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Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
At the global level, however, Germany has its own claim to a leadership role, particularly in its early support for renewable energy. Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. Renewables are 6% of power.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Political and social science must come to the fore to help develop effective responses to tipping events. Or low-carbon energy from renewable energy systems rather than nuclear power, with its needs for cooling water. The missing knowledge is not primarily natural science.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The grid might not meet that demand Electricity for data centers comes from the grid, and by extension, the mix of power plants that supply the grid. New data center proposals can be of the scale of nuclear power plants and some even seek to connect directly to existing nuclear plants.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
It adds Michigan to the growing list of states, including Illinois and Minnesota , that have adopted standards to increase renewable energy on the grid and move toward 100-percent decarbonization of the power sector. The package represents progress on a number of fronts. What’s In the Bills?
A Greener Life
JULY 30, 2021
Some might see Germany as a climate leader already with its huge focus on building clean renewable energy capacity through its ‘energiwende ’ flagship initiative. While Germany has had a huge focus on renewable energy this has done little to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. In Germany, fossil fuels are king.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Monday] -- WSJ: BP Slows Transition To Renewable Energy As Oil Bonanza Continues -- Reuters: BP Makes Record Profit In 2022, Boosts Oil Spending -- The Economist: Where On Earth Is Big Oil Spending Its $200 Billion Profit Bonanza? 17 -- Warren Times: Eagle Watch Event Set For Feb.
Environmental Europe
JANUARY 26, 2017
As one previous post on this blog detailed, the current political turmoil in Northern Ireland was sparked by a subsidy for renewable energy production. Though it is tempting to blame political carelessness, the ongoing RHI scandal prompts a broader reflection about renewable energy policy instruments.
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