Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

How are Lithium-ion Batteries that Store Solar and Wind Power Made? And what about the solar panels and wind turbines, which generate the electricity that batteries store? The US government is also committed to bolstering domestic recycling. Click to learn more!

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. Climate policy has been boosted by dramatic changes in the economics of clean energy. Perhaps the most important development of the past decade has been the dramatic decline in the cost of renewables. Rooftop solar costs in 2020 were a third of what they had been in 2010.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Fracked gas companies are seeing less build-out of new natural gas power plants because solar and wind power are so cheap. And, unfortunately for them, the energy market is pointing in the opposite direction. Bartolotta, Sen. Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) sets a bold goal for the state—no carbon pollution from electricity generation by 2045, which means zero global warming emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants. CEJA also extends the state’s successful energy efficiency programs and expands the savings goals utilities must meet.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

EIA is also projecting continued cost reductions and low prices for solar and wind power, such that natural gas and renewable energy are price competitive. This year’s projections are a bit grim. These low gas prices play an interesting role in the US and world energy markets.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2025

The State of Renewable Energy 2025 documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.

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Law and Environment

JULY 27, 2023

Early this afternoon, Governor Janet Mills signed into law LD 1895 , legislation directing the state to procure up to 3 GW of offshore wind by 2040. Now that the bill is signed into law, Maine is the seventh U.S. state to pursue a competitive solicitation of offshore wind energy. The post Maine Gov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Energy from the sun and wind never runs out and is used again and again. Rechargeable large-scale batteries can be charged with solar or wind power and cycled thousands of times in their lifetime. How are Lithium-ion Batteries that Store Solar and Wind Power Made? A circular battery life cycle is possible.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

Since companies and policymakers do not want to pay a lot to ensure reliability, they both subscribe to the theory that the law of supply and demand will provide an adequate supply at a low cost. In many places state and federal utility regulators delegated decisions about energy supplies to the market.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the State of California joined the State of New York in adopting legislation that allows state authorities to bypass local laws in permitting large-scale renewable energy projects. Law § 94-c(2)(h). Credit: New York Office of Renewable Energy Siting. b)(1) (emphasis added); and. emphasis added). 94-c(5)(b); and.

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Physics World

JULY 8, 2021

This is just one finding of a computational study on wind turbines’ effects on the airflow around them, and consequently the ability of nearby turbines – and even nearby wind farms – to extract energy from that airflow.

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A Greener Life

JULY 26, 2021

This has incentivized oil and gas majors such as BP, Equinor and Shell to invest in wind power generation. BP and Total are also leading the way in terms of upcoming solar power capacity.”. Wind and solar growth. Meanwhile onshore and offshore wind segments are expected to collectively grow at 9.4%

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This blog post is adapted from testimony delivered at the New York City Department of Buildings hearing on proposed rule §103-14 , Procedures for Reporting on and Complying with Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Certain Buildings in connection with the City’s building performance standard, Local Law 97. Additionality.

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Law and Environment

MAY 4, 2023

According to the Department of Energy (“DOE”), PEM electrolyzers can operate “effectively at a range of loads with sub-second response times,” making them “particularly compatible with variable energy sources, such as sun and wind power.”

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A Greener Life

JUNE 18, 2024

This was recently the case with a new law to boost renewable energy in the alpine country. The law was passed in the autumn of last year, and it sets out to increase energy independence by boosting transport, storage, and electricity production including installing solar panels on buildings.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The development of offshore wind energy would aid in meeting the State’s goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. from the Plan focuses on prioritizing offshore wind strategic planning for outreach, workforce, and impact assessments in order to reach an offshore wind power generation goal of 5 gigawatts by 2035.

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Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2023

In addition, at least 228 local laws, ordinances and policies have been enacted in 35 states to restrict renewable energy projects, according to a report, Opposition to Renewable Energy Facilities in the United States , issued on May 31 by Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2025

In New York, a lawsuit challenging regulations that were promulgated by a state agency to implement the siting law was finally defeated in November 2024, after multiple appeals. Amicus brief filed by the Sabin Center and Goodman Acker P.C. In Michigan, a similar challenge is pending before the Michigan Court of Appeals.

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E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A “fully-electrified building” is an existing building that complies or is retrofitted to comply with the requirements of Local Law 154 of 2021. Local Law 154’s requirements will apply to new buildings submitting a DOB application for approval of construction documents as of July 1, 2027.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 26, 2021

RELDI is a joint effort of the Sabin Center and the law firm of Arnold & Porter to provide pro bono legal assistance to grassroots groups and individuals who support renewable energy facilities in their communities that are facing opposition. The resource bank is part of the work of the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI).

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This action proposes strategic collaboration across Louisiana state agencies and the federal government, transmission planning agencies, energy regulators, and the private sector, to take additional steps to advance development of offshore wind power generation. (Associated Submitted Action Proposals: n/a).

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In discussing the late December winter storm that nearly led to rolling blackouts in the MidAtlantic region of 65 million people, Yaw suggested that increasing amounts of renewable energy were to blame for the near-miss and condemned neighboring states for adopting policies that “emphasize solar and wind power over natural gas.”

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 7, 2024

Many of these local restrictions, however, may become moot after November 29, 2024, when a new state law that reforms the siting process for large-scale wind, solar, and battery storage projects goes into effect. But significant questions remain as to how the law will be implemented.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 11, 2024

In the span of only 4 months, at least 9 townships in Marathon County and Clark County, Wisconsin, adopted ordinances that require large wind turbines to be set back the greater of 1 mile or 10 times turbine height from property lines, substantially restricting where turbines can be sited in those townships.

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

The state boasts cleaner water and air than many other states, significant and beautiful natural features, and progressive environmental laws. Yet Mainers are questioning whether to accept a new 145-mile electric transmission line that will bring hydropower from Quebec into the New England power grid, removing 3.0

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

On the other hand, the dramatic rise in renewable electricity generation, particularly wind power, has created a need for construction of new transmission lines to bring electricity to market. Current law on the subject is a hodgepodge. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Energy Infrastructure Siting Authority.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As these companies are moving towards clean energy, an emerging source of renewable energy is wind power. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s statement, in a speech given this month, that wind energy would be powering every home in the U.K.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2022

Wheeler: More Than 800 Solar Energy Projects In Chesapeake Bay States Stuck Waiting For Review [PA Has 443 Solar Projects Waiting] -- Post-Gazette: Lamb, Kenyatta Split On Fracking, Electability At Democratic U.S.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This post was originally published on the Law and Political Economy blog as part of a symposium on inflation. Ras Laffan LNG terminal in Qatar. Photo credit: Matthew Smith, Flickr. Energy prices have been much in the news over the past several months, occupying a prominent place in mainstream discussions of inflation.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 27, 2020

With recent increased investments in wind power, the development of floating offshore wind farms presents the potential to access areas previously unavailable. This allows the wind turbines to operate in deeper waters. [1] Click here to read more about different oil majors’ investments in wind energy. [1]

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Onshore wind currently accounts for 10% of Australia’s electricity needs. The country does not yet have any offshore wind farms built or any in planning or development, but there are plans to change this fast. The first area proposed is off Victoria state’s Gippsland coast.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Riding on one of the city’s “100% electric zero emission” buses, I noticed that much of the public lighting is solar powered. On checking into my hotel, I was told that all lights are on a timer, “so we save electricity.”

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

9 ), which provides for the overhaul of the state’s climate laws, the establishment of net-zero greenhouse gas emission goals, increase of requirements for purchasing offshore wind energy, the creation of renewable energy jobs, and several other climate-related provisions. [6] Senate Bill 119 ( S. Senate Bill 119 ( S. 1] [link]. [2]

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As these companies are moving towards clean energy, an emerging source of renewable energy is wind power. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s statement, in a speech given this month, that wind energy would be powering every home in the U.K.

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Vermont Law

JUNE 22, 2020

Back in the 1930’s, Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal included a law called the Rural Electrification Act. [17]. Usually, the model works like this: consumers want cheap electricity, and the cheapest electricity provider wins the bid to provide that power. [21]. wind now supplies more of Texas’ energy than coal). appeared first on.

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) acted as U.S. counsel to Inversiones Latin America Power Limitada, one of the largest wind generation companies in Chile, as issuer in the offering of US$403.9 million 5.125% senior secured notes due 2033. Click here to read the full GT press release.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2022

Dorothy Merritts, Legacy Sediments Researcher, Elected To National Academy Of Sciences -- Delaware Currents: A Bottomless Problem - Acid Mine Drainage In The Schuylkill River Basin -- Delaware Currents: New Tool Comes To Delaware Watershed To Analyze Plastics Pollution - Seabin -- Patch: Aquetong Watershed Assn.

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