Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 22, 2022
These investments will help accommodate accelerating amounts of low-cost renewable energy like wind and solar power, laying the groundwork for a cleaner, cheaper grid. Minnesota Power’s vision is to provide 100 percent carbon-free energy by 2050, achieve 70 percent renewable electricity by 2030, and eliminate coal burning by 2035.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 3, 2022
The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). gigawatts (GW) of planned solar projects expected to come online this year is almost double the previous 13.4 Solar” only includes large-scale solar.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 27, 2022
They include: ramping up energy efficiency across all sectors of the economy; a dramatic increase in renewable electricity while phasing out fossil fuels, especially with wind and solar power displacing coal; a rapid expansion in electric vehicles and shifts in behavior that drive reductions in oil use; and electrification of buildings and industry.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 3, 2022
A new poll from Embold Research found that solar energy has strong support across political, racial, gender, and regional lines. 81 percent of survey respondents indicated “support” or “strong support” for rooftop solar on homes, making it more popular than coal, nuclear energy, and methane gas.
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
We know what a fossil-fuelled economy looks like, and the politics of fossil fuels. How would solar be different? These are the kinds of questions that Solar Politics tentatively raises, and it does so through the lens of philosophy, reaching back into ancient ways of thinking about the sun, from Socrates onwards.
Vermont Law
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Solar power seems promising, but access to solar power as an energy source can be. A shift to solar power in the United States would likely require a federal initiative to fund manufacturing and necessary advances in research. presently hostile political administration. Hardly an ideal solution.
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