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Ask a Scientist: How Close Are We to a Clean Energy Transition?

Union of Concerned Scientists

MS: There is a lot happening on that front, but I’d like to focus on energy storage. To decarbonize the power grid, we’re going to need tons of renewable energy from sources such as solar and wind. We’re also going to need a significant amount of energy storage to save some of that renewable energy for later.

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Five Reasons Renewable Energy Developers are Losing Confidence in Ontario

Enviromental Defense

Worldwide, renewable energy costs keep dropping – utility scale solar and wind significantly outcompetes both gas and nuclear energy on a cost basis. Giving Ontarios lowest tier municipalities inordinate responsibilities in approving renewable energy projects. million homes. million homes.

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2024 Year in Review: Clean Energy Progress Steeped in Solar and Storage

Union of Concerned Scientists

The end of every year is a great time for taking stock of what the year has broughtincluding in terms of clean energy in the power sector. As it turns out, 2024 has provided a whole lot of clean energy progress as fodder for that stock-taking. One of 2024s new crop.

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New Poll: More than Half of Canadians Support Government Action to Phase Out Fossil Fuels and Prioritize Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People The majority of Canadians want to see governments in Canada tackle the climate crisis by prioritizing renewable energy and phasing out fossil fuels, according to a poll commissioned by Environmental Defence and conducted by Abacus Data.

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Renewable Energy: A Timeline

Legal Planet

So in a sense, these are old technologies — about the same age as the very first internal combustion engines. But the scientific and technological advances that made these technologies competitive with fossil fuels are much more recent. Persian experts were sent by Genghis Khan to establish the technology in China.

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McKesson Corporation Tackles Climate Change by Increasing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Environment + Energy Leader

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Do We Really Need New Technology to Fight Climate Change?

Union of Concerned Scientists

I was invited to speak at a panel discussion last Wednesday as part of The Economist ’s annual Sustainability Week, titled “What technologies are needed to avert a climate disaster?” True to the theme, I was asked about which technological innovations would be necessary to save our planet. Clean energy on hold.