed expectations, school officials said.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 21, 2022

Industry and government experts have long recognized that investing in our electric transmission system can provide a wide range of benefits , and MISO’s Long-Range Transmission Planning (LRTP) process is designed specifically to identify investments that capture those benefits for ratepayers. for every dollar invested. billion to $11.6

Clean Energy 298

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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 million in energy savings for taxpayers. The deadline to apply is January 31.

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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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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.

Solar Power 98

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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. Reaching that 10 percent target would help to create an estimated 60,000 jobs. Click Here for video and photos from the event.

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Solar Power Clean Energy Radiation Renewable Energy 117

A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

The country’s new energy transition plan targets an estimated US$7.4 By Fermín Koop New government plan says US$86 billion of spending needed to boost energy transition – while backing natural gas too. These targets represent a potentially significant shift in Argentina ’s energy mix. Are its goals realistic?

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Renewable Energy 2030 Fossil Fuels Electricity 95

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 13, 2022

We already have so many of the foundational technological building blocks of the clean energy transition at hand: renewables, energy efficiency, energy storage, and pathways to electrifying a vast array of energy end uses. The actual barriers to progress. We must turn our attention there first.

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Technology Technology Climate Change Fossil Fuels 262

Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2025

Over the last five years, several states, including New York (2020), California (2022), Illinois (2023), and Michigan (2023) have adopted comprehensive permitting reforms that curtail the power of local governments to block development of large-scale renewable energy projects.

Renewable Energy 59

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

for Ontario to phase out polluting gas-powered electricity and produce all of its power using carbon-free sources. Take Action: Tell Ontario to phase out polluting gas power. Here are the measures that would lead Ontario to a fully clean electricity grid: Increase Wind and Solar Power. This is completely doable.

Solar Power 131

Solar Power Wind Power Renewable Energy Electricity 131

A Greener Life

APRIL 10, 2025

The Swiss public gives the final nod to boosting renewable energy With 97% of its broad gauge lines now transitioned, India has the second highest electrification rate of any major rail network in the world. It was in 2014 that the government ramped up ambitions and committed the funds for a fully electric railway.

Electricity 56

Electricity Renewable Energy Clean Energy Solar Power 56

Inhabitant

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

A report prepared by the Energy Department and National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows that the U.S. could increase its solar power generation from the current 3% to 40% by 2035. To achieve this feat, the federal government would need to invest less than $562 billion and support related policies.

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Solar Power Renewable Energy Government 100

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It also makes offshore wind an important seasonal complement to the region’s abundant and growing solar power capacity. Power everywhere. The federal government issued final approval to a fifth offshore wind project in October and a sixth in November. The US offshore wind map.

Electricity 276

Electricity Fossil Fuels Wind Power Renewable Energy 276

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Earlier this month at COP28 countries committed to transitioning off of fossil fuels and massively scaling up renewable energy instead. Not only does this not align with the global momentum to move beyond oil and gas, it’s yet another black mark for the Government of Canada’s promises to end fossil fuel subsidies.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Clean Energy Solar Power 142

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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Fossil Fuels 2028 Renewable Energy Government 141

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 26, 2024

I had to figure out how to bridge the silos that existed in our society – between the renewable energy sector, climate organizations, government policy-makers, project financers, utilities, labour, engineers – the list goes on. to usher in the inevitable and desperately needed transition to renewable energy.

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Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 2013 Solar Power 138

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

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The UK government has said that the UK’s sixth renewable energy auction has delivered a record 131 clean energy projects. Under current projections and with no change to the scale, the 2024 record auction would power 11 million British homes. The Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm.

Renewable Energy 56

Renewable Energy Clean Energy Government 2030 56

Planet Save

JANUARY 13, 2019

The post India Cuts Project Implementation Timelines For Solar Power Projects appeared first on PlanetSave. Concerned over the lackluster pace of capacity addition in the solar power sector, the Indian government has made amendments to the auction and project implementation timelines. The recent amendments to.

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Planet Save

JANUARY 13, 2019

The post India Cuts Project Implementation Timelines For Solar Power Projects appeared first on PlanetSave. Concerned over the lackluster pace of capacity addition in the solar power sector, the Indian government has made amendments to the auction and project implementation timelines. The recent amendments to.

Solar Power 52

Solar Power Government Renewable Energy 52

A Greener Life

JANUARY 30, 2025

Renewables can close Africas energy access gap Closing the energy access gap is within reach. With the cost of renewable energy falling over the past decade, we are closer than ever. Governments need to advance reforms to make the energy sector more efficient and attractive to private investors.

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2030 Renewable Energy Electricity 2009 52

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The energy transition is now troubling the peace, and those alliances are shifting. As renewable energy takes over from fossil fuels, there is a tug-of-war underway to control the narrative. Szeman just comes out with it: “There is no good nationalism”, and climate change is too important to leave to governments to sort out.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Climate Change Politics 40

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. Currently, the country’s installed renewables capacity (excluding hydropower) is about 9 MW. Photo credit: Department of Renewable Energy, MoEA Bhutan.

Renewable Energy 96

Renewable Energy Solar Power Fossil Fuels Electricity 96

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Pennsylvania Solar Center hosts an August 18 Renewable Energy Policy Webinar - Time To Take Action -- from 12:30 to 1:30. Their agendas are filling up fast, and we need you to keep the sun shining bright on Pennsylvania solar policy!

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Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Solar Power 70

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Over the last two decades, energy demand in Southeast Asia increased by an average of 3% annually, according to the International Energy Agency’s Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2022. Dat Bike is one of numerous partners the US government works with to meet this rapidly growing demand for clean energy.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

Republicans have an iron grip on Texas government. Which seems a little hard to square with the state’s reliance on renewable energy. It’s not as if the state’s extensive use of wind power is just a historical fluke, either. The state will soon get more power from renewables than natural gas.

Wind Power 130

Wind Power Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Natural Gas 130

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

What we can’t have, if you’ll allow me to stretch the metaphor, is a chef in the provincial government kitchen, who refuses to bake the cake in the first place. As we move away from polluting fossil fuels, investing in renewable energy is key to a cleaner and more affordable future. Shifting that $4.8 Shifting that $4.8

Climate Change 111

Climate Change Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Wind Power 111

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

California’s LCFS is causing problems for other states and the federal government. This is a little different than other similar sounding policies like Renewable Energy Standards, which can create some confusion. If it did, it would be subject to rules governing offsets that CARB would be required to enforce.

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Fossil Fuels Regulations Carbon Dioxide Renewable Energy 312

Law Columbia

AUGUST 1, 2024

In addition, the CPRG program had tight deadlines, and some eligible states, tribes, and local governments may not have been able to apply for CPRG implementation funding due to timing and capacity constraints. But all is not lost. Now, they need capital to implement their strategies.

Clean Energy 122

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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).

Electricity 84

Electricity Government Clean Energy Renewable Energy 84

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 billion in clean energy tax credits as of May 2024. million in funding for home solar installations.

Clean Energy 83

Clean Energy Environmental Protection 2024 Solar Power 83

Physics World

JUNE 28, 2021

Climate change is also driving demand for renewable energy, like solar power. Simultaneous electricity and freshwater production using the waste heat from solar cells for desalination has been touted as a way to cut the energy required for desalination. Efficiency trade-off.

Electricity 145

Electricity Waste Cooling Solar Power 145

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. How do we know? MW/business day.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2027 Electricity 98