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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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. It also will save US consumers money because they will spend less on fossil fuels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Standing in Dubai among ExxonMobil billboards that praise new technological solutions designed to keep oil and gas in play, it’s easy to see that major oil and gas companies are greenwashing , exaggerating their climate commitments and investments in clean energy. trillion or 6.8%

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The renewable energy source has generated more than 959,000 kilowatt-hours of energy, or 76% of the facilitys total electricity. He said the board wants to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars and that can be accomplished by cutting electric bills.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

Most prominently, because the approach is changing from rewarding specific technologies to rewarding anything that meets the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions threshold of “clean”—hence the “tech-neutral” label—exactly how the government goes about determining whether or not something is actually eligible will be enormously important.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

Earlier this month, the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service hosted a public hearing on their recent proposed rules governing implementation of the Section 45Y Clean Electricity Production Credit and the Section 48E Clean Electricity Investment Credit. My testimony is copied below.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Low-income homeowners are also eligible for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), a longtime federal government assistance program to help individuals better insulate and weatherproof their homes. Federal tax credits are available for specific installations of energy efficient technology and building envelope upgrades.

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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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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The mining company claims the spill was not toxic, while the Angolan government says it is still investigating the matter. _. Two sturdy and growing sources of renewable energy, wind turbines and solar power, use negligible amounts of water. But other low-carbon technologies do not tread as lightly. It is already 1.1

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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.

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A Greener Life

JULY 26, 2021

However, in recent years, their economic competitiveness has improved significantly due to government policies and incentives, as well as technological advances. This has incentivized oil and gas majors such as BP, Equinor and Shell to invest in wind power generation. Wind and solar growth. between 2020 and 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

However, make no mistake: Technological advancement did not create the production boom by itself. From 2019 through 2021 , additions of large-scale generating capacity have been led by wind—not gas—and the US Energy Information Administration says solar power is on track to lead this year.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 29, 2023

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. That puts the Government of Canada’s fossil fuel subsidies for 2023 to over $13 billion ). What is the Canada Growth Fund? Check out our new video!

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Earthava

APRIL 20, 2021

Globalization and technological evolution have brought a massive rise in energy consumption all around the globe. To be clear on the worth of solar panels we need to understand some basics of power generation and investment in solar energy technology. Petawatt hour and in the year 2019, it was 173.3 Petawatt hour.

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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. We work directly with communities and skilled people on the ground – electricians, solar installers, etc. –

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 21, 2021

The IEA is the world’s foremost authority on energy, relied upon by governments and the private sector around the world. The most obvious high-level conclusion from the IEA research is that we need governments to act collectively on our behalf. So what do we need governments to do? This is a huge deal. Starting now.

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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. Salt-free drinkable water comes at a cost.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

The milking shed for her 80 dairy cows that can yield 1,100 litres of milk per day, along with the barn that houses 21,000 chickens at a time, will soon sit alongside a photovoltaic solar plant with 85 panels. Practically all of them are Chinese, with cutting-edge technology. The solar power plant is one more.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The growing credits for electricity reflect the growing number of EVs on the road in California, and support California’s goal of phasing out combustion technologies in favor of zero emissions vehicles. California’s LCFS is causing problems for other states and the federal government.

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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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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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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2023

Renewables like wind and solar, along with current storage technologies, can provide reliable and cheap electricity to meet our growing electricity needs. Wind and solar are now the cheapest new form of electricity generation and provide cheaper rates for the end consumer. If this seems like an illogical decision – it is.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The oft-repeated argument is that wind and solar can’t be counted on during periods of high demand. But this position fails to take into account the many storage technologies for wind and solar that allow energy to be stored and used during peak demand. . Tell the Ontario government to stop expanding dirty gas!

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

By Kathy Cook, League of Women Voters of PA On May 25, 2021, a joint committee hearing on utility scale solar development was hosted by Pennsylvania’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Local Government Committees. Some counties in the PA Wilds have active proposals for solar fields going on old strip mine lands.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

And of course, economic, when there are economic crises or technological disruption. So technology enables mobility in multiple ways. And of course you should not expect governments gathered at COP26 to focus on adaptation because that’s explicitly not on the agenda. Is thinking about large scale resettlement.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee meets to consider House Bill 2189 (Matzie-D-Beaver) reauthorizing the PA One Call underground utility safety program [that excludes almost all conventional oil and gas pipelines]; House Resolution 511 (Matzie-D-Beaver) designating Sept. Rules Room [No video coverage].

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Here are 104 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. Thank you for your leadership! -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Solar energy stands as an abundant and affordable solution crucial to America's transition to renewable sources. In Pennsylvania, solar experts recommend renewing and expanding the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) as the keystone policy for jumpstarting clean solar energy production across the commonwealth.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The region will need to change its industrial structure and energy mix to meet national carbon targets, requiring policy and financial support from central government. Energy authorities in Inner Mongolia are aiming to connect 50 gigawatts of renewable power to the grid by 2025. By Gao Baiyu. The Kubuqi desert. Photo credit: Alamy.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A solar power field in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. Last week, regulators in the local assembly of Tokyo , the capital of Japan , ruled that all new homes constructed by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install solar panels to cut emissions. Poor solar uptake. Photo credit: Reuters / Toru Hanai. By Anders Lorenzen.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

By Fermín Koop New government plan says US$86 billion of spending needed to boost energy transition – while backing natural gas too. It has come at the end of the government’s term because it took time to get all the government areas aligned, such as environment and energy ministries.” billion of hydropower investments by 2030.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 10, 2023

Statement by Keith Brooks, Programs Director, Environmental Defence Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat – We applaud the federal government for moving forward with its commitment to clean electricity.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. The Olympic village will be powered by hydrogen made at a solar power plant in the exclusion zone created after the Fukushima nuclear accident a decade ago. They have government backing too, with heavy spending on recharging networks.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Here are 164 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. Thank you for your leadership! -- Lt.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2022

Solar is providing Pennsylvania schools with an array of opportunities as demonstrated by 100+ schools in Pennsylvania that are supplying up to 100% of their electricity with solar while integrating solar technology into STEM and career education.

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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. Photo credit: Orsted.

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