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

JANUARY 30, 2023

A wind farm in South Wales, UK. By Anders Lorenzen Data from its national grid operator, the National Grid , have concluded that 2022 was a record year for wind power in the UK. The data shows that the output of UK wind farms onshore and offshore continues to increase; in 2022 they produced a record 26.8%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The US government is also committed to bolstering domestic recycling. Governments and industry can leverage these five tactics to move energy storage batteries towards a more circular end-of-life stewardship. How are Lithium-ion Batteries that Store Solar and Wind Power Made? Source: Courtesy of Li-Cycle.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Within the first six weeks of 2022, both state and federal governments have taken steps toward offshore wind energy development off the coast of Louisiana. many other strategies and actions are connected to offshore wind energy development as well. In addition to Action 1.3,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The results include two developers cancelling their offshore wind power contracts with states and utilities, another cancelling two projects altogether, and hesitation elsewhere. The good news-bad news balance, though, would seem to tip decidedly in favor of a whole lot more offshore wind.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Placing restrictions on solar, wind, and geothermal power that don’t apply to climate change causing oil and gas development will put Alberta’s burgeoning renewable energy industry at risk, and cost Albertans more for their energy.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

Ontario has a large potential supply of wind and solar energy that could be developed to help phase-out dirty gas plants. It estimated that we would need an additional 843 MW of solar and an additional 4,545 MW of wind capacity (along with a basket of other sources) to ensure the province’s energy needs are met. . The Path Forward .

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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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A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

An offshore wind farm in Europe. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has great potential for offshore wind power projects but is also home to protected areas of ecological importance. In 2021 alone, the global installed capacity of offshore wind plants tripled, reaching record figures, as 21.1 Photo credit: Tho Ge / Pixabay.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

We will continue to push for government policy that reigns in sprawl and focuses growth inside of towns and cities. The rapidly falling prices and greater efficiencies of solar and wind power should make the switching and growth even easier. should be easier for us than other countries.

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Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2024

One thing you’ll notice is the importance of government-funded research and deployment incentives in helping to launch the solar and wind sectors. But the scientific and technological advances that made these technologies competitive with fossil fuels are much more recent. Early windmills developed in Persia.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

EN: In 2021, the executive director of the world’s foremost energy authority, the International Energy Agency (IEA), warned : “If governments are serious about the climate crisis, there can be no new investments in oil, gas and coal….” EN: What does your report recommend that the federal and state governments do going forward?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

By next year, Pennsylvania will get 50 percent of its electricity from ten new solar arrays around the Commonwealth – making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to commit to getting half of its energy from solar power.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It is prompted in large part by low gas storage capacity, the COVID-19 pandemic, a power plant coming offline and low wind speeds responsible for a downturn in wind power output. Despite the government`s big talk on climate action , the country has hardly made a dent in easing its reliance on gas in recent years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To regionalize or not to regionalize remains unanswered Early in the legislative session, Assemblymember Chris Holden introduced Assembly Bill 538 which would have changed the governance of the California’s grid operator from a governor-appointed board to an independent structure that would allow for a more coordinated, region-wide grid.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

GW of gas capacity set to retire, but also slightly outpacing the planned additions of wind power. With all that said, there are many ways policymakers at virtually every level of government can bring more certainty and speed to the retirement of fossil fuel power plants and the installation of clean energy capacity to replace them.

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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. Solar panels and wind turbines produce electricity much more cheaply than gas turbines, coal plants and oil burners. billion in subsidies to the oil, gas and coal industries.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 30, 2022

gigawatt (GW) wind farm, Hollandse Kust Zuid, which is scheduled for completion next year. The flagship wind farm made headlines as the operator, Swedens’s Vattenfall in 2018 won the concession to build it without government subsidy. The Netherlands plans to connect more than 20 GW of wind power before 2030.

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A Greener Life

JULY 26, 2021

Puranik further explained: “Traditionally, renewable power projects had a significant cost disadvantage over coal- and gas-fired power plants. However, in recent years, their economic competitiveness has improved significantly due to government policies and incentives, as well as technological advances. between 2020 and 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

The self-governing PJM stakeholders put this in place after so many supposedly “firm” generators failed to perform in 2014. PJM stakeholders voted on this policy to penalize energy suppliers who merely claim to be reliable and to use that money to reward the suppliers that actually exceed their expected performance.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

These successes have made the Conservancy a trusted partner with state and local governments, foundations, farmers, industry peers and individual property owners, which enables the organization to better collaborate on timely climate actions,” added DeCosta.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

And between 2009 and 2016, Ontario built over 2000 MW of solar power and about 3000 MW of wind power. Had the current provincial government not canceled over 750 renewable energy projects in its first term, we would already be in a better position. Tell the Ontario government to stop expanding dirty gas!

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Dat Bike is one of numerous partners the US government works with to meet this rapidly growing demand for clean energy. government partnerships that are mobilizing billions of dollars to meet the growing demand for clean energy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states. © NamLong Nguyen / Shutterstock.com.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 25, 2024

This has been the biggest difference, with the cost of net zero a recurring theme – despite the fact that well-insulated homes will save households money, and onshore wind power is the cheapest form of electricity. As Carbon Brief notes, opinion pieces calling for the scrapping of green policies peaked in September last year.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen If you ask the world’s key players in the global wind power industry, 2023 was a year to forget. Siemens Energy, the largest offshore wind turbine producer, expects a loss in 2024 of € 2 billion from its parent company Siemens Gamesa.

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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. Greece, which has recently battled one climate-fuelled wildfire after the other, has ramped up its renewable energy targets. The previous plan released in 2019 had set out only a 66% share.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen Tenders for 250 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy by 2028 are set to be unveiled by the Indian government, according to a government memo. Wind power is set to play a key part in the target of 50 GW of new green energy tenders each year at 10 GW. Photo credit: Reuters / Amit Dave. in 2019 to 72.8%

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 21, 2022

Photo credit: Karwai Tang / UK Government via Flickr. When planning for the future, governments, businesses, and even individuals know it is both planetary and economic suicide not to ease reliance on fossil fuels and other heavy carbon products. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

GW of wind capacity in September 2016, which produced 21 TWh in 2015. Wind power currently employs a little less than 15,000 people. So four to six percent of wind, solar and so on looks pretty miserable… And instead of working seriously on fixing this, the French government seems to be working on diversion.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Most of the commentary on soaring natural gas prices has focused on supply shortfalls and bottlenecks as economies emerge from the pandemic, natural gas storage levels that are far below seasonal norms, lower than expected wind power, and the geopolitics around Russian gas (which makes up close to one-third of European gas supply).

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Law Columbia

JUNE 11, 2024

These ordinances were adopted despite a state law that prohibits local governments from placing restrictions on wind or solar facilities unless those restrictions: (a) protect health or safety; (b) do not significantly increase the cost or decrease efficiency; or (c) allow for an alternative system of comparable cost and efficiency.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2021

In Canada, the federal government is pledging more money to provide clean water to Indigenous peoples. The Canadian government had pledged to resolve all boil-water advisories on First Nations reserves by March, but it did not meet that deadline. Some reserves have endured decades of having to boil their water before using it.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Environmental Defence is committed to engaging with the IESO, and with municipalities and Ontarians more broadly, to work to find suitable sites for these renewable power projects and ensure that they find support from municipal governments and neighbours alike.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 6, 2021

In addition, the German government has pledged nine billion euros for the development of a green hydrogen economy prompted by forecasts suggesting that hydrogen in Europe could create 5.4 The operations were terminated after the power plant won a bid in the auction for the nationwide coal phase-out in December 2020.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

We now know that gas power plant owners will vociferously deny responsibility for their failings. Utility companies, as well as state and federal government regulatory agencies, made a series of questionable decisions that together created the situation we find ourselves in today.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 3, 2024

To identify the most common false claims regarding wind, solar, and electric vehicles, the authors of the Sabin Center’s new report first reviewed social-media groups and websites created to oppose renewable energy projects or policies, as well as existing coverage about misinformation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many governments, the mining industry, and renewable energy companies are committed to tackling it. Stakeholders from governments, to industry, to consumers can support strategies such as. Workers in a mine shaft in Bawsaing, Myanmar. Source: Ian Watkinson/Imaggeo. Recycling rare earth elements. Ensuring ethical supply chains.

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